If you have any difficulties downloading or printing these file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This bundle includes the following I Spy printables: 4th of July I Spy Apple I Spy Arctic Animals I Spy Beach I Spy Body Parts I Spy Butterfly I Spy Chinese New Year I Spy Christmas I Spy Circus I Spy Dinosaur ... Continue Reading
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Creative Elf on the Shelf Ideas: We’ve made it easy to plan a whole month of fun elf on the shelf activities
If your family does Elf on the Shelf, you know the pressure of coming up with creative ideas and making sure the elf moves every night. Well, I'm here to make your Elf on the Shelf planning easier this year. Grab a copy of my free Elf on the Shelf Planner, then go through the fun ideas below and pencil them in for all the days of December. ... Continue Reading
Constellation craft for kids
One of my favorite unit studies of all time was our space unit! We focused on one aspect of space at a time. And when we moved into learning about the starts, we of course read a lot of books about stars and constellations. While learning about stars, we also spent quite a bit of time focused on the constellations. My ... Continue Reading
Preschool Math Pack Bundle
If you have any difficulties downloading or printing this file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This bundle includes 27 Preschool Math Packs from Gift of Curiosity: 9 Holiday Packs Chinese New Year Preschool Math Pack Christmas Preschool Math Pack Earth Day Preschool Math Pack Easter Preschool Math Pack Halloween ... Continue Reading
Build a car with square wheels that actually rolls
Square wheels on a car? That's crazy, right? A car can't roll on square wheels. Or can it?! As it turns out, round wheels aren't the only type of wheel that can get a car moving. Sometimes, square wheels are exactly what you need. In this post I'm sharing a little lesson I taught about wheel shapes and giving you directions to make your ... Continue Reading
Halloween Silhouette Art
This was a project I quickly put together when our neighbors' kids came over and wanted to hang out. I had each of the four kids select an image to use as a template for their Halloween silhouette art, and then we got to work creating some beautiful projects. One thing I love about this project is how it makes use of negative space - or the ... Continue Reading
Fall leaf mosaic art
Fall colors are by far my favorite colors of the year. Reds, oranges, and golds are so beautiful! So perhaps that is why I was so drawn to this fall leaf mosaic art project that looks like beautiful tile artwork. But we make this project easy by swapping paper scraps for hard tile and a glue stick for grout. The project requires a bit of ... Continue Reading
How to make a working bow and arrow (with arrows that fly more than 20 feet!)
You will be truly impressed with how well this simple bow (made from craft sticks) can shoot an arrow (made from a straw). The bows we created were sturdy and effective. We've had a great deal of fun trying to hit various targets with our homemade bows. And once we had the supplies gathered and the hot glue gun ready to use, we put the whole ... Continue Reading
St. Patrick’s Day Grid Games {free}
This year I have been making a big effort to beef up my collection of St. Patrick's Day Printables. I recently put together an entire St. Patrick's Day Printables Bundle with hundreds of pages of activities for kids ages 2-8 that you can download and use for the St. Patrick's Day holiday. Today I'm making one of the printables from that ... Continue Reading
Measurement activities for kids using standard units
Measurement is the assignment of a numerical value to describe some characteristic of an object, such as its length, weight, or volume. Children begin to understand concepts of measurement early on when they compare one object to another. For example, a child may ask for the larger slice of pizza, they may fill two glasses to have equal amounts ... Continue Reading