The Unicorn Song on video complete with the movements performed by 3 year olds. Classic Irish Rovers performance. Although I found more examples of the movements with this song by adults in a bar setting, it is a fun song to do with kids. You can ask them what they think the movements could...
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Animal House Monkey Peeler from Amazon.com I just read an article about cooking with your kids and the unknown benefit this mom found in March 2011 titled Eat, Play, Love! in Parenting Magazine. The author had “tried everything: encouragement, wheedling, bribes, threats, explanations. Nothing worked!” She stumbled upon putting her son in-charge of selecting...
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A made coloring sheets for all of the younger students in the classroom and Audrey asked for one on giraffes. I was delighted that she loved how it turned out! This sheet has a combination of multiplication, addition and subtraction. The key for the answers is: tan= 81 yellow = 32 light green =...
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One of my students is studying Brazil, so I made this coloring page for her. She must figured out the math problems in order to color the picture correctly. This sheet has addition and subtraction with regrouping but you can alter it to fit your child’s needs. The key for the coloring it correctly...
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Every year I try to come up with a Valentine gift for my students that they enjoy but not just throw away. Oriental Trading always has great mazes, puzzles and other simple games to give out but this is something I have done before and it’s easy and my students really appreciated the hearts...
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This was found on Google images. Valentine Hearts have been around along time. They started in 1866 as saying for weddings like, “Married in white, you have chosen right”. In 1902 the heart shaped candy called Sweethearts were introduced and each year over 8 billion are sold. Amazing! This is a simple activity for...
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This requires some help from an adult but kids really enjoy seeing their melted designs and making something unique! Materials: crayons (light colors look the best) hand held pencil sharpened waxed paper paper grocery bags or other heavy paper to iron on iron (if ironing on a table, cover it with a heavy towel...
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Materials: icicles squirt guns or recycled bottles (from empty ketchup or salad dressing) makes creating lines of color on the icicles and the bottles are easy to hold with mittens on food coloring – approximately 6 drops per gallon of water – or more! Steps: Carefully remove icicles from the edge of the house...
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Your child can carve snowmen, penguins, igloos or whatever they would like into a bar of soap. You can use those bars of soap from your last hotel stay! Materials: bar of soap plastic knife Steps: Let your child decide on the design. To make it easier for them, have them draw out the...
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Watch the Iditarod together. Every year the Iditarod takes place in Alaska where dog sleds and men race 1,150 miles against each other and the elements. It’s a brutal race that takes place over the course of several days – covering territory that is wild and extremely cold! Your son might want to follow...
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