Kermit the Frog Cake
My almost 2 year old son used to LOVE Kermit the Frog. He had a stuffed Kermit toy that he played with and he was always asking to watch videos…
Winter Salt Art Paintings: Birds
One of my favourite art activities involves combining watercolour paint (or in this case, blue food colouring and water), and salt. It creates a beautiful frosty effect that is perfect…
Story Stones
Some Benefits of Using Story Stones: Oral story telling: Telling stories helps foster imagination and creativity and increases vocabulary. Listening Skills: Have children listen to others telling stories with the…
Leaf Art
Leaf Art Autumn is a great season for crafts! Treasures found outside in Autumn, such as leaves, pincecones, and twigs, can easily be used for a wide variety of crafts. I…
Piet Mondrian Paintings
Piet Mondrian Paintings Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), was a Dutch painter with varying styles, but he is probably most well-known for his abstract geometric style. The bold black lines, square and…
Volcano Experiment
Volcano Experiment I can't remember what prompted this activity, but when my kids get hooked on an area of interest, we usually just run with it and learn all we can!…
Calm Down Box
Calm Down Box As a classroom teacher, I found it useful to have items in the room that students could use when feeling mad or upset. Teaching students to learn…
Activities with Counting Bears
Bear Counters are a math staple of many elementary classrooms, but these activities work with any variety of counters, such as bugs or farm animals. There are many different types available…
Mosaic Art
Mosaic Art The preparation for this art lesson was a bit time consuming. Cutting out so very many small squares of construction paper - by hand - was difficult. But…
Author: Donald Crews
Donald Crews My children are huge fans of the Donald Crews book, Freight Train. Inspired by just this, we headed off to the library and picked up a stack of new…