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Teaching Number Order First Grade Math
Math in first grade is all about number recognition and developing an understanding of numbers. Recognizing place value for tens and ones and grouping tens and ones are important concepts that students will use again and again in future math concepts. We built a little extra practice activity based on number order and played a few…
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First Grade Teaching Comma Use Activity
Big Sister is in First Grade now. Wait, when did THAT happen??! She is learning so much in first grade. And I’ll be honest. I’m no teacher, I have no idea how to teach the skills needed to graduate the first grade. I do see what she comes home with for home work, and figure…
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Little Blue Little Yellow Magic Foaming Dough
Oh, how we love sensory play activities! From water bin play to soda dough, we love to get messy and learn through the senses. We decided to give magic foaming dough a try, and oh boy. Was this ever fun! This crumbly dough is moldable, soft, and the best part is the magic. It brings a little science…
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Mix It Up Fingerprint Candle Craft
Have you introduced the kids to books by Herve Tullet? Not too long ago, we read Press Here and made a fun sensory shaving cream bin to go along with the colors and active interaction the book inspires. When we were given the chance to review Herve Tullet’s newest book, Mix It Up!, we jumped at the…
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Video Game Party Ideas
You know we love party fun with our kids, right? We haven’t had a lot of experience with video games, so we knew that when we introduced the kids to gaming, we wanted it to be educational and energetic. The kids get up, get moving, and jump, dance, and MOVE! We’ll definitely be using…
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Orange Zest Salt Dough Recipe
We love a fun play dough recipe! From glow in the dark dough to crayon dough, we’ve done a lot of dough experiments. This time, we whipped up a salt dough recipe with an added ingredient…orange zest! This recipe is perfect for ornaments for the holidays, or just a fun sensory experience for playing with. The kids loved zesting…
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Grand Old Duke of York Craft
We love our nursery rhyme crafts! This one is part of a Nursery Rhyme crafts and activities series we hosted with a bunch of our favorite bloggers. One of our favorite (and it’s hard for my kids to choose favorites when it comes to nursery rhymes…) is The Grand Old Duke of York. We made this fun craft…
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Boy Scouts Outdoor Play and Activities
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by The Boy Scouts of America and The Motherhood. Read our full disclosure here. Kids get a TON of screen time these days. There’s television shows, bright and crisp movies on the big screen, educational apps at home and at school, music, phone calls with screen images, and toys with screens.…
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Science and Discovery Activities for Kids
Watching kids discover through science, art, and creativity is fun! The learning that happens through discovery is pretty neat to watch. These ideas have great opportunity for discovery and learning for kids. Discovery Activities These discovery activities support science, technology, art, engineering, and math, or STEAM! Not only that, but the hands-on activity ideas…
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Bottle Cap Christmas Craft
We love our Christmas play activities. We’ve even put together a 25 Days of Christmas play list of fun activities we’ve done in the past. This bottle cap Christmas Tree is fun to make and a cute Christmas craft that kids will love. And, bonus is that the recycled caps are free! Christmas Tree Craft for Kids This post…
