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
Books about Ants My eldest has discovered a million ants living in the cracks in the sidewalk in front of our house. He has probably spent 3 hours over the past two days watching them work, feeding them bits of … Continue reading
Books about Chocolate I think I am just torturing myself. I am trying desperately to reduce the amount of sweets my boys and I eat. It is tough because we all have a serious sweet tooth. So instead of eating … Continue reading
Books that Celebrate Differences These wonderful books help young children understand, appreciate and accept the differences in themselves and in others. The Skin You Live in by Michael Tyler The skin you have fun in the skin that you … Continue reading
Learning Lot Parking Garage I loved this parking garage idea from Lilla a and wanted to create one for my youngest. I have seen other similar ideas over the years, but this is my first attempt at this version. We did make … Continue reading
Coin Exchange Games A few more coin games for you to try out with your students or kiddos. These two games are great for getting students comfortable with trading pennies for nickels and nickels for dimes. The games are pretty … Continue reading
Books About Colors There are so many wonderful books about colors available right now. Here are a handful of our favorites. Colour for Curlews by Renee Treml When a group of Australian birds find a stash of paints and brushes, … Continue reading
Big A Little a Alphabet Book For years I have been meaning to do this again. I first did this alphabet book years ago (over 20 yikes!) with my preschoolers, but then everything was done by hand and hard to … Continue reading
FREE Number Recognition Game (1-5) I have a few goals for my youngest this summer. I would like him to know his numbers 1-10 and to recognize the letters of the alphabet. I am going to start with numbers since … Continue reading
Trade for a Quarter Game Another game for trading coins. This one practices trading coins to make a quarter. This game is best played for 10 minutes or so. Materials game board playing pieces one die pile of pennies, … Continue reading
Bath Time Stories We have a great collection of bath time books in our home. I thought I would round them up and pass them along to you! I hope you find something you like! On My Way to the Bath … Continue reading
2 Coin Memory Games I have two versions of the coin memory game. The first game is simply matching the coin face with the value. This is pretty basic, but very important for students who don’t yet recognize which coin … Continue reading
