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Three Ingredient Snow Dough
January 23, 2014
Late January and early February always feel like the blah part of winter, I think, and that has definitely been true this year! After a stomach bug and a head…
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Tic Tac Toe Rainbow Loom Bracelet Tutorial
January 22, 2014
Tic Tac Toe Rainbow Loom Bracelet Tutorial Difficulty: Medium. Definitely learn the basic chain bracelet first, but this is a good step up! This past Christmas, we joined the Rainbow…
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Kindness in Action: Devotions for Families on Loving God and Loving People
January 20, 2014
My boys are not really into Valentine's Day - all the hearts and mushy stuff is not exactly up their alley! But as I was thinking ahead to February, I…
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"It Looked Like Spilt Milk" Cloud Shapes Craft for Preschoolers
January 17, 2014
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links The book It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw holds a special place in my heart. One of my college professors introduced us to…
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Learning Activities for Four Year Olds
January 15, 2014
Four year old's are so much fun! The new-found maturity of age four is so nice, especially after the challenges of ages 2 and 3. Owen is 4 1/2 and…
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Math Activity for Kids: Learning to Make Change
January 13, 2014
Learning to make change can be a difficult skill for kids to learn. Counting change is hard enough (why is a dime worth more than a nickel when the nickel…
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Multiplication with Legos: Candy Store Math Problem
January 9, 2014
This candy store math problem is a fun way to introduce 2nd and 3rd graders to the geometric model for multiplication, and kids really don't need to know much about…
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Lacing Mittens Craft for Preschoolers
January 6, 2014
The house always seems so empty when we take down the Christmas decorations, and so this year, I decided that we would do a winter unit right after Christmas and…
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Make a Launcher for Hot Wheels Cars
January 5, 2014
We have been using plastic rain gutters as ramps for Hot Wheels cars for a while, and Aidan decided that he really wanted to build some type of launcher that…
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Hands-on Multiplication with Legos (A 3-D Graph!)
January 2, 2014
This LEGO® activity is a great way to introduce the concept of multiplication to 2nd and 3rd graders in a very hands-on way. Math doesn't feel like work when you're…
