Kids
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Unicorn Printable Activities
My girls are nuts over unicorns. Even when my 18 month old says, “I want corn”, she means a unicorn. As today happens to be National Unicorn Day, I thought I would run with this day and create some themed learning fun. I made a free coloring page as well as a printable template for a unicorn craft that can also double as a playdough mat for early math. This file is best printed out and given to your child to color and decorate. You can use ribbons or thin strips of construction paper as unicorn hair. We have also used leftover Easter grass before. This activity is similar to…
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April Fools’ Day
They say laughter is the best medicine and it is so true. Studies have shown that laughter has many benefits including increasing endorphins (chemicals released by your brain that help you to feel good, be less stressed, and feel less pain). Laughter helps your immune system to perform better fighting off infection and may even help you live longer. Having a good sense of humor has also been linked to greater confidence, optimism, and happiness in kids. Those are all great reasons why we should celebrate and observe this silly day. This occasion is also a great opportunity to discuss with kids the difference between creating jokes, making people laugh…
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Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Are you looking for some activities to help celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday? I’ve got you covered in this post! There is a free coloring page as well as writing activity and math mat. Hope they can be useful and fun for your kids as well! We have been celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday every year for almost a decade now and my kids have really grown to look forward to this day as another holiday. We usually eat green eggs and ham and when I say ham, I mean I actually will cook a whole ham. We used to buy Honey Baked Ham until I found this wonderful and easy copycat…
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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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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,…
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The Lion’s Share Math, Craft, and Printable Activities
I am not sure how it happened but here we are in November and only a few days away until another one of our favorite holidays. Although Thanksgiving will likely look different this year due to rising COVID cases around us, we have still been getting into the spirit lately with learning activities focused on family, being thankful, and sharing. Today, I am so excited to share with you some recent learning activities and crafts that I made for my kids inspired by another one of our favorite books, The Lion’s Share, written and illustrated by the talented Matthew McElligott. The Lion’s Share is a delightful story about a lion…
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Election Activities for Kids
It is election year again! For months now, my kids have been noticing a lot of campaign signs and commercials. I thought it would be neat to have them make their own campaign posters and pins so I created these printables that are available to download for free below. My kids love imagining themselves in different shoes a lot and really enjoy learning through role play. I printed the election pins out onto cardstock for more durability. The kids wrote their names on them and we wore them all day. I wore my Vote Mom for President button too. They drew their self portraits and wrote what they would do…
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Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies Math and Crafts
It’s finally October and only a few weeks away until one of our most favorite holidays. We have been getting into the spirit lately with activities inspired by one of our favorite books, Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies, written and illustrated by the creative husband and wife team of Megan and Jorge Lacera. It is a delightful story about a zombie named Mo, who to his parents’ horror… prefers vegetables to traditional zombie cuisine. My kids absolutely love this sweet tale of a family learning to accept their differences. They also adore the fun illustrations, appreciating the Laceras’ depiction of the not-so-scary side of zombies. We made zombies clothespin puppets and…
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Singing to Your Baby
This morning, little pumpkin was eating banana baby yogurt and out of the blue, said “nana.” I didn’t tell her what flavor yogurt she would be dining on and none of her siblings were talking about bananas for her to repeat. Though it isn’t a new word for her, it was a magical moment that showed us she truly understood what the word banana meant and as a bonus, she was able to discriminate its taste. She has definitely been experiencing a vocabulary explosion lately. Other new words in just this week, include coffee, bear, and poo-poo. What do all these words have in common? As you may have guessed,…
