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What is income?
Income is money received for goods or services. It can be earned by doing a job or received as a gift.

1. Write a list of jobs people do to earn an income.

Ex. police, teacher, lawyer, custodian

2. Draw a picture of someone doing a job to earn income.

3. Write a list of some ways we receive money as a gift.

ex.Birthday, tooth fairy, graduation, holidays,

4. Draw and label what you can do with the money you receive as a gift and the money you earn as income.

5. Draw and write things you would spend your income on (earned and received) and things you would like to save for.

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EXPERIENCE Real Support

Access on-demand teaching strategies, interactive professional development courses, and membership to the Discovery Educator Network-one of the largest professional networks of educators in the world.

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Service Workers: And the Services They Provide

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Learn about the workers who serve our communities and the services they provide-police officers, fire fighters, sanitation workers, grocery clerks, and others. Discover that providing a service means doing something to help someone else. Hear simple explanations of the terms goods and services, consumers, and income, and learn why people work.

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Little Critter:  Just Saving My Money Read Along

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Patterns

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Listen to the story, A House for Hermit Crab and complete a story map (the one below or on blank paper). Be sure to draw and write about the characters, setting, what happened at the beginning, the middle and the end.

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Sharing the Planet

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Children’s books  - SQUARE by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen - PV - Storytime

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TRIANGLE by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen - Children's Books Read Aloud

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Circle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen Storytime for Kids

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Earth day read aloud by Miss Bier!

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Earth day read aloud: Our Tree Named Steve

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Fancy Nancy - Every Day Is Earth Day - By Jane O'Connor | Children's Earth Day Books Read Aloud

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Here We Are - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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I CAN SAVE THE EARTH by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli - Children's Book - Read aloud

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HUB

ABCya

National Geographic Kids

Starfall

BrainPOP Jr.

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Tumble Books

username: HAR

password: BOOKS

Storyline Online

http://lwtears.com/

PBS Kids

Khan Academy

Scholastic Learn at Home

Virtual Museum Tours

Virtual Field Trips

-Houston Museum of Natural Science At Home! http://www.hmns.org/hmns-at-home/

Houston Zoo Animal Webcams :)

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Tune in to our Houston Zoo Webcams and enjoy a live look at animals that call Houston Zoo home! See the herd of Asian elephants wander through their enormous habitat. Watch as giraffes nibble lettuce fed to them by guests at the feeding platform; you could join them on your next visit. See the rhinos roll in their mud puddle or the flamingos float next to a waterfall. See the chimpanzees interact with guests at their window or snooze in a hammock.

Learn how you can support the Zoo's animal care, education, and wildlife-saving programs through our Houston Zoo Fund.

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Tune in to our Houston Zoo Webcams and enjoy a live look at animals that call Houston Zoo home! See the herd of Asian elephants wander through their enormous habitat. Watch as giraffes nibble lettuce fed to them by guests at the feeding platform; you could join them on your next visit.

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1. Watch Arctic Habitats (username: hisdhavard, password: hisd) and identify different animals that would live in the arctic.Draw a picture of one animal, then write one sentence on how it can survive in that habitat. Use the sentence stem: “A ______ can live in the _____, because it has ________.” Follow example below.

2. Watch Desert (username: hisdhavard, password: hisd) and identify different animals that would live in the desert. Draw a picture of one animal, then write one sentence on how it can survive in that habitat. Use the sentence stem: “A ______ can live in the _____, because it has ________.” Follow example below.

3. Watch Grasslands (username: hisdhavard, password: hisd) and identify different animals that would live in the grasslands. Draw a picture of one animal, then write one sentence on how it can survive in that habitat. Use the sentence stem: “A ______ can live in the _____, because it has ________.” Follow example below.

4. Watch Ocean Habitats (username: hisdhavard, password: hisd) and identify different animals that would live in the ocean. Draw a picture of one animal, then write one sentence on how it can survive in that habitat. Use the sentence stem: “A ______ can live in the _____, because it has ________.” Follow example below.

5. Watch Rainforests (username: hisdhavard, password: hisd) and identify different animals that would live in the rainforest.  Draw a picture of one animal, then write one sentence on how it can survive in that habitat.  Use the sentence stem: “A ______ can live in the _____, because it has ________.” Follow example below.

6. Complete the Animal Habitat picture sort.

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Create any kind of animal using nature! With an adult, go outside and/or go for a walk and collect leaves, seeds, petals, twigs, anything to create an animal.

Take a picture and send it to your teacher!

See Some examples below!

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How to Grow A Lemon Tree From A Seed, by Inhabitat Gardening Guru Petey Rojas

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How To Grow A Bean Plant In A Jar? | Fun Kids Science Experiment

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20+ WAYS TO GROW YOUR OWN SEEDS AND PLANTS

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Go Plant a Tree | PLUM LANDING on PBS KIDS

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17 Quick And Easy Earth Day Activities For Kids

Each year we celebrate Earth Day. It's a day designed to help us look at ways to reduce our waste,especially plastics and recycle our un-wanted items and reuse what we can. All to remind us of how we can help keep our wonderful planet healthy.

This year a big focus is on plastic.

"From poisoning and injuring marine life to disrupting human hormones, from littering our beaches and landscapes to clogging our waste streams and landfills, the exponential growth of plastics is now threatening the survival of our planet.In response, Earth Day 2018 is dedicated to providing the information and
inspiration needed to fundamentally change human attitude and behavior about plastics." - Earthday.org

Tin Cans Pots For Flowers.

This is an easy craft. And best of all it's reuseable.

Simply take a tin can one with a ring pull top is ideal.

Take off the top ring pull part and recycle

Turn the tin upside down and very carefully using a long nail and a hammer. Make some holes in the base

Now, take a tin opener, carefully open the base and let the loose bottom now slide inside the can. It wont fall out of the bottom because on the ring pull top is slightly smaller.

There you have it. Just fill with soil and pop in your favourite plant.

We used violas but ivy, marigolds, or any other small plant will do. The tin containers do dry out quickly so make sure you check on them regularly.

Reuse Clear Drinks Cups As Mini Greenhouses For Earth Day.

This simple idea is so useful at this time of year. There are so many seeds to sow and some of them need a little extra protection to help them grow well. So reusing clear plastic cups is a perfect idea. The cup creates a mini greenhouse effect that gives the seed moist and humid air to help with germination.

Pumpkins And Self Watering Pots.

Reuse 2 litre bottles with this recycling craft. It is a super quick and easy way to recycle and grow perfect pumpkins.

Take a clean 2 Litre bottle and carefully cut the bottle in half.

Remove the cap and carefully make a hole in the top.

Insert a piece of cloth or thick wool through the bottle cap and screw back onto the bottle.

Turn the cap part of the bottle upside down and put inside the bottom half

The cloth should hang down into the bottom part and the rest should lie inside the top part.

Fill the top part with soil and the bottom part with water.

Plant your pumpkin seed on its side and cover with a little more soil.

That's it! Keep the bottom part topped up with water and as the compost dries it will naturally suck up more water through the cloth.

Earth Day Terrariums.

Reuse an old clear jar for this clever craft.

Layer the base of the jar in stone chips, sand, stones the a layer of compost.

Use tiny leaved plants and plant them on the soil.

Small stones and twigs can make attractive features beside your plants.

You could add a dinosaur or some fairies to give the kids something fun to look at.

Cut slits in the edge of the top part of the top

Water the compost gently and place the bottle top back on.

Perfect atmosphere for any little plant.

Explore Nature with A Scavenger Hunt

Why not try this signs of Spring Scavenger hunt? Learning about the seasons and how our world works helps us understand and care for it better.

Make a Nature Mandala.

This idea from playfullearning.net. is a fantastic way to celebrate our planet. Use whatever materials are in season such as flower petals, twigs, and leaves to make a beautiful artwork in nature. We like to decorate our Wig-wam in the woods with patterns like these.

Teach your kids to recycle

This fantastic idea from PIYC.co.uk helps teach small cchildren learn what recycling is and how to do it. Teaching kids at a young age to do their bit to reduce their waste and to reuse or recycle unwanted objects is a great way to get them to think about their planet and their place in it. How they can help make big difference in a small way.

Make a scrap paper collage.

This idea from bhg.com is stunning. It gave me the idea of using old colouring books with pictures of animals or flowers and instead of using colours to fill in the sections of the picture, use different paper and waste products. For example, this one is made from old newspapers and left over scraps of paper.

Plastic Spoon Flowers.

Minions Plant Holder

This idea from Ehow.com is so cute. It could be used to hold ANYTHING from a plant, pencils to hair brushes or even pet biscuits. See what you can reuse in your home. It doesnt have to be minions either just pick a theme or a colour and go for it.

Plastic bottle butterflies

Easy craft but so effective in the kids garden as the bottle butterflies flap their wings when the wind blows. You could try bees, dragonflies or even birds. Add beads or glitter too. Find out how at fabartdiy.com

Sun Catcher

Loo roll starter pots

The cardboard insides of a toilet roll can be used for so many different things. We used them here to fill with compost and sow a seed in them. When your seed grows and is ready to plant in the garden, you can plant the whole pot.

Weather measuring.

This great recycling idea from the imagination tree uses left over bottles to make a rain gauge. This craft can doubke up as a water recycling container too. Water your seedings with the water you collect.

Seed bombs.

Bird feeders.

Check out this post on making feeders from recycled materials for your feathered friends. In Spring, birds are busy building nests and producing eggs so any food you put out for them is always appreciated.

DIY TIC TAC TOE

You don't have to spend a lot of money on plastic toys that never get played with but ruin the planet. Why not try making your own game. In this craft we found a flat stone that we used with a hot glue gun to make the lines for our game on the stone.

Next, we painted 10 stones with opposite colours on them as game pieces. There you go.

Tic Tac Toe is a game that you can play indoors or leave outside as a garden game.

The rules for this game if you've never played it before...

Each player must take turns to place a stone on the 3×3 grid. The object is to be the 1st player to get 3 in a row.
So there you have 17 Quick And Easy Earth Day Activities For Kids. Don't forget to PIN this for later !!

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17 Quick And Easy Earth Day Activities For Kids - Growing Healthy Kids

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17 Quick And Easy Earth Day Activities For Kids - Growing Healthy Kids Each year we celebrate Earth Day. It's a day designed to help us look at ways to reduce our waste,especially plastics and recycle our un-wanted items and reuse what we can.

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This post is sponsored by Toyota for National Tree Day.

Five years ago, the closest I got to this thing called "gardening" was watching it on TV. Somehow, somewhere along the way, after having kids, I became a gardening convert. I've got loads to learn still, but I really can say, I love gardening and wish I had more time for it. Why am I a gardening convert? Put simply - everyone should garden because having plants around you is good for you.

Toyota understands this and have partnered with Planet Ark to help individuals, families and schools reconnect with nature by getting out into nature and having fun in their local environment.

Planet Ark's Valuing Trees: What is Nature Worth? report focuses on the value of nature. It explores the financial, environmental, social, and health and wellbeing benefits of having trees, plants and other natural elements in the workplace, at home, in the community and at school. It found that "...having plants in and around the workplace and classroom helps reduce sick leave and stress; boosts productivity and creativity; and filters and cleans the air."

Getting children involved in gardening not only provides plants around them, which is good for their health, it also gives children an important opportunity to learn through active participation and experience. Gardening allows children to investigate, experiment, manipulate, contemplate, problem solve and succeed.

Children love to grow things.

Just a year ago, I started gardening with my children. Since then, we have:

Gardening with kids is a hands-on way to promote environmental and sustainability learning and connect children with healthy food and lifestyles. As my children have gardened, I have seen them adopt caring attitudes and values and demonstrate and apply a range of skills.

Every child can garden. Here are 25 ways to get kids gardening:

Prepare a Garden Bed:

1. Mark out garden beds - Using pegs and string to mark out your garden bed.

2. Clear the surface - Where possible pull weeds by hand.

3. Loosen the soil surface - Break up the topsoil (about 20cms) to help aerate it.

4. Add organic matter - Add compost or manure thickly over the surface. Five to 10cms is really good covering.

5. Mix the organic matter with the soil - Using a fork or spade, gently mix the organic matter with the loosened soil surface.

6. Leave the garden bed to settle - A great time to release some earthworms into the garden. Leave the garden to settle for at least two weeks.

7. While the garden bed is settling - grow your seedlings; place boarders around your garden beds; place straw on pathways to suppress weeds.

8. When your garden bed is ready for planting - remove any large weeds; rake the soil surface; measure out the areas where each plant will be planted and mark them with pegs and string.

Direct Sowing Seeds:

1. Moisten soil - Soaking the soil two days before planting is most helpful for new seeds.

2. Mark out rows - Using any long narrow stick, lie it along the garden bed where you wish to plant the row. Press the stick gently into the soil to create furrows to plant the seeds.

3. Place seeds in the furrow - If the seeds are very small or fine, you can first mix the seed into a handful of sand and spread the seed/sand mix thinly along the furrow.

4. Cover the seed - Make sure the seed is buried to the right depth.

5. Water the seed - Use a fine mist spray.

6. Keep bed moist - During germination the soil should not be allowed to dry out.

7. Thin out plants - Once the new plants have merged you may need to thin out the number of plants.

Transplant Seedlings:

1. Before planting - water the seedlings to be transplanted the day before planting. Make sure the soil in the garden bed is moist for planting.

2. Planting out - Mark where each seedling will be planted with a planting stick. Tip your punnet of seedlings upside down holding your hand over the top of the pun net to catch the seedlings. Gently tap the bottom of the punnet with your other hand until the seedlings and soil become loose from the punnet in one complete block. Be careful not to damage the fragile roots of the seedlings. Don't plant too deeply.

3. Water the seedlings immediately. Don't let the soil dry out.

4. Lay some organic mulch around the seedlings as soon as they are planted to keep the soil moist.

Container Gardens:

Growing plants in pots has been my favourite way to garden with my kids. It's easier to weed, they are movable and because we can use quality potting mix, we aren't limited to growing only those plants that will thrive in our (poor) garden soil.

There are many different types of pots for growing plants:

1. Hanging baskets

2. Terracotta pots

3. Planter boxes

4. Fabric bags

5. Wall pouches

6. Recycled materials - like old tyres, or eggshells.

Everyone can garden. Everyone should garden because having plants around you is good for you.

I still have loads of gardening projects I want to try. Do you have a tried, tested and loved kids gardening activity?

Pauline & Lessons Learnt Journal is all about life with kids. Pauline is an Aussie mum and teacher who shares her love for play, math games, writing and reading activities. She believes that #playmatters, values curiosity & wonder, wisdom, obedience and respect. She also needs naps. When not blogging, she may be found virtually hoarding on Pinterest, trying to decide which Instagram filter to apply, or compulsively refreshing her Facebook feed.

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Cut out and sort each animal to their correct habitat. Each Habitat will have 6 animals!

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Print and cut out each picture. Use a paperclip to identify which habitat an animal would live in.

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Build a nest

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This build a nest STEM challenge for kids gets kids thinking creatively and applying imagination to science! A nest making activity for any age!
This STEM Challenge for kids is an extension activity to the book, Owl Babies

. The illustrations in this book are beautiful. In reading the page that discussed the owl babies' home, it was made of 'twigs and leaves and owl feathers'. Building a nest is one of our favorite owl STEM activities to do.

My kids immediately started asking how birds could build a nest. This bird nest STEM challenge made for the perfect activity for us to do in conjunction with this book!

Build a Nest STEM Challenge for Owl Babies

Pretending we were little owls we went out on a nature walk, and collected items that we thought a bird might like to use to build a nest. Twigs, feathers, leaves, dried grass, pine needles and evergreen branches all came home with us.

We used a round piece of tree trunk to as a base for our nest, just to give it a bit of stability.

The kids started with the dried grass and twigs to make a circular shape. Weaving in some feathers and leaves they made a comfortable, padded space for the birds and their eggs.

We really learned quite a lot about the intricacies of how to build a nest! Additionally, we are quite amazed at what these creatures are capable of, it was not the easiest of tasks, making is quite the bird nest challenge!

This bird nest STEM challenge discusses where different birds live, which items of the nest are heavier or lighter, and teach quite a bit about making a sound structure! There was also a lot of fine motor practice going on for those little fingers.

You can build your own bird's nest for the Owl Babies in the book entirely out of items that you find on your walk. Or, you can purchase some of them like the feathers or fake moss for your build a bird nest STEM activity.

Glue the items together to build a nest that will last. We chose to do this challenge over and over, taking the nests apart and trying new ways to make them. The kids wanted to find a nice place nestled inside of a tree to keep the nest, just in case any baby owls needed a new home 🙂

Fun Spring Activities for Kids

See More Owl STEM Activities and Learning Activities:

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This build a nest STEM challenge for kids gets kids thinking creatively and applying imagination to science! A nest making activity for any age! This STEM Challenge for kids is an extension activity to the book, Owl Babies . The illustrations in this book are beautiful.

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Big Idea

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Over Time

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Practice reading the letters and blending the sounds together. Then color the pictures that contain the blend (or write and draw on blank paper)

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Ryan Pretend Play with Giant Vending Machine Kids Toy!!!