Robot Name Puzzle

The first and most important word a child learns to read, spell, and write is his or her name! Kids love this robot name puzzle mat as a hands on way to practice putting the letters in names in order.

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Tips for the Great Backyard Bird Count with Kids

Has cabin fever struck your family this winter? Birdwatching is satisfying all year long but an event that might just give you (and your kids) the extra motivation you need to jump in this month is the Great Backyard Bird Count. We're sharing all the details as well as tips, tricks, and resources to use when birding with kids!

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Lion and Lamb Puppets

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. At least, that's the plan! We are introducing our kids to a unit study on weather. These lion and lamb puppets are the perfect prop for this theme!

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Reindeer Food Writing Tray

Do you make magical reindeer food with your kids? It's one of our most cherished traditions but this year I was inspired to see if I could sneak a bit of fine motor work into the Christmas fun. We created a reindeer food writing tray!

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Letter Formation with KORXX Cork Building Blocks

KORXX cork building blocks are a favorite for our entire family. These sustainable and eco-friendly toys inspired endless free play and educational opportunities. Cork has natural unique characteristics that allows kids and adults together to build in ways where other blocks literally can't stand up!

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The Best Activities Based on Children's Books

Kids, teachers, and parents all love educational activities based on classic children's books. Your child's favorite story comes to life as they create crafts, play games, and try recipes themed around their favorite characters. We've collected the best stories and done all of the planning for you to follow along!

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Identifying, Sorting, and Classifying Marine Mammals

We love hands on science ideas for kids! We learned to identify and classify marine mammals from other ocean life in this sensory sorting activity. 

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Foam Blocks in Water

Our kids love any sensory play invitation that involves water! Foam blocks are so fantastic in water because they float and the water acts as a glue making them stick to each other and vertical surfaces. We thought of so many learning activities with these two simple materials. 

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Nest Nature Hunt

We combined science and math by taking the kids on an outdoors nature hunt to find birds' nests! We loved being outside for this part of our homeschooling day.

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Stamping Shapes in Kinetic Sand

Stamping shapes into kinetic sand is a great opportunity to work on shape identification, count the sides and corners, and compare and contrast the shapes. Our kids loved this hands on fine motor math activity.

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Toss the Globe Geography Game

Our new inflatable globe is perfect for this hands on geography game for kids! We love to plan active ways to learn so this gross motor activity definitely was a big success for us.

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Button Stacking Game for Kids

Buttons are one of the most irresistible for loose parts kids! We're using them to cover literacy, math, and fine motor skills all in one with a button stacking and sorting challenge for children.

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Place Value Game with Dice

Last week we had a lot of fun learning about place value with tens and ones while playing our domino game! We built on this same concept using dice this time to work on hundreds, tens, and ones. 

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Dominoes Place Value Game for Kids

We love using everyday items to work on educational activities! We used dominoes to play a game that practices math concepts including place value and comparing numbers. We've even included the free worksheet so you can play at home or school, too!

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Solar System Bracelet Craft for Kids

We love hands on solar system learning activities! We've made plastic lid planets and practiced planetary order with a planet hop game. Today we're sharing a craft that also helps kids review the planets in order as they make a really cool jewelry!

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Painting Sugar Letters

One of our favorite activities of all time was painting sugar cubes. We decided to revisit this fine motor invitation while adding literacy as we form and paint letters!

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Planet Hop

Do you have a kinesthetic learner or a kid that loves to move? We always love to work gross motor movement into our activities! We came up with a way to play while learning the names and order of the planets in our solar system.

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Coin Counting Game for Kids

Nothing makes us happier than when we can find ways to include our preschooler and our homeschooled elementary school daughter in the same activity. We created a hands on math game that they both love to play! 

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Color Sorting Ideas for Kids

We love to work with colors and rainbows! Fine motor practice is even more fun when it's bright, brilliant, and beautiful color sorting activities for kids!

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Spelling Sensory Sink

Our kids love sensory play activities! We used an indoor sensory sink as an invitation to explore letters and work on spelling. 

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