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Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today is all about hearts and spreading love. I plan on making these pancakes for breakfast, dropping them onto the griddle with a spoon to make hearts. For lunch we usually enjoy this chicken noodle soup with heart shaped carrots or heart shaped sandwiches, and for dinner, we are going to order a heart shaped pizza. I wanted my kids to understand that the hearts inside their bodies actually look a bit different from the heart shaped confections and treats we will be enjoying today so I made a coloring sheet out of my doodle of an anatomically correct heart and turned it into a cut and…
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Lunar New Year
Today is the Lunar New Year also known as Tet which is the biggest holiday for Vietnamese people. It is like everyone’s birthday, Christmas, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Today is also celebrated by other Asian countries such as Korea, Tibet, and China. In Vietnam, it is celebrated for weeks. I am the first person in my family to be born in the United States. My parents (who met in ESL class in America), grandparents, aunts, uncles, and a few of my older cousins fled Vietnam when Saigon fell in April of 1975. My father was a paratrooper who had to leave his family behind and…
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100th Day of School
Last week, my kids celebrated their 100th day of school. Even though they usually love dressing up, my daughter (in kindergarten) and son (in second grade) refused to dress up as 100-year-olds or to even wear a shirt with 100 pasted things on it so… I made some printable photo props because kids love making silly faces for the camera as well as anything on a stick. This file is best printed out onto cardstock, cut, then taped to a wooden dowel, skewer, or chopstick. We used a mix of large craft sticks and chopsticks. Your child can enjoy posing with their gray hair, glasses, hearing aids, and dentures. Also…
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Super Bowl LV Printable Activities for Kids
Happy Sunday! Whether you are gearing up to root for Kansas City or Tampa Bay today or are just in it for the commercials and snacks…(that might be me), here are some printable activities I recently made to share with the kids so that they can join in the fun as well. This file includes five pages of coloring fun and while the game is playing, your child can get a little geography lesson focusing on the Chiefs’ and Buccaneers’ home states as well as learn their roman numerals 1-55. This file is best printed out onto cardstock, given to your child to cut out, color, and piece together with…
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Groundhog Day
I made a few printable activities to help the kids observe this fun superstitious day. They are all free to download below for personal, single classroom, or library use. There is a groundhog popsicle stick puppet printable that kids can cut out, dress for a longer winter or early spring, and use for shadow play as well some free coloring pages. This file is best printed out onto white cardstock and given to your child to cut out. This is what the pieces look like all cut. Kids can either use regular school glue or glue sticks to paste their puppets together. Then attach to popsicle sticks using some tape.…
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A Little Mermaid 6th Birthday
My daughter was born just a few weeks after Christmas. It has always been a challenge getting her birthday all ready and special for her. In the past, I got lucky using many Christmas decorations we already had up for her Frozen 4th, and even last year… using a lot of Christmas lights and lanterns for her Tangled 5th. But this year, little miss no nonsense wanted an Ariel birthday. I scoured what we already had… Christmas ornaments and ribbon, tissue paper, plastic tablecloths leftover from past parties, shells from our vacation at Siesta Key once upon a time, and this is what I came up with for her party…
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MLK Day
Sharing some free printables for MLK Day. Today is not just another day off from school. Today, we honor Reverend Martin Luther King’s birthday and what he and other civil rights leaders have fought for. I made a few printable activities for my kids to observe this day of importance. They are all free to download below. Hope your kids enjoy! There is a letter formation worksheet for preschoolers as it is never too early to introduce amazing historical figures while learning how to correctly write your letters M, L, and K. This worksheet is best printed out, placed in a laminated pouch for repeat practice with a dry erase…
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New Year’s Day
Happy New Year! Here’s to a better 2021! In the past month, many of my former colleagues including my husband, received the COVID-19 vaccine. Honestly I can’t wait for it to be my turn. There are plans here of the kids returning to in-person schooling soon. They are excited as they miss their peers. 2021 has got to be better right?! Today we are starting off the new year with a clean slate. I made the kids some new reward charts for positive behavior modification or as I like to refer to it… goal-oriented bribery. This is free to download below. This file is best printed out and laminated. I…
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Gingerbread Themed Printables for Kids
Need some easy and fun, low prep activities for the holidays? I’ve got you covered. I made these gingerbread themed printables a few years ago and my kids still enjoy coming back to these activities. They are all low prep, print and go activities. Hope they can help you to enjoy the little moments with your kids despite all the holiday bustle. In addition to making gingerbread houses (or for us castles) around the holidays, we love making gingerbread pancakes and gingerbread cookies. The gorgeous plate in the above picture was handmade by Pacific Northwest local artist Terri Shinners, owner of Glass Fusing with Friends. She has incredible artistry, talent,…
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Penguin Place Value Printable Activities
It’s already December and only a few weeks away until Christmas! We have been getting into the spirit lately with winter and holiday themed learning activities. Today, I am so excited to share with you some recent printable activities and crafts that I created for my kids inspired by the book, Penguin Place Value, written and illustrated by long time educator, and now also childrens’ book author, Kathleen L. Stone. Penguin Place Value is a short story told in rhymes about a penguin family who catch fish all day to sell in their store. They have a small tray that can only hold nine fish. When they catch any more,…
