Holiday
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Saint Patrick’s Day
Are you looking for some easy and low prep activities to help celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day? I have some free coloring pages, a writing activity, and a fun leprechaun craft. They are all free to download below. Hope it can be useful and fun for your kids too! These simple coloring sheets features a giant rainbow, some clovers, and giant lucky horseshoe. Grab a bowl of Fruit Loops and your child can use this as a guide to make a Fruit Loop rainbow. You can also encourage your child to color the rainbow using the colors in Ireland’s flag. I also make a larger set of personalized ones here. My…
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Presidents’ Day
Today we honor 45 men (as Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States) who have served as the leaders of our great country. My husband loves presidential history and trivia so we like to take this opportunity to talk to our kids and teach them as much as we can about our current and past presidents. We also pull out all the books the kids have in their library about presidents to read and we make a sweet family treat called Cherry Delight in honor of George Washington. Even though the whole cherry tree chop down was a myth, we still appreciate the story about…
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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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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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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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Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Although Thanksgiving will be a bit smaller for many of us this year, I hope your family can still find a fun way to celebrate today. Even though we won’t get to share our meal with grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins, we still defrosted a behemoth turkey and will be making all the sides because… Thanksgiving leftovers are so delicious and I look forward to kicking back and just reheating food for the next three days! Today, I have a simple craft as well as two free printable activities to share. I have two kids in virtual school and they have been learning a bit about the history…
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Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day! Today we honor all who have served our great country whether it be through the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard, alive and dead, in war and in peacetime. In short, we celebrate the dedicated heroes to whom we owe all our freedom. For this special occasion, I have created a thank you card template that you can print out, have your child illustrate, and give to thank a Veteran for their service. It is available for free to download below. It is best printed out back to back onto cardstock and folded in the middle to create a card that your…
