Posted by Unknown | 5:43 AM

For a little coin-counting practice, I created this fun activity for my son; not only did it work on money and numbers, but it taught him ab...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Counting, Games, Money

Posted by Unknown | 3:27 AM

The debate regarding recess has been going on for years, with administrator's, parents and play advocates on different sides of the argu...

0 comments Labels: character education, movement, outdoor play, self-confidence, social skills

Posted by Unknown | 6:42 AM

I love the Scrabble Junior Cheez-Its. Whenever it’s my son’s turn to take a snack to school and I’m too busy (or lazy) to whip up muffins or...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Spelling, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:13 AM

I cannot imagine what it must be like for immigrants to see the Statue of Liberty on their journey toward U.S. citizenship. To help my son u...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:23 AM

Before my son’s last playdate with his best buddy, I must have answered “what time is it now, Mom?” and “how much time before he gets here?”...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Games, Telling Time

Posted by Unknown | 10:12 PM

One of the things that yoga has taught me on so many levels is the lesson of balance. Not just in the poses, or the way I stand, sit an...

0 comments Labels: Christmas, family health, gratitude, holidays, social skills

Posted by Unknown | 5:21 AM

Have you ever known you needed to do something that no one else knew about, but you still felt guilty? That’s how I’ve felt about posting th...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:59 AM

There’s something to be said for a legend … and a great poem … and transforming junk into a craft. The combination of these three things put...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:52 AM

My son’s class is working on telling time. His homework assignment one night was to find and count the number of clocks in our home. He also...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Counting, Free Printables, Greater Than/Less Than, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 1:50 PM

Yep, you guessed it. That's me as a turkey. HA! We’re a goofy family all right. My boys love to be tickled and my husband and I still lo...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Free Printables, Plants/Animals, Reading, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:36 AM

When I purchased a subscription to National Geographic Kids magazine for my son, they sent us an inflatable globe. He has been fascinated w...

0 comments Labels: Geography, Map skills

Posted by Unknown | 5:31 AM

My favorite classroom is definitely the outdoor one, but as the weather gets colder and damper, I take my yoga adventures inside to classroo...

0 comments Labels: Adaptive Learning, children's activities, Children's health, learning, yoga in schools

Posted by Unknown | 2:06 PM

AB, AAB, ABC, ABB … if you’ve ever worked with a child on patterns you, no doubt, recognize these. Frankly, I think some of the traditional ...

0 comments Labels: Art, Crafts, Free Printables, Patterns, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:22 AM

When my son and I got to the sixth chapter of Mary Pope Osborne’s book  Mummies in the Morning , a light bulb went off in my head. The third...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:13 AM

My favorite of all the Native American art is made by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. The transforming masks, button blankets, and totem po...

0 comments Labels: Art, Crafts, Free Printables, Plants/Animals, Writing