Octonauts Birthday Magnets I love magnets. In fact I have collected them for years. I decided to add to our collection with an Octonauts birthday magnet “commemorating” my son’s 4th birthday. Materials: magnet sheets or other magnets computer/printer image of … Continue reading
FREE Strawberry Counting Cards I have berries on the brain this week. Walking around the Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings, I cannot help but notice how beautiful all the berries are. And, of course, they are tasty. So as … Continue reading
Make Your Own Treasure Chest Octonauts Style Before I begin this post, I have to give credit where credit is due. My inspiration for this creation came from The Imagination Tree’s post, DIY: Treasure Chest. From this inspiration came my version. … Continue reading
How to Make an Octonauts’ Hat We had a big birthday this past weekend. My youngest turned 4 and we had a Octonauts Party to celebrate. One of the big hits was the Octonaut hats we made. Here is how … Continue reading
Kwazii Kitten Pirate Flag Shirt Last year at my youngest’s birthday party, I took the image from his invitation, made it into an iron-on and created a t-shirt for him to wear. It was great for the big day, but with … Continue reading
5 Great Games from Around the World I just finished up a week long camp where I taught children ages 3-12 games from around the world. We plowed through what seems like hundreds of games, but there were a handful … Continue reading
All About Me Cube (and data collection papers) Many moons ago when I was teaching first grade (before children), we would make an All About Me cube in the first week of school. It was a great way to get … Continue reading
6 Uses for Beach Balls in the Classroom Beach balls are over the place now and they are very cheap. I found some for 99¢ at Michaels and at Target. Needless to say, I have started a bit of a … Continue reading
Teaching about Coins with the Coin Tower One of the things it said on my son’s report card was to practice identifying coins and to learn their values. I knew I could easily grab a few coins and do the … Continue reading
Almost a Fire Fighter Party My youngest turns 4 in a few weeks and for the LONGEST time all he wanted was a fire fighter birthday party. I was pretty excited because there are so many great things that can … Continue reading
Candle Holder Bird Feeders We went to the fancy bird store today. There were so many cute little things that both the boys and I wanted for our yard, but being that most of them were way out of our … Continue reading
Chunky Wooden Letter Decorations We made our bi-weekly pilgrimage to Joann’s today. I love that store! I could spend so much time (and money) there… While there my eldest decided he wanted to make something for his little brother. I … Continue reading
