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Egg Carton Math Activity

    Pretty soon there will be tons of eggs to dye, and plenty of leftover egg cartons!  Put those egg cartons to good use with this easy to set up math activity!   This is one math activity that can be...

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Teaching Counting Skills with Pennies

    Several months ago my daughter decided to empty her piggy bank, all over the floor.  Somehow the pennies got put into a bucket instead of back in the pig, and they’ve been dumped a number of times...

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Apple-Themed Activities Using Pom-Poms

    Apple-themed activities seem to flourish at the start of the school year! We will be begin our own apple unit next week in homeschool, starting with these apple themed math activities using...

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Candy Learning Activities

    This year Halloween was cold and wet!  The kids wound up with tons of candy, though.  (I think the weather made people extra generous.)  Instead of letting all that candy go to waste (or eating it...

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Homemade Base 10 Manipulatives

    When it comes to math, having physical objects you can move, or manipulate, often helps kids to better understand the problem.  At home we have used small cars, erasers, and buttons to help solve...

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Subtraction Squish!

  Every teacher knows that as the end of the school year draws near, it’s harder to keep the focus on schoolwork.  The same is true if you homeschool.  This week we’ve been having fun with this simple...

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Apple-Themed Skip Counting Activity

  The start of the school year is the perfect time for some apple-themed learning activities! This week we have been having fun with this simple apple-themed skip counting activity.       To create our...

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Nail Those Math Facts!

  A few days ago I shared with you our hammering nails in pumpkins activity.   As promised, I’ve got an educational twist to the activity to share with you!   We used our pumpkins to have fun working...

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Don’t Miss These Top Kids Activities of 2015!

  At the end of the year it is always fun to look back and see which posts were the biggest favorites.  This year learning activities were a HUGE hit here on the blog.  In case you missed them the...

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Super Fun Math Activity for Kinesthetic Learners

  She was supposed to be working on her spelling words, but out of the corner of my eye I could see her turning around, watching as I carefully lined up our flashcards across the kitchen floor.  I knew...

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Nerf Gun Math

  A flash of blue and orange flew across the room, followed by half a dozen more and a bunch of giggles.  Sounds like your typical Nerf gun battle, only in our house those flying Nerf darts mean...

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15 Fun Learning Activities with Plastic Eggs

  Every year after Easter there seems to be a multitude of pastel colored eggs that take over the house.  If your kids are like mine, once all the goodies have been discovered they tend to lose...

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15 of the Best Flower Activities for Kids

  My favorite sign of spring has to be all the flowers that pop up.  I especially love the wild flowers that add splashes of lavender and yellow on our walks in the woods.  That’s why I’ve searched the...

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Have a Ball with Math Facts This Summer

  I can remember being bored, using black and white flashcards to practice math facts as a child, looking at the problem, saying the answer aloud, and flipping the card over to see if I was right....

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ABC’s & 123’s: 40+ Hands-On Learning Activities

I am so excited to be able to introduce you to a great new book that I helped co-author,  ABCs & 123s: 40+ Hands-On Play Activities to Build Letter, Number, and Shape Skills.  This ebook is full of...

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50 of the Ultimate Apple Activities

  Fall makes me think of colorful leaves crunching beneath my feet and crisp, juicy apples.  I must not be alone.  Apple activities can be found in almost every preschool and elementary school...

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30+ Hands-On Learning Projects to Help Your Child Soar

  Do you have a child that loves to build?  Do you want to further inspire that creativity?  Up! is the perfect resource to help your child’s interest soar. Up! 30+ Hands-On Learning Projects to...

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Make Math Fact Practice Fun with Cootie Catchers

  Do you remember playing with paper fortune tellers as a kid?  I remember folding the paper carefully, coming up with funny fortunes to write in the middle, and then using them with friends during the...

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Measuring Volume: Hands-On Math Activity

  Kids learn best when they are having fun.  Hands-on math activities are one way to do that.  This hands-on measuring volume activity is guaranteed to be a huge hit, and it is super easy to set up....

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Hidden Treasure Math Fact Zap!

  Chances are if you have a child in elementary school they are supposed to practice math facts at home each week.  Flashcards are boring.  But there are ways to have fun  practicing math facts with...

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