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Alphabet book made with magazine clippings.
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fun photography and writing idea for kids!
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Fun way to "write" letters
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Kimberly J. Bryant My kiddo used to LOVE to do this when she was 3-4! She'd ask all the time for it lol!!
Can Math be Artful? Check out this fun art project this 6-year old did on post-it notes to understand multiplication table.
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preschool art show!
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Courtney Calkins What a fantastic idea! Love sharing all forms of art with my son and he really embraces this style of learning!
Rowena Murillo I think this would be fun during the summer, maybe around a theme like botany, or for a play date.
When play dough is all the rage in your household, here is a good fine motor activity for introducing the letter [s].
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Have you explored the Great Artists with your kids? We are challenging ourselves to Get Arty with our Kids, explore some of the Great Artists and discover new painting techniques! This month we explored Vincent Van Gogh and Oil Painting. Come join the learning & fun at #KidsGetArty
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Amanda Droste @Samantha Krawczyk your girls would love this!
A Storm In A Tea Cup ~ Well, technically speaking it's a volcano in a tea cup, or a glass coffee mug. This is a model re-enactment of ... ... how volcanoes work. Put some wax in the bottom of a fireproof glass container. Add some sand. Fill it up with cold water. Noww carefully heat the bottom. Eventually, the wax underneath starts to boil (representing the moulten rocks under the Earth's crust) and it begins to lift the whole landscape above in a dome shape. Then,...
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tongue exercises for articulation if your kid has "lazy tongue"
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Maggie Hernandez Thanks for posting! We actually need to look into something like this! :)
Mary Mac what if yourr kid has motor mouth?;)
Rowena Murillo me too, maggie, that's why I thought it would be a good thing to keep around.
Corie Berg @mary mac duct tape lol j/k
Rowena Murillo @Corie Berg, lol. I have one of the motor mouths too.
Animal Tracks ABC Flash cards
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Romy Polizotto If you write to your state game warden service, they will (at least Maine) will send you track cards. I got a class' worth for a project.
Measure the rainfall with a DIY rain gauge!
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Michelle Jessup be careful when making these. We made these at school and in the morning we had trapped a heap of cute little frogs!
Create a Museum of Turnupstuffing to celebrate the found things your kids collect on a nature walk (encourage a curiosity in the world around them)
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Not sure how to go Screen-Free? Ask your kids for their ideas by creating this special box where they can discover new things to do when bored. Includes 40 fun, inexpensive activities any child will love.
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Planet Project, great visual representation of the planets' distances
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for the kiddo - multiplying by 9 using your fingers
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redrawlins That's how I do my 9s
Edie Frazier I had 8th graders using this method..whatever works!!!
Danielle Denning THIS IS AWESOME! Go to show my husband he already knew : (
Kitchen Science: What's inside a drop of blood?
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7 Fun Ways to Teach Children to Save money-
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Learning about the night sky: Constellation art with rocks and chalk.
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Ten Children's Songs to play on the guitar
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Discover How and Why the Sky is Blue with Milk. (I have always wondered this)
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Jessica Lee That is so cool!
Rowena Murillo I wonder if it works.
Science Journals... lots of ideas!
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Science Journals... lots of ideas!
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How to use comics for literacy ideas with kids
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Activity Schedule for Kids. great for summer.
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Home Depot will cut your composition books in half - easier to store, more bang for your buck and so cute
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Denise Callaway since they are stitched, would the pages not fall out?
Jenna Burns Couldn't you just use a chop saw?
Home Depot will cut your composition books in half - easier to store, more bang for your buck and so cute
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Donna Pasquier Will do this! The kids will love it just because it's different!
How to make Little Books using 1 piece of paper
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67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10
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Rowena Murillo I just read through this list with my son and he picked about a dozen books that he wants to read.
Melanie Holland Tracey Mason has read so many of these. I will have to fill him in on the others. Awesome pin!
Julee Faso-Formoso This is what my sons' Lightning Thief book looks like :)
Tracy Takacs I will read these to my grandchildren before they are !0.
100 great chapter books for the elem school crowd
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Jesse Nisson good list..........there are SOOOOO many more as well !! you forgot ... Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, plus all his books, David Almond's Skellig and Heaven's Eyes, Wilson Rawls... Where the red fern grows and Summer of the monkeys.........ahhh so so many more. : )
Use a world map and mark the settings of the books you read: I love this idea, even outside of the classroom, a way to make books come alive.
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distorted thinking styles
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Christine Moffatt Wow. I have no more words.
Torange Garcia @Lizgarci why did I think of ma and tita linda when I was reading this? hahaha (esp: overgeneralization, mind reading, castratrophizing)
Great book to teach the difference between tattling and informing!! i have this problem with my kids
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Marsh G So appropo for middle school.
Lauren Birch where was this when i was little!?
classroom norms. not just good for classrooms
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Outdoor Art scavenger hunt: kids head out with their sketchbooks, find, and draw items on the checklist.
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10 Awesome Ways to Make Cleaning Fun for Kids #parenting
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Diane Cidade The way the writing on this is a bit crazy made me think it said something rude on first glance. I won't even tell you what I thought was going on.
Summer Activity Schedule for Kids
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Sparkles Mucho @Cindy O'Bryant @Bethany Klassen
Getting a hesitant writer to write a letter doesn't take magic! Put sentence starters in a hat for your child to draw out one at a time. Instant inspiration and less intimidation!
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Erin Gottis @Lori Sorci
100 Things to do this summer
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Beki Huffman great idea! we usually make a top 25 list for the summer - 100 makes the summer just a little better! thanks for the idea
Tornado in a jar..fun
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Sheri Poston made these as a kid.. put in Monopoly houses.. lol
Rowena Murillo like wizard of oz
Where the Wild Things Are Stick Puppets (good for retelling)
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It can be so easy to get bogged down in the same old activities. Here's an idea to add an element of surprise to the everyday! What fun activities would you put in the envelope?
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Great blog and great "kid sewing" inspiration!
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Make Your Own Playable Cardboard Guitars
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Tanya Miracle Rowena, You are the Queen of finding everything fabulous and pinning it! Thanks.
Rowena Murillo call me magpie. some day I want to make this guitar with my kids.
Lisha Barton just starting to redo my son's room rock n' roll! this is perfect!!
Melissa Jaffa My daughter needs to make an instrument for school...this is perfect.
Deb Lee Wish I could get my 12-string husband to settle for this! Very clever.
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