Torn Paper Skeletons I had forgotten about this activity until the other day when I was going through my Halloween folder at school. I love making torn paper skeletons and decided to try it with my first graders. I knew … Continue reading
Candy Corn Ice Cream Treat I made this fun dessert for our Halloween party last year and wanted to show it to you all. Candy Corn Ice Cream Treat Ingredients: 2 gallons of vanilla ice cream (preferably a softer brand … Continue reading
Five Little Scarecrows Rhyme and Craft I have shared quite a few Five Little Rhymes on BMTM over the past few years. And because of my latest fascination with scarecrows, I have added another one to the collection. Five Little … Continue reading
Scarecrow Art I fell in love with this idea for making scarecrows faces from Art Projects for Kids. It is a bit more structured than most drawing/painting activities we do in our classroom, but I still wanted to give it … Continue reading
Fall Sight Word Bingo Games I needed a new sight word game to play with my first grade reading group. They are beyond the words like “am” and “I” and ready for some more challenging and useful words. I discovered … Continue reading
Apple Pickin’ Time Math Game It’s almost (officially) fall here in the States and fall means apples, leaves changing colors, pumpkins and, of course, Halloween. Last year at this time, I shared our FREE Apple Tree Math printable and it … Continue reading
Spiderman Birthday Party We did it! We survived this year’s birthday party for my 5 year old. He wavered for months about the theme, but in the end Spiderman won and we had a wonderful Spiderman birthday party. Our party … Continue reading
Books about Clouds I was introduced to the book, Cloudette, by my son’s preschool teacher and was immediately smitten. My son (3) loves it too. We have read it over and over and each time he is just as excited … Continue reading
Spiderman Goodie Bags Materials empty cardboard box scissors glue black and white poster board (or other paper) red paper bags Directions After gathering the above materials, find a Spiderman mask image on the internet. The mask image I found was … Continue reading
Summertime Crafts and Learning Activities This is a collection of some of BMTM’s favorite summertime crafts and activities. Click the link for each idea to take you to the post. Hope you find something you like! SUMMERTIME CRAFTS Dome Lid … Continue reading
Egg Carton and Popsicle Stick Flowers It feels like forever since I have done any crafts with my boys. Between school, after school activities, homework and all the other parts of daily life, crafting has definitely taken a back seat. … Continue reading
Bird’s Nest Cookies for Spring and Easter There was a bakery in the town where I grew up where they made these amazing bird’s nest cookies. For years, I have tried to find a recipe or a replica somewhere, but … Continue reading
