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Day: July 7, 2015

Learn with Play Year Round Learning Book

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We are published in a book!  I am so excited to introduce our book that we’ve had the honor to collaborate and help author.  Introducing, Learn with Play: 150- Activities for Year Round Fun and Learning!
Learn with Play: 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning for kids. An amazing resource for parents, teachers, grandparents, child care workers. This would be a great gift idea for birthdays!

 

This book is sure to keep kids busy and free from boredom with 150+ activities for year-round learning through play.  With 94 co-authors, Learn with Play offers activities, crafts, learning for all stages of childhood from babies to kindergarten aged.  This is such an amazing resource for parents, educators, therapists, child care workers, and grandparents.  A book like this would make an amazing (and easy) gift idea for birthday presents to children of all ages.  
 
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Learn with Play: 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning for kids. An amazing resource for parents, teachers, grandparents, child care workers. This would be a great gift idea for birthdays!


Learn With Play Book

The pages of Learn with Play is such a resource with it’s age-appropriate play and color coded activities.  Bloggers from all over the world have teamed up to bring you the best ideas for learning through play.  Each activity comes with age suggestions, abilities targeted, clear instructions, materials needed, author’s name, and blog url. 
Learn with Play: 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning for kids. An amazing resource for parents, teachers, grandparents, child care workers. This would be a great gift idea for birthdays!


Included in this amazing resource:
  • Fine Motor Skills
  • Sensory
  • DIY Toys
  • Play Recipes
  • Busy Bags
  • Math
  • Literacy
  • and much more!
 

Ebook version 

Kindle version ($14.95) Click here to purchase

Paperback version ($29.99) Click here to purchase

Learn with Play: 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning for kids. An amazing resource for parents, teachers, grandparents, child care workers. This would be a great gift idea for birthdays!

Teach Fractions in the Kitchen

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Kids can learn fractions while cooking with kids in the kitchen using tools you already have.  We used measuring cups and measuring spoons to discuss parts, whole, and fractions while doing a little cooking with kids recently.
Teach kids fractions using kitchen utensils like measuring cups and measuring spoons.

We’ve been on a learning kick this month with our Learning with Free Materials series, part of the 31 Days of Homeschooling Tips as we blog along with other bloggers with learning at home tips and tools.


Teach fractions with measuring cups and kitchen tools:

This post contains affiliate links.  We used measuring cups and spoons that we already had, making our learning activity free.  There are many 

kid-friendly measuring cups
out there that are plastic, large handled, and no-spill. I love the bright colors of these
measuring cups and spoons, which are perfect for kids in the kitchen. While there are many kid-friendly cooking utensils out there, just grab whatever you’ve got in your kitchen for learning fractions with the kids for a free (or almost free) learning activity at home.


To practice fractions with kids, fill a large basin with water.  Using the measuring cups, show your child the one cup and half-cup measuring cup.  You can demonstrate how the half-cup utensil will fill up the one cup utensil with two scoops.  Then remove one half of the water by dumping the water back into the bin.  Ask your child how many scoops it took to remove the water from a one cup (whole) cup.  


Continue the process using the 1/3 and 1/4 measuring cups.  By adding scoops of water, kids can get a visual on how the parts make up a whole.  


Continue the fractions discussion by scooping and measuring with the tablespoon and 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoons and the teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon, and 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoons.  


More playful math activities you will like: 

Bottle Caps Math | Snowman Math
Nature Math | Shape sorting and patterns

Love using regular every day items in learning and play?  Get our published book for 150+ activities for kids that can be done throughout the year:
Ebook version  Click here to purchase


Kindle version ($14.95) Click here to purchase


Paperback version ($29.99) Click here to purchase

Lemon Bars Mason Jar Cookies

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Today in the Cooking with Kids A-Z series, we’re sharing L is for Lemons and our Lemon Bars made in a mason jar.  These easy bars are fresh and sweet and perfect for summer baking, and even better for gifting in a cute and fun mason jar.  Kids love to eat them up right from the mason jar.


Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!


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Mason Jar Lemon Bar Cookies

Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!

To make Lemon Cookies in a Mason Jar, you’ll need a few ingredients:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter (softened)
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
Cooking spray
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp lemon juice 

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Measure the flour by sifting.  Blend the flour, butter, confectioners sugar thoroughly.  Drop 2-3 Tablespoons into the bottom of mason jars which have been sprayed with cooking spray.  Using a Tart Tamper, press the dough until flat on the bottom of the mason jars
.  Place the jars on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.  Beat the remaining ingredients together.  Pour over the crust and bake for 20-25 minutes more.

Recipe makes 6 mason jar treats.  You can also omit the mason jars
and bake in a 8×8 inch square pan.
Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!
Enjoy these lemon bar mason jar treats right from the jar!

Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!

Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!

Make lemon bar cookies in a mason jar for gifting or a sweet and tart summery treat. Kids will love to make these in a cooking with kids activity!

Read the rest of the Lemon Recipes from the Cooking with Kids A-Z team:
Lemon recipe from Rainy Day Mum
Maderia Cake from Mum in the Mad House
Lemon Ginger Ice Cubes from Still Playing School


Check out some other Cooking With Kids Recipes we’ve made: 

A is for Apple Dumplings Recipe
B is for Banana Cheesecake Bites
C is for Carrot Veggie Puffs Recipe
D is for Dough recipe
E is for Egg Strata Recipe
F is for Flour Strawberry no milk/no egg Pancakes

Want to cook healthy foods for your family?  Grab Yum! Deliciously Healthy Meals for Kids, a cookbook for busy families that want healthy meal ideas. 


Healthy recipes for kids
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