Educational Projects
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Summer Break Reading & Writing Resource For Kindergarten and First Grade Level (Free Download Included)
Kindergarten is a fun and amazing time when our children are learning so much! One second they are memorizing the alphabet and potty-training. Then you swear you just blink and here they are reading words and writing sentences! It’s quite remarkable to watch their little sponge-like brains just absorb the world around them! But, as any teacher or parent will tell you, this is also the time when repetition seems to be a vital tool in the retention process! The University of Tennessee in Knoxville studied the effects of summer reading in young students and concluded that, “children who do not read in the summer lose two to three months…
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Let’s Make Nature Art!
We absolutely love going on nature walks. For me, there’s nothing quite as rejuvenating as being outside and letting my senses take in all of the sights, smells, and sounds of the great outdoors. So, naturally, when I saw this idea floating around social media to create art out of things you find in nature, I just knew that we had to try it out! (…and I’m so glad that we did!) This project not only ended up being fun and creative, but it also brought the whole family together around the table because everyone wanted to try one! Before we get started, I wanted to mention a few small…
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Let’s Make Homemade Volcanoes!
Who doesn’t love watching a homemade volcano erupt? The first thing that my son wanted to play with in our new science discovery box (12 days of experiments) was the volcano, but unfortunately, it wasn’t all that exciting. My little guy just kept trying to figure out how to make the eruption bigger. No problem, kiddo! I’ve got this! We’re going to make our own! What the hand does, the mind remembers. – Dr. Montessori We started out by building our volcanoes out of air dry clay. I had previously picked up some on Amazon for another project. Find it here: Crayola Air Dry Clay. At first, I had to…
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Alphabet Practice: Letter Recognition Games and Tools
One of my favorite things about homeschooling is the freedom to change things up, as needed, to help my little guy learn and retain the information that we are covering. But, even if you don’t homeschool, you probably enjoy working with your kiddos at home and I’m hoping you found yourself on my blog page because you are interested in new and fun ways to practice alphabet recognition! Welcome! I’m excited that you are here and I hope these games and tools will be helpful on your journey! “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” Ignacio Estrada And so…. these…
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“Learning & Exploring Through Art” Projects: Pre-K
We love learning and exploring through art and wanted to share some of our favorite Pre-K art projects! These are great tools to build and develop growing minds and imagination! Enjoy!
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Homemade Play Dough (and letter recognition)
(Recipe 👀👇🏻) … Any learning process that involves hands-on play is a win in our house and this homemade play dough continues to be a favorite with my little guy! (Bonus: We use it to make and identify our letters! He’s having a blast and learning at the same time! 🎉) If you’ve never made homemade play dough, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is! I’ve included my favorite recipe below… Have fun! 2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar 1/3 cup salt 1 cup flour 1 cup water 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Food coloring Instructions: Pour all ingredients into a medium mixing bowl. I usually start the mixing process to…
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STEM Preschool Project: Watch White Flowers Change Color
As a mom to a little homeschooler, I’m always looking for educational projects and activities that will teach him valuable lessons and provide him with useful tools, while also managing to hold his age-appropriate short attention span. Children are like little sponges and I never truly give him credit for everything that he grasps and understands when we work on projects together. It always hits me when I listen to him tell his daddy about the experiment. That’s when I realize how much he truly learned. For that reason, I love to do educational hands-on projects with him that incorporate multiple lessons. One of his recent favorites was this STEM…
