A Holiday Gift for Your Child’s Teacher As a teacher myself, I am pretty picky about what kinds of gifts I give to my boys’ teachers. Basically, my rules are 1) No mugs, notecards or teachery ornaments (teachers get way … Continue reading
Creating Clay Ornaments for Christmas This is our last holiday post of the season (although I may sneak in a New Years craft after Christmas). We made these adorable Christmas tree ornaments last week. I finally hung them on our … Continue reading
5 Warm Mittens I really wanted a mitten rhyme to add to our collection, but wasn’t able to find a “5 Little Mittens” rhyme out there so I made up my own. I call it, “5 Warm Mittens.” Clever, huh? … Continue reading
Creating a Dreidel Garland Here is another craft I shared at The Studio. This dreidel garland is not only simple, but also beautiful. You can use traditional Hanukkah colors or prints, or chose some type pofpatterned paper you just really like. … Continue reading
Christmas Tree Fact Triangles (Fact Families) I have fact triangles (fact families) on the brain today. I am working with my first graders on this concept right now and decided to create a fun practice sheet for them! FREE (for a … Continue reading
Two Christmas Rhymes Here are two more “5 Little Rhymes” to add to our collection. These are both wonderful rhymes to share with the little ones for Christmas. Five Little Christmas Trees Five little Christmas trees standing all alone Their … Continue reading
Gingerbread BOX Houses Kids love making Gingerbread Houses. I, however, do not. I do not like the mess of it. I do not like having all that candy hanging around and my kids begging to eat it all day long. … Continue reading
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Clothespin Craft I love this little guy. All you need is a clothespin, brown paint (and a brush), two googly eyes, a red pom-pom and some brown pipe cleaners. Luckily I had all the … Continue reading
Hanukkah Math Looking for some ways to incorporate Hanukkah in the classroom or homeschool? Here are five Hanukkah math games that you can try. These games can be done independently or in pairs and make great centers activities. Gelt Math … Continue reading
Pug in a Box Man, it has been a while since I have written anything for Real Life Wednesday at Picklebums. I miss it actually. It was a nice change from my typical posts. But, as always, life happens, time … Continue reading
Foil Dreidel Collage I am really excited to be one of the activity designers at The Studio. Here is one of my latest ideas shared on the site. We made this collage with some foil paper we found at the … Continue reading
Five Little Dreidels Just came across this rhyme for Hanukkah! Making the dreidels is rather simple and they end up so pretty! Materials silver and blue sparkly craft paper dreidel template (from empty cereal box) scissors pencil To Make the … Continue reading
