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10@10 Skills Challenge with Jenny Higgins

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Official education portal of the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland. Curriculum focused resources and support for primary and post primary teachers.

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MOVEMENT BREAK CURRICULUM

In order for kids to learn, they need to move!

Movement breaks or "brain breaks" are classroom-based physical activity programs for kids to get them moving more. Movement not only allows children to get their 'wiggles' out, but energizes them and increases their ability to focus on the next learning activity. In order for kids to learn, they need to move!

These breaks can be used to energize a group after lunch or relax and calm a class before a test or at the end of the day. We also consider movement breaks a time when teachers can reinforce fundamental movement skills with kids that are no longer being taught in PE classes.

Our movement break video content providers are all amazing coaches or PE teachers who are enthusiastic about bringing more movement into the school day. The videos are designed so that, if a teacher has in-class video capability, the video can be played for students and they can follow along with the video. Or, the videos can be used as inspiration for teachers. Regardless, we will continue to grow our movement break library so its a one-stop shop for movement break curriculum.

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Movement breaks or "brain breaks" are classroom-based physical activity programs for kids to get them moving more. Movement not only allows children to get their 'wiggles' out, but energizes them and increases their ability to focus on the next learning activity. In order for kids to learn, they need to move!

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National 'Active SCHOOL Week' takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children.

This year, because of COVID-19, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are asking you to invite the families of your school to participate in the 'Active HOME Week' challenge instead.

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National 'Active SCHOOL Week' takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children. This year, because of COVID-19, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are asking you to invite the families of your school to participate in the 'Active HOME Week ' challenge instead.

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Youtube Channel created by an Irish Primary Teacher to promote reading at home. Stories uploaded daily at 11am.

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Dia dhaoibh! This youtube channel is to support children with the learning of Irish during the school closures of Covid-19. Weekly videos will be uploaded to...

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Irish activities to try over the summer

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Poems, tongue twisters, songs, jokes and more to encourage the use of Gaeilge at home.

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Letters and Sounds – Free phonics resources for the Letters and Sounds programme

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Whether you are a parent or teacher, you can use these free resources to help support the DfES Letters and Sounds phonics programme. If you’re new to Letters and Sounds and want to find out what it’s all about, visit What is Letters and Sounds to find out more.

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Father's day is on the horizon and today I'm excited to share a fun and very simple Handprint Fathers Day Art idea, that would look great framed as a stand-alone representation of dad in handprints or as part of your Arty Crafty Kids homemade card.

Either way, this cute idea will leave Dad weak at the knees and your little ones will enjoy the process of transforming their handprints into an image of their much dad, which is great for encouraging creative and 'out of the box' thought processes.

If they can turn their prints into a portrait of dad, what else could they create with their hands and fingertips?

Perhaps a handprint sunflower? or even handprint bumble bees (as featured in the Bug Box).

Handprint Fathers Day Art: Materials

Canvas
Cardstock or Construction Paper
Paint
Paint Brush
Scissors
Glue
Black Marker

Handprint Father Day Art: Tutorial

Step 1: Paint your child's palm with flesh toned paint and your child's fingers with a hair colour paint (refer to the photo)

Press your child's hand down firmly onto the canvas towards the top, with the fingers in an upwards position.

Help your child gently life their hand off the canvas to avoid smearing the paint.

All the handprint to dry completely.

Step 2: Repeat the steps above but this time, paint your child's palm or bright colour, the pink and thumb finger the same bright colour and the middle 3 fingers blue.

Paint the pinky and thumb tip a flesh toned colour (refer to the photo)

Step 3: Allow the handprint to dry completely.

Step 4: Cut a necktie shape from cardstock or construction paper.

Step 5: Use a black marker to add detail to the neckties.

Step 6: Glue the neckties onto the handprint.

Step 7: Draw eyes, eyebrows, a nose and a mouth onto the handprint with a pencil.

Trace the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth with a black marker.

Step 8. Dip your child's pinky into pink paint and blot onto the cheeks of the handprint.

Use a thin paintbrush to colour in the eyebrows to match the colour hair.

Your Handprint Father's Day Art is now complete!
More on Arty Crafty Kids!
While you are here, have a browse through our extensive art and craft archieves for more inspiration!

We also have an exclusive membership area where you can download unlimted art and craft templates, colouring pages, how to draw guides and animal & shape outlines for various projects!

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Printable Father's Day Cards.

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Cluiche: Cad is féidir leat a fheiceáil? 

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Interactive Snail Craft for Kids: Kids will adore playing peek-a-boo with this adorable paper snail craft. Children can move the snail as if it's slithering in and out of its bobbly shell.

Here at Arty Crafty Kids, we're always inspired by all the little wonders that spring brings along with it, and today we're bringing you a celebration of the snail! This easy bug craft for kids is a lovely way to encourage learning on the topic of mini-beasts, and snails are particularly intriguing - their eyes are on stalks, they leave slime behind, and they carry their own houses!

So we've added an extra interactive element to this craft, so that kids can move their snail along. Incorporating movement into the crafting process helps to make it extra fun and engaging, so this snail craft for kids will really capture little ones imaginations.

How to Make the Interactive Snail Craft:

What you Need:

White and Blue Cardstock
Green Paper (2 Shades)
Watercolor Paint or Crayons/Pencils
Wooden Stick (Popsicle Stick)
Sticky Tape
Glue Stick
Scissors

How to Download the Interactive Snail Template:

The Snail Template is available to members of the Arty Crafty Kids club. The template can be accessed via the link below: https://www.artycraftykids.com/product/peek-a-boo-snail-craft/

Not A Member?

Watch the Peek-a-Boo Snail Video:

Let's Make a Peek-a-Boo Snail!

Color in the Template

Use your favourite medium, whether it's paints, pencils or crayons, to color in the snail. Whichever medium you choose, the most important thing is that he's bright and cheerful!

Cut out the Snail

Carefully cut out the snail elements from the template.

Secure the Popsicle Stick and Eyes

Turn your snail over, stick on the eyes to the top of the head and then glue the popsicle stick onto the middle of the body. This will make a little handle to help your snail move along his grassy patch!

Create Grassy Elements

Now we need to make the grass for your snail to explore. Take a sheet of green paper and cut long, thin triangular pieces so you can create some tall, fine grass. Your blades of grass don't all need to be the same - in fact it looks better if you cut them randomly, all with slightly different heights, directions and widths.

Then take your second sheet of green paper - a different shade this time - and create the short grass, by cutting zig-zags across the width of the A4 sheet. Instead of having individual blades, this time you'll have one solid piece of grass.

And before it blows away in the wind, get sticking! Start by gluing the long grass onto the blue cardstock.

Then stick the single piece of short, stubby grass over the top.

Cut a Slit into the Grass

To help your snail get moving, cut a slit into the grass. The slit needs to be about 4-5 inches long, and not too close to the bottom, so it doesn't tear.

Add the Shell-less Snail

Thread the snail through the slit you just made and give it a test run! Holding your popsicle stick, move the snail back and forth to make sure he can move freely without catching on the grassy paper.

Creating Depth with a Bobble

Using scissors or a paper cutter, cut out two even strips of colored paper. Strips of card do give a better bounce but are a bit trickier for kids to fold, so if you give card a go, a bit of adult help might be needed!

To create the right sized strip, we recommend cutting the paper from the shortest side of an A4 piece of paper - or the longest side of a piece of card - and making the strips at least an inch or so wide.

Take the two strips and position them in a 90° angle, like the corner of a picture frame (as shown above), and glue the connecting papers together.

Fold the bottom strip over the top and crease the fold along the edge. This will make the accordion fold nice and tight!

Continue this process, folding the bottom over the top and creasing, until all the paper has been folded up.

Then seal the ends with glue so your accordion fold doesn't come undone.

Stick one end of the bobble onto the grass-covered card, just above the body of the snail.

Secure the Shell

And let's not forget about the most important part of the snail - his house! So stick his shell onto the top of your bouncy bobble.

Now it's Playtime!

Have fun helping your snail explore, and enjoy his shell happily bouncing away, as he crawls around his garden!

More Interactive Bug Crafts for Kids:

While you're here, check out these popular buggy crafts and extend the snail craft by adding a few friends!

Bobble Butterfly Craft for Kids:

This Bobble Butterfly craft is so adorable and easy to make with the kids! With the added bounce from the bobble, the butterflies will flutter above the gorgeous spring flowers.
https://www.artycraftykids.com/craft/bobble-butterfly-craft/

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft for Kids:

Bring the book to life with this fun and interactive The Very Hungry Caterpillar Printable Craft!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of those books we've revisited time and time again with each of my three children; covering bug topics, colours and the butterfly life cycle.
https://www.artycraftykids.com/craft/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-printable-craft/

Bobble Bee Craft for Kids:

Kickstart the Spring term with this adorable Bobble Bee Paper Craft. With the added bouncy movement, bees literally pop from the page as if they're buzzing around a beehive; making this a super fun and engaging Spring craft for kids to enjoy.
https://www.artycraftykids.com/craft/bobble-bee-paper-craft/

Happy Crafting!

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Interactive Snail Craft for Kids: Kids will adore playing peek-a-boo with this adorable paper snail craft. Children can move the snail as if it's slithering in and out of its bobbly shell. Here at Arty Crafty Kids, we're always inspired by all the little wonders that spring brings along with it, and today we're bringing you a celebration of the snail!

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It's important to check you've been given the right change when you go shopping - this game makes it fun! Spot the right amount as it pops up behind different doors, then click on it before it disappears again.

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Introduce your child to the Change Game. Make money learning fun and teach them to check their change with this free and fun interactive activity.

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Scan this on mobiles and tablets to quickly open this web page.

Coins game is a money game which introduces children to coinage in British, Australian, American and Euro currencies. The currency defaults to British, but can be changed by clicking on the flags. The game is designed for 4-10 year olds.

It has three game modes. The first activity, Sorting, helps children to recognise the different coins. The second, Ordering, involves arranging the coins from lowest to highest values. Thirdly, the Counting game has eight different ability levels where children count the amounts of money on a piggy bank. It can help to improve children's accuracy in counting money and it is useful for classroom money activities as a better alternative than plastic money. All three activities lend themselves well to use on an interactive whiteboard.

AGE

4-10 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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Free sorting, ordering and counting games for 4 to 10 year olds. British, Australian, American and Euro currencies supported.

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Sound walk checklist - Indoor and outdoor versions

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"www.sorchaj.com" gives students handy phonics exercises to practice their reading . It is a useful asset for the classroom teacher and for parents to use at home. Make sure to adjust video speeds to the skill level of the student, pausing or slowing the video when needed. For English language students the videos hep with the correct pronounciation of words.

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Virtual Field Trips on a range of SESE topics

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Virtual field trips allow children to visit places around the world without ever leaving their homes. Through virtual field trips, they can visit other states, countries across the globe, and even other planets. This allows children to experience places they wouldn't get to see otherwise. Virtual field trips are also great for when you can't get out due to illness or can't afford to travel. Here are several free resources your family can use to take virtual field trips.

Zoo & Aquarium Free Virtual Field Trips

Dublin Zoo - Watch the giraffes, zebras, rhinos, elephants, and penguins of this Ireland zoo via live webcams.

Franklin Park Zoo- Explore this Boston zoo using an interactive map and videos.

Houston Zoo - Observe animals in several of the zoo's exhibits via live webcam.

Marineland Dolphin Adventure - Learn about dolphins, sea turtles, and more during a video-based tour of this marine mammal park in Florida.

Monterey Bay Aquarium - Watch sea creatures in this California aquarium with the live animal cam.

National Aquarium - Take a virtual tour of this aquarium located in Baltimore, Maryland.

San Diego Zoo - View live videos, learn about animals, play games, and more on this interactive website.

Zoo Tours - This YouTube channel visits zoos around the US.

Observe Wildlife With Free Virtual Field Trips

Africam - Watch animals in the African bush using live webcams.

All About Birds - Observe birds all over the US and world via live webcams.

Explore - View animals around the world with these live webcams.

Nature & National Parks Free Virtual Field Trips

Great Lakes Now - Learn about the Great Lakes of North America with this series of video-based virtual field trips.

Mount Everest - Explore this peak in the Himalayan mountain range through 360-degree photos and informative articles.

The Nature Conservancy - Learn about ecosystems around the world with video-based tours.

The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma - Explore nature in Oklahoma through videos and photographs.

Son Doong Cave - Explore the world's largest cave with 360-degree images.

The Virtual Rainforest - Learn about the rainforest with this interactive tour that includes informative videos and articles.

Yosemite National Park - Tour this national park located in California through interactive panoramic photographs.

Visit Farms With Free Virtual Field Trips

Eggs in Schools - Take a video-based tour of several egg farms.

Farm Tours - Learn about agriculture through these virtual tours of farms in Canada.

HenCam - Observe chickens on a small backyard farm in Massachusetts.

Purina Farms - Learn about the animals at Purina Farms with this virtual field trip.

History Museums Free Virtual Field Trips

Anne Frank House - Take a 360-degree tour of Anne Frank's home in Amsterdam.

The British Museum - Browse the online galleries of this museum, which is located in London.

Colonial Williamsburg - Take a 3D tour of the world's largest living history museum.

Corrie ten Boom Home - View the home in 360 degrees as the digital guide tells Corrie's story.

Museo Galileo - Virtually tour this museum dedicated to Galileo in Florence, Italy.

National Women's History Museum - Learn about trailblazing women while exploring the museum's virtual exhibits.

Old Sturbridge Village - Learn about life in 1830s New England with this 3D tour.

September 11th Memorial and Museum - Explore the museum with this interactive video-based virtual tour.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - Virtually explore many current and past exhibits of this museum located in Washington D.C.

War & Military History Museums Free Virtual Field Trips

Battleship New Jersey - Take a video-based tour of the US's most decorated battleship.

Beyond the Battle Field - Watch a behind-the-scenes video-based field trip of the Museum of the American Revolution.

National Museum of the US Air Force - Take a virtual tour of this museum located in Dayton, Ohio.

The National World War II Museum - Learn about World War II with this series of video-based field trips.

Historical Sites, Landmarks, & Monuments Free Virtual Field Trips

Ellis Island - Visit Ellis Island with this video created by Scholastic.

Historic Philadelphia - Take a picture-based tour of historic sites in Philadelphia, PA. Stops include the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Betsy Ross Hall, and more.

Mount Rushmore - Explore this national memorial located in South Dakota through 360-degree images.

Mount Vernon - Take an interactive and informative tour of George Washington's home in Virginia.

The Statue of Liberty - Learn about the Statue of Liberty through the videos and photographs in this virtual tour.

The White House - Go on a 360-degree tour of the President's home.

Art Museum Free Virtual Field Trips

The Dalí Museum - Take a 360-degree virtual tour of this St. Petersburg, Florida, museum and view online galleries of Salvador Dalí's artwork.

The British Museum - Browse the online galleries of this museum, which is located in London.

Google Arts and Culture - View the art collections of over 500 museums and galleries. Some of the museums also offer full virtual tours.

The Louvre Museum - Explore exhibits at this famous art museum in Paris, France.

MetKids - Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, located in New York City, using an interactive map and videos.

Learn About Space With Free Virtual Field Trips

Boeing Aerospace Tour - Join Boeing on a virtual field trip to the Johnson Space Center.

Callisto: Space Innovation Tour - Explore the Orion Spacecraft with a video-based field trip.

International Space Station - Take a video tour of the space station.

Johnson Space Center - Tour Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with this series of videos from Boeing and Discovery Education.

Mars - Explore the surface of Mars in a 360-degree view while learning about the planet and space exploration.

NASA Glenn Research Center - Take a look around the facilities with these interactive virtual tours.

Factory & Business Free Virtual Field Trips

Amazon Fulfillment Center - Learn how Amazon fills customers' orders with this online field trip.

Mount Olive Tour - Find out how pickles are made with this video tour.

Taylor Guitars Factory - Watch guitars being made with this video-based factory tour.

Community Helpers & Services Free Virtual Field Trips

Clover Post Office - Visit the Clover Post Office in North Carolina to learn how mail is delivered.

Martin County Sheriff's Department - Join a group of preschoolers for a video-based virtual field trip to the sheriff's office in Martin County, Florida.

Memphis Fire Department - Watch a video tour of the fire department.

Republic Services - See what happens to our trash with virtual field trips to landfills and recycling centers.

Explore the World With Free Virtual Field Trips

AirPano - Visit locations all over the world virtually with 360-degree videos and photographs.

Borneo - Travel to Borneo, the third largest island in the world, and learn about the rainforest with this video.

Holy Land Tour - Virtually visit Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and more.

The Journey of Water - This video explores Columbia's paramo ecosystem and follows water's path to the kitchen sink.

The Most Dangerous Ways to School - Watch children all over the world travel to school with this 13-episode documentary series.

Rick Steves' Europe - Visit and learn about Europe with this YouTube channel.

Vatican Museums - Virtually tour numerous museums, chapels, and galleries.

World of Wonder Travel - Take virtual trips around the US and the world. The website includes a free printable passport and stamps to track field trips.

360 Cities - This website provides interactive 360-degree videos and images of locations around the world.

Miscellaneous Free Virtual Field Trips

National Geographic Education - This YouTube playlist includes virtual field trips to various locations.

Discovery Education - Discover Education offers a wide variety of virtual field trips.

Google Earth - "Fly" anywhere in the world in seconds, explore hundreds of cities in 3D, take guided tours, and create your own maps and stories.

Google Maps Street View - Type in any address, select street view, and explore the area. Not only can you take a virtual trip down the streets, but you can also "step" into many museums, landmarks, and other attractions. Here are some I've found.

Free Printable Field Trip Journal & Log

Our 20 Ways to Save on Field Trips post includes a free printable field trip journal and log. This printable works well for both in-person and virtual field trips.

Other Resources You May Enjoy
Free History Unit Studies and Lesson Plans Free Science Unit Studies and Lesson Plans Homeschool History with YouTube Homeschool Science with YouTube
Free Curriculum for All Subjects and Every Grade - Simply choose a subject from the menu on the main page to get started.
Note: This post was originally published on March 16, 2020 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Free Virtual Field Trips - Freedom Homeschooling

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Fun activity - spin the interactive wheel and find or think of a word beginning with that letter it lands on. Great fun!

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Spin the wheel to see which item comes up next.. Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P, A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, Z, X, C, V, B, N, M.

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Amazon Best Sellers: Best Children's Prejudice & Racism Books

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10 bpóstaeir chun cabhrú leis an léitheoireacht. 10 posters to encourage reading.

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Cluiche simplí chun dul siar a dhéanamh ar na fuaimeanna. A simple game to revise the sounds as Gaeilge.

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Counters, counting sticks, dice, dominoes and more to aid at home learning.

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Interactive tools and activites to aid the teaching of mathematics. Hundreds of randomly generated questions and answers.

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by Leanne Guenther

This is SUCH a fun craft for young children to do. There's something about shiny little scales that just cheer my 2 year old daughter right up! Our rainbow fish has a permanent place of honor on the refrigerator.

Here is a picture of the Rainbow Fish that Cassidy made.

Tip from Val: To make the Rainbow Fish Crafts look underwater, stick it to a blue sheet of construction paper and glue on top one sheet of slightly crumpled plastic wrap.

Tip from Terrie: I often teach the 2/3 year olds at Sunday School and last week we did the Jonah story. To simplify your fish craft I used the template for an outline and traced it onto blue construction paper. I cut it out so that the outside was still one piece. We glued the the tissue squares and tinfoil squares onto a plain white piece of paper, and then laid the blue construction paper over top. We then had a colorful fish in the middle surrounded by blue construction paper "water"! . The kids loved it, and it was easier for them.

Materials:

template of the fish (or you can draw your own)

1/2 inch or so bits of various colored tissue paper or construction paper (we used tissue paper in the photo above).

small amount of tinfoil

thin strips of various colored tissue paper or construction paper

one big blue piece of tissue or construction paper OR a blue marker or crayon

glue,

scissors

Instructions:

print rainbow fish template (or draw the outline of a fish on a piece of paper)

color the head in blue, or glue on a piece of tissue or construction paper. It doesn't have to be perfect as we're going to cut out the fish at the end.

glue strips of various colored tissue or construction paper on the fins and tail (see photo).

glue 1/2 inch (ish) squares of tissue paper or construction paper onto the body.

glue a few strips and 1/2 inch squares of tinfoil over the fish (or just glue on one square scale to show Rainbow Fish after he shared).

Cut out along the lines (if you used tissue paper you'll be able to see the lines through it... If you used construction paper, just estimate where the lines are). This step will require adult assistance for younger children.

Cut out the mouth and eye and glue them onto the head. (you can color them in with markers if you wish.)

Templates:

Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.

Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Print friendly version of these instructions

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by Leanne Guenther This is SUCH a fun craft for young children to do. There's something about shiny little scales that just cheer my 2 year old daughter right up! Our rainbow fish has a permanent place of honor on the refrigerator. Here is a picture of the Rainbow Fish that Cassidy made.

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Jun 26, 2015 - Have a little footsie in your household that's craving some color to do adorable arts and crafts? Try making this starfish footprint art (or well a sea star footprint art as they are now called)! Ocean animal crafts are perfect to do over the summer.

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Count forwards and backwards to 20 with this fun interactive game.

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Early Math: Count 1 to 20 - Balloon Count

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Practice counting balloons from 1 to 20.

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Handwriting letter formation - curly letters

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Handwriting letter formation: Curly caterpillar letter family

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Handwriting letter formation - long letters

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Handwriting letter formation: Long ladder letter family

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Educational Stories, videos and activities on a range of topics.

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Ring a Grandparent or older relative and interview them! Download this simple template or create your own.

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BookTrust - Interactive Storybooks and Games

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Here you can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online or watch with signing.

There are classic children's stories that we think you and your family will love, including Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd to Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson, along with newer favourites such as Chris Haughton's Oh No, George! and Everybunny Dance! by Ellie Sandall.
Our storybooks and games are free to use, however some older devices aren't able to support them. You can also watch our Storytime playlist on YouTube read by the likes of Ore Oduba, Adam Buxton, Fearne Cotton and many more.
We also have lots of free online games for children to enjoy. Whether you're after number games, puzzle games, colouring or interactive storybooks, there are lots of fun activities to try!

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Stories for kids online and fun games to play

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Find kids' books to read online for free, including classic children's stories like Hairy Maclary and Owl Babies, and play our fun online games - from number games to colouring.

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Físeanna ealaíne trí Ghaeilge.

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DFÉ / Peann Luaidhe bláthanna / Gaeilge / DIY

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A different story every week.

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The Colour Thief read by Pearl Mackie | CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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Under 30 minutes and no special tools required. Fun for all the family!

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These quick and easy summer kids crafts can be made in under 30 minutes using items that you probably already have around the house! No special tools or skills are required, so ANYONE can make these cute summer crafts for kids! Great fun for the entire family!

Happiness is Homemade readers love our post "45+ Quick & Easy Kids Crafts That Anyone Can Make!" and have been requesting more collections of quick and easy kids craft ideas. Today we're answering that call and bringing you 25 Quick & Easy Summer Kids Crafts that take less than 30 minutes to make!

These awesome summer-themed crafts don't require any special tools or skills, so they're great for parents who don't consider themselves "crafty." Everyone can get creative with these simple ideas!

Easy Summer Crafts for Kids

25 Quick & Easy Kids Crafts That Anyone Can Make!
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When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a cartoon character named Simon who would use his imagination to climb into his Land of Chalk Drawings. Whatever he drew, be it a rocket ship, a zoo, a herd of dinosaurs, or a soccer game, Simon would find himself on great adventures in amongst his creations.

Fast forward to my own life as a parent and sidewalk chalk has become a spring and summer playtime staple for my children. Whether it's used to practice letters, write messages for family and friends, draw great masterpieces, or for many other creative games, chalk is a colourful and inexpensive toy.

Sidewalk chalk has come a long way from Simon's Land of Chalk Drawings. Chalk now comes in 48 colours, in glitter, and in neon. But what hasn't changed is the myriad of ways in which chalk can be used as the basis of many active games for your children. Find a safe spot in a driveway, a schoolyard, or on a sidewalk, and prepare to chalk up the fun your kids will have (sorry, I couldn't resist).

1. Hopscotch

This is an oldie (as in kids have been playing it for over 300 years) but a definite goodie. The rules [PDF] are simple and kids can either draw their own course with the chalk or have a parent help. Use your imagination and draw the boxes to be jumped in in various colours and shapes. Use the chalk as the marker or find stones, beanbags, buttons or small plastic toys. Once your children have conquered hopping the course, see if they can double hop on each box or use varying feet for hopping on the way up and the way back the course.
Skills developed: Hopping, throwing, balance, coordination
2. Avoid the Shark

With different colours of chalk, draw "beaches" various distances apart. Use blue chalk to draw water and shark fins between the beaches and have kids jump from beach to beach to avoid the "sharks" in the "water."
Skills developed: Hopping
3. Chalk Bullseye

Use various colours of chalk and draw concentric circles with a bullseye in the middle. Within each circle, write point values if kids want to brush up on their math skills or simply use markers to see who can throw an item closest to the bullseye. For markers, use chalk, stones or on hot summer days, wet sponges or water balloons.
Skills developed: Throwing
4. Four Square

Four Square is extremely popular in many schoolyards at recess. Draw your own Four Square court with chalk, mark a number from one to four in each square, and use a bouncy ball to play this fun game. Each player stands in each of the squares, and the player in square four starts by bouncing the ball in their square and then hitting it towards one of the other squares. The receiving player then hits the ball to any other player. The ball must bounce in the receiving player's square once and they must hit it to another player before it bounces a second time. If the player misses a square or the ball bounces a second time before they hit it, they are "out". If there are more than four players, the player who is out goes to the end of the line of waiting players. If there are only four players, the player who is out would move to the next lowest position, four being the highest square.
Skills developed: Striking
5. Chalk Maze

Have kids design their own web of squiggly lines, circles, and other lines with chalk to design a maze through which others can walk, run, cycle, or scooter. The bigger, more colourful, and more intricate the maze, the more fun kids will have working their way through.
Skills developed: Running
6. Alphabet Hop

Use chalk to make 26 squares or circles fairly close to one another and write the letters of the alphabet in each. For kids just learning their alphabet, call out letters to hop from one to another. For kids who are able to spell, call out words to spell and have them hop using one or two feet from one letter to another. During the summer months, this is a not-so-subtle way to work on spelling skills while having fun.
Skills developed: Hopping
7. Sidewalk Twister

Find me a person who doesn't like Twister and I will show you my best "what you talkin' about" face. Create your own chalk twister board with at least four colours and four shapes and have another child or parent call out instructions as to where children should place their right hands, right feet, left hands and left feet. Keep the traditional rules of Twister by having kids balance while moving each hand and foot to different coloured shapes without falling over, or make your own rules. Have kids roar like lions on blue squares or hop like bunnies on a green circle. Ask them to laugh like their moms on a yellow triangle or stand as tall as a tree on a red squiggle.
Skills developed: Depends on activities chosen
8. Corners

This game requires at least three players but can be played with many more. Draw a large square court with smaller squares drawn in each corner in different colours. Draw a circle in the middle of the court. One person is designated the "counter" and stands in the circle in the middle of the court. The counter closes their eyes and counts to ten. While their eyes are closed, the other players skip around the court and choose a corner to stand in (more than one person can stand in one of the corners). With their eyes still closed after counting to ten, the counter calls out one of the four corner colours. Whoever is standing in that colour is out. The game continues until all players are out.
Skills developed: skipping
Head to your nearest yard, driveway, or sidewalk and prepare for your kids to spend endless hours of active fun with one piece of "equipment." And if they start telling you Simon-like stories of climbing into magical places with dragons and fairies, it will have been an even more super-fantastic day.

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Dance songs for kids are the best remedy for stir crazy and energetic little ones. OK, let's be honest. They're perfect for all kids!

Action and dance songs are great when kids need to get their wiggles out, when the weather isn't cooperating, and when you just need a bit of fun! They're some of the best songs for kids.

As you know, young kids can have trouble staying focused for long periods of time. They are just not wired to sit still all day.

That's where dance songs come to the rescue! They add some spice and can also help as a behavior management technique.

We all know the value of recess during the school day. Think of these action and dance songs as a way to incorporate more recess all throughout the day!

Dance Songs for Kids

Here are our favorite dance songs for kids, and we think you'll love them too!

How to Stream Music in the Classroom or at Home

If you want to get songs without the ads from YouTube, there are a couple simple solutions. You can click the songs directly from this post, and it should take away most of the ads. Screen it first to make sure it works for your needs.

If you are using just audio, I have Amazon Music Unlimited which isn't free but well worth it for me because we use it each day between the classroom and home. If you would want to download more than 10 songs a month, it's worth its weight in gold! It's compatible with your phone, electronic devices, Alexa, and computer. What's great is that I can download the songs while I'm home on my phone using wifi with the Amazon Music app. Then the songs are always there on my phone, and I can play them in the classroom, the car, or anywhere else.

There is also a 2 million song music library with Amazon Prime. That's how I started, but then I eventually switched to Amazon Music Unlimited because it has nearly every song.

Get Yo Body Movin'

Get everyone up and grooving with this irresistible action and dance song! Most kids will already be familiar with the guys of Koo Koo Kanga Roo, so they'll be much quicker to engage and participate.

Freeze Dance

These next two action and dance songs are both variations on a freeze dance for kids. Try them both and see which resonates better with your children - or they might love both! You may want to preview the videos and set some expectations before trying so that things like skipping don't get too wild.

This first version is by the Kiboomers, and you can see all of their Freeze Dance songs on Amazon.

Move and Freeze

Our friends at the Learning Station have so many awesome dance songs for kids and even an entire Brain Breaks Action CD.

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

If you're looking for the classic action song, look no further! This version is extra fun because it speeds up as the song goes on. Varying tempos in a song is a great way to keep the listener's attention! And it is a perfect dance song for circle time. See it on Amazon.

Hokey Pokey

Another timeless dance song for kids! Can't go wrong with this one. I particularly like how they include a harmony line along with the familiar melody - being able to pick out or copy a harmony line is a great early musical skill! This song also speeds up as it goes along, which adds a lively twist and helps keep the kids engaged. This song can also be found on the All-Time Children's Favorites album by The Learning Station.

Jump!

Patty Shukla calls this song "Musical PE," and it's a perfect description! Your kids will have a blast following the directions and moving along with her. It also includes a ton of musical goodness like key changes, varying tempos, and simple harmonies. Even though your kids may not recognize these things, they help keep the song fresh and entertaining. See it on Amazon.

Driving in My Car

This video showcases The Cat's Pajamas, but the amazing song was actually written by Ellen Allard and is featured on her CD Good Kid. My kids weren't with me when I first saw it and I bookmarked it immediately because I couldn't WAIT to show it to them!! I knew they'd love the role play of being a movie star, the fun actions, and the different speeds of the song. I promise your kids will be captivated the whole way through!

Shake Your Sillies Out

What a fun song for transitions! There's more than one song from The Learning Station on here, and it's no coincidence - they are great at brain breaks and movement, action, and dance songs for kids! See our post of The Best Movement and Action Songs for Children to find their classic Tony Chestnut or see their entire Brain Breaks Action CD.

I am a Robot

A fun dance song for kids where they get to pretend to be robots. This one is great for following directions and for critical thinking while dancing - the directions repeat and add on top of each other, so the kids will have to pay close attention! The is a must-have for a preschool circle time song! The ending is also very clever. See it on Amazon.

If you're looking for more dance and action songs, or songs to use at circle time or throughout the day, check out our full song library below!

Music and Movement Songs

Educational Songs

Start and End your Day with Music!

Circle Time Songs

Seasonal Songs

Also, have you seen our song posters? We made it easy for you with posters, cards, and song sticks that you can print from your own printer! Check them out in our store.

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Do your little ones love to dance and make music? Or just make a lot of noise? My three adore it. Making music is a great way to add some fun and learning to your toddler or preschooler's day. (And it works well for babies and their older siblings!)

I like to make it even more fun by having us make our own instruments. Don't worry, they all take less than 3 minutes to construct. Your children can help you construct them, decorate them, and play them. Here are 5 easy musical instruments to teach your toddler and preschooler STEM.

Wait, what? Did I just say it is important to learn music for STEM purposes? Doesn't STEM stand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?

Yes, it does. But music fits into all of those categories. Music and math are particularly interrelated.

Learning rhythms and music helps with number literacy and fractions. They also help children recognize patterns and remember complex ideas.

It is important to remember the STEM isn't some tool we pull out for a single task then put back on the shelf. It is enmeshed in everyday life. So yes, make some instruments and do some STEM with them.

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5 Easy Musical Instruments for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Put a few beans or some rice into the plastic egg and seal. Take the two spoons and face them towards each other, concave side in.

Tape them together at the base of the spoon basin. Place the egg between the two concave sections of the spoon, narrow end down. Tape the egg into place.

Decorate as you please and shake to play!

Paper Plate Tambourines

Place one plate down on the table and put some beans or dried pasta on the plate. Place your second plate upside down on top of the first. Staple around the edges to hold in the beans.

Decorate as you please and shake to play!

Paper Towel Tube Kazoos

Cut a square out of the wax paper large enough to completely cover the end of the paper towel tube. Wrap the wax paper around the end of the tube and secure tightly with a rubber band.

Decorate as you please and play by humming or singing into the tube!

1. Empty, clean coffee can

2. Wooden spoon

This is the easiest one to make. Just rinse out the coffee can, put the plastic lid back on, and hand it to your child with a wooden spoon or two. Instant drum.

You can take it up a notch by duct taping two coffee cans together to make a bongo of sorts. Decorate as you please and rock out.

1. One empty and dry water bottle

2. Dried beans, rice, or lentils

Add some beans, pasta, or rice to your water bottle. Seal. (I tape it closed just to be safe.) Decorate and shake to play.

This is a fun one to try with different materials inside and filled to different volumes. How does the sound of a fuller bottle compare to that of an emptier one?
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Learning Activities with Musical Instruments

There are several fun things you can do with these children's musical instruments to help with learning.

Basic counting is a great start. Have your child count along as you hit or shake your instrument. This provides a concrete thing you are counting, the sound. It helps build number sense, which is the idea that numbers have unique values.

Repeating rhythms is a part of pattern recognition. This is a skill that will come in handy in both science and math. It also boosts focus and observational skills as kids have to pay attention to what you are doing.

Kids love to be loud, use that to your advantage. Practice opposites by playing quietly then loudly. Move on to more subtle comparisons of soft, loud, loudest, etc.

Again these are observational skills at work, plus it helps kids practice relating two different events.

How are sounds made? They all start with vibrations. Try to feel the vibrations of the drum and kazoo. Have your child hold the eggs while shaking the maracas. Do they feel the beans hitting the side?

This is a great way to talk about how sounds a produced. These vibrations create sound waves.

You might not be creating a great symphony, but encouraging children to appreciate music has actually been shown to boost all areas of learning. Encourage your child to create their own songs. Music helps math and science skills.

The main goal of making these instruments is of course to have fun. But you can direct the fun a little bit. Practicing counting, comparing sounds, and repeating rhythm all help boost math and science skills.

Your child is practicing learning and number sense, all while having a good time. Explore any way you can think of!

My kids never get tired of pulling out the instruments. They feel a real sense of pride and ownership when they get to decorate them as they want. And the great thing with all of these is that if they wear out or break you can just make new ones.

You don't need expensive toys or 'real' instruments to make music with your children. And you are teaching important STEM skills with this form of play. So grab some supplies and rock out!
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Handwriting practice doesn't need to be boring! This handwriting activity uses colored pencils with bright and vivid colors to make a colorful activity that seems more like a game than working on If you've been following The OT Toolbox for long, then you know that creative handwriting activities are some of our favorite (and most popular) topics on the website. We love to share fun ways to work on the areas that make up handwriting skill, like size awareness, That's why we're excited to share this handwriting activity that uses colored pencils to boost handwriting skills like letter formation and pencil pressure.

spatial awareness, letter formation, pencil control, pencil pressure, and speed. These are just some of the subareas that go into legible and functional handwriting, but each makes a big difference when it comes to self-confidence in the child who is learning to write with ease.

When you practice handwriting skills in a fun way using out of the box tools (like colored pencils), handwriting practice can boost the child's skill and confidence so they are more likely to carryover individual skills into writing tasks.

Teaching kids handwriting at home can be a struggle for many children, but taking the time to make handwriting efforts fun and creative can really pay off. Self-confidence in handwriting shows in legibility and ease of written work, enabling students to complete classroom assignments while focusing on the task at hand and not how neat of sloppy their handwriting is.

handwriting challenges like letter formation, pencil control, and pencil pressure!

Handwriting Activity Using Colored Pencils

We received two sets of Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils with a Soft Core, one of the This is a good way to introduce pencil control when it comes to
Go! Teach products, and when we opened the tins, we were excited to see the bright and colorful array of colors. The soft core of the colorful lead allows the pencils to write smoothly and softly in a way that creates vivid colors. The soft core of the pencil lead gave me an idea: What a great tool for addressing handwriting skills in a way that slows down pencil speed to enable accuracy!

line awareness. The soft core of the colored pencils also helps with creating a bright pencil stroke that really shows up when shading. This made a nice impact on a pencil pressure activity. You can check out all three of these handwriting activity ideas below in more detail.

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Handwriting Activity to Improve Letter Formation Using Colored Pencils

The first handwriting activity that we did was a letter formation task. When kids are learning to write letters, it can be easy to form letters in reverse. This is particularly true with commonly reversed letters like 'b' and 'd', 'g' and 'q'.

When kids are learning letters, it can be helpful to break handwriting instruction up into teaching the various letter families. We've discussed
cursive letter families here on the site before, but the printed letters are not much different.

There are groups of letters that contain the same pencil strokes, starting lines, and "parts" that allow letters to be divided up into letter families. For example, the letters b, h, m, n, p, and r all have a downward pencil stroke followed by a re-trace back up and a curve over to form the "bump" of the letter.

To address letter formation in our handwriting activity, we used a spiral notebook pad. First, I made sure the pages were lined up and then I used a We then used our
ballpoint pen to write a letter by pressing down very hard. When the top notebook page was turned, I showed my kids how the impression of the letter was intact on the page underneath.

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils, Soft Core to write the letter on the "ghost letter". It was fun to feel the letter on the page and then to use the faint guide as a tool for letter formation. To illustrate letter formation and letter families, I grouped specific letters together in a group on the notebook page.

Watch the video below to see how these pencil activities using colored pencils can be used to work on pencil control, pencil pressure, and other handwriting challenges:

Handwriting Activity to Improve Pencil Pressure Using Colored Pencils

Our second handwriting activity used those same Ghost Letters to address If a child presses too lightly on the pencil, words can be written so lightly that it's impossible to read. There are many reasons why a child may utilize too much or too little pressure on the pencil. You can read all about these underlying reasons for To teach kids about pencil pressure, use the Ghost Letter technique of writing letters on a pencil pressure. Pencil pressure is a big topic when it comes to legibility of written work. If a child presses too hard, the paper can tear, letters can become smudged, it's hard to erase completely, and legibility suffers.

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notebook page. When they turn the page of the notebook, they shouldn't be able to see the Ghost Letter on the second page. If they do, they are using too much pencil pressure and are pressing too hard on the pencil. If they don't see the Ghost Letter, they are using a lighter amount of pressure on the pencil.

We illustrated this by using our You can also ask students to write the letters on the top page of the Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils to shade on the Ghost Letters that appeared on the second page of the notebook. The bright colors of the soft core colored pencils allowed for a bright color while enabling the Ghost Letter to show through.
notebook to see if their letters show through to the following page. Typically, a child who writes with heavy pencil pressure will have letters showing through on the second page even when using a pencil (as opposed to a ballpoint pen).

*Note: This activity addresses only heavy pencil pressure. If a child is pressing too lightly on the pencil and writes with a light pencil pressure, the Ghost Letters will not show through on the second page of the You can also address pencil pressure using
notebook.

colored pencils when shading. Instruct kids to shade darker or lighter and match an example color. This helps them to understand how hard to press when they recreate the same shade.

Handwriting Activity to Improve Pencil Control Using Colored Pencils

One final activity that uses colored pencils is one that can improve pencil control. Pencil control is needed to make the pencil start at the top line and stop at the baseline without overshooting line approximations. Pencil control requires use of visual motor skills.

One way to practice line use and pencil control is by completing pencil exercises like this one:

Use a ruler to draw one inch spaces on a piece of paper. Using the colored pencils, ask students to draw random lines connecting the top and bottom lines.

Students can use a single color to form several lines spaced randomly within the writing area. They can then switch colors to add additional colored lines. Continue to draw lines, focusing on starting on the top line and stopping on the bottom line.

The soft core of the Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils allows for a slower pencil stroke. This can help with accuracy.

All of the activities that we did with our
Add another component to this handwriting activity by drawing vertical lines so that students practice left to right pencil strokes while focusing on pencil control.

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils were a big hit resulting from the bright and colorful selection of colored pencils in the set.

There's just something about opening up a fresh set of colored pencils!

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A few days ago, I packed up the kids and we went raspberry picking. It was a very hot day that made us all sweaty. Once we got home, it was time for Little J to take a nap (to which he happily obliged after he consumed a pound of raspberries in the hot summer sun). Miss O and I just wanted to sit inside and enjoy the air conditioning.

I love finding simple activities and crafts for kids using dollar store items to keep my kids occupied and away from technology. Today was no exception. My last minute idea that I whipped up in no time was to have Miss O create a beaded wind chime. I knew I had all of the supplies in my craft room. I also knew it would be a relatively quick activity as she has a short attention span! The phrase "Hey, wanna do a craft?" always elicits a big YES! from Miss O, particularly when it involves painting or beads.

This is a great craft for honing fine motor skills in young kids. This is also a wonderful opportunity to let your school-aged child get creative! This is also great for either gender. Despite the fact that beading is typically a "girly" craft, you can simply alter the colours and sway your boys to participate as well.

What You'll Need

Plastic cup

String or plastic lacing (5 x 6″ strands)

Variety of beads - pony beads work best

How-To

Use a pointy object (such as the end of a pair of scissors or even a pen) to poke a small hole in the bottom of the cup and four evenly spaced holes about 1cm down from the edge of the cup. If you think your child is really going to enjoy this activity and has an excellent attention span, you can always change it to 6 strands! I knew my daughter, who only just turned 4, would get bored quickly despite how much she loves stringing beads.

Next, slide one end of each string through the four holes around the edge and knot them. I put the end through the hole, looped it around and tied it onto the rest of the string to ensure it wouldn't fall through the hole. Have your child string a selection of beads onto each strand. Once each strand is complete, tie a knot in the ends. For extra security while it's blowing in the wind, I tied a knot, then added a pony bead which I included in my next knot and then knotted one more time below the bead knot. I don't want beads in my swimming pool in a wind storm!

Once they have completed the strands of beads, make a loop with the remaining string and push the two ends inside the cup from the hole you made in the bottom. Slide a pony bead over the two ends and tie a knot.

Now take your child and their masterpiece outside for a bit of sunshine and hang up your wind chime! I'm not a fan of noisy wind chimes so I appreciated the virtual silence of this craft. If you like the sounds of chimes, you can add bells here and there onto the strings or else simply attach one to the end of each strand.

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Homemade bird feeders are really easy to make using our step by step homemade bird food instruction. These easy diy bird feeders for kids are made using just 3 ingredients and you can make them in any shape you like using cookie cutters! Hang your bird feeders up in the garden with some pretty ribbon or use this bird feeders recipe to make easy homemade gifts that kids can make!

We love these homemade bird feeders so much that we come back to this activity over and over again, we make DIY bird feeders each year! You can see in the video below how easy it is to make this homemade bird food. Take a look at the step by step DIY bird feeder instructions below for full details on how to make them.

We love making DIY gifts for family and friends and these homemade bird feeders make perfect little gifts as well as being easy enough to make with the kids.

If you are making these homemade bird feeders with preschoolers as part of a winter project take a look at all our other winter activities for kids.

To make homemade bird feeders you will need:

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STEP 1: Get your bird feeder supplies ready

Before starting these diy bird feeders for kids to make I'd recommend getting all your supplies ready. You can see in the video above how easy it is to make this homemade bird food when all your supplies are to hand. Harry and Daisy were both 3 years old when they first made this homemade bird food so they are perfect bird feeders for preschoolers to make. They would be great to make as part of a winter project. As well as collecting your bird seed, gelatine and a jug of hot water you will need a mixing bowl and spoon and a tray that has been covered in foil. (
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STEP 2: Mix the gelatine and boiling water

Pour boiling water into a bowl (adults only). We used 1 pint of water, but if you only want to make a few bird feeders use less water as we made a LOT !!! You need roughly the same amount of water as bird seed.
Pour 2 sachets of gelatine into the boiling water and stir until all the gelatine had dissolved. If you are letting kids help with this step you will need to supervise them very closely.

Slowly tip your bird seed mix into the liquid. Add a small amount of the bird seed at a time and give it a stir.

Now it is time to use the bird food mixture to make your homemade bird feeders. Using cookie cutters as moulds for the bird feeders means you can easily make the hanging bird feeders any shape you choose. We went with hearts, bird shapes, butterflies, stars, a whole mixture of shapes!

Place the cookie cutters on top of a tray covered in foil and fill each of the cookies cutters with the homemade bird food mixture. Use the back of a spoon to make sure the mixture is packed into the cookie cutter tightly.

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How to make homemade bird feeders. These easy diy bird feeders for kids to make are made using just 3 ingredients and a cookie cutter. This homemade bird food would be a great homemade gift that kids can make or a fun outdoor nature activity.

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Summer vocab.

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Free printable games, playdoh mats and interactive activities for making words.

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A set of 70 fold- over cards (2 per A4 sheet) featuring pictures of CVC items and the words beneath. Simply print and cut out the cards, then fold up each phoneme flap for children to sound out and check each of the words. There are 14 CVC words for each short vowel a, e, i, o and u. A fun and effective phonics activity.

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Múinteoir Ciara - Phonics, Tricky words and handwriting lessons for Junior Infants.

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Have your kids make a dandelion craft using a fork and some paint! This is a very quick and easy art project for most kids!

You could put these on a homemade card!

You will need yellow paint, a fork, a piece of paper, and a green marker.

Have the kids dip the back of a fork into some yellow paint.

Then tell them to press down on the paper and pull back making a circle shape first. Fill in the middle parts and let dry.

Draw a stem with a green marker. You can leave the dandelion totally yellow or add a bit of orange paint for some depth.

Try this fingerprint dandelion craft with your kids too!

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This post may contain affiliate links, read our Disclosure Policy for more information. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, thank you! Have your kids make a dandelion craft using a fork and some paint! This is a very quick and easy art project for most kids!

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Here you can paint in color by numbers coloring books online, right from your web browser. Every picture is available in three modes: easy, difficult, and numberless. Besides, it's impossible to color the coloring books incorrectly. For example, you cannot color an element with color number 4 if it is marked with the number 2. And if you try, you will see a hint telling you which color you should choose. Children really like this and it helps them remember numbers. If you don't like the designated colors, you can change them to your own.

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We have developed digital activities, eBooks, printouts and other resources for teachers to use alongside the Folens books they have booklisted to use in the classroom. Teachers get automatic access to these digital resources when they register on FolensOnline.

For parents to get access, all you need to do is to register on FolensOnline as a teacher from your child's school, using the relevant school roll number. You will then have access to the same resources that your child's teacher has access to and can use the resources your child is familiar with from school.

School roll numbers can be found on the Department of Education website or on schooldays.ie

Register with FolensOnline.ie

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We make eBooks to accompany our student textbooks. Students can access these eBooks through our FolensHIVE app, which can be downloaded to their phone or device. There is a scratch panel on the inside of our textbooks, with a unique licence code. Students can use this code to download the eBook in the app.

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PPT chun dul siar a dhéanamh ar an leabhar ''Cairde Nua''

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PPT with pictures to revise the vocabulary from 'Cairde Nua''.

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Cluichí chun dul siar a dhéanamh ar an aimsir. Games to revise the weather.

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Primary Languages " Northern Ireland Curriculum

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Sight Words Bingo is our most popular sight words game. It takes the traditional Bingo game and replaces the numbers with words, motivating the child to read the sight words so they can play (and win!) the game. Children love playing Sight Words Bingo, and it is a great way to provide repetition opportunities in a large group setting.

Each child gets his or her own Bingo Card with a set of words printed on a grid on the face of the card. The adult calls out words one at a time, and each time the child hears a word that is on their card, they cover the word with a marker. When the markers line up to make a complete row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal), the child yells "Bingo!" and they are declared the winner of that round.
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To play Sight Words Bingo, you just need Bingo cards and some markers:

Bingo Cards Generator

Printer paper or cardstock (approximately 110 lb / 200 gsm)

Printer

Bingo markers or counters (approximately 20 per player)

Use our Bingo Card Generator to produce one Bingo Card for each child, and print them out (preferably on a heavy-duty cardstock paper). You want to use a mix of newer words that you are currently working on, as well as some words you need to review. The Bingo Card Generator will also create a word list that you can use to help you run the game.

Video: Making Sight Words Bingo Cards

If you will be creating multiple sets of Bingo cards, it is useful to label each set on the back so that you can easily sort out the sets if they get jumbled together. (We learned this the hard way!)

You need some Bingo counters to mark each of the squares as the child plays the game. The counters pictured were purchased, but you can also use pennies, bread bag tags, pebbles, or anything else you have handy. If purchasing plastic markers, we prefer the markers that are plain and single-colored; multiple colors often prove too much of a distraction.

Some people use a Bingo Marker that the child uses to color the square instead of a counter. This gives the children a bit of practice gripping the pens, but it also requires you to hand out fresh Bingo cards for each round.
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Each child is given a Bingo Card and a handful of markers (approximately 20 per child). The children are given 90 seconds to read all the words on their card. If there are any weak readers in the class, the adult should take this time to work with those children to help them read all the words on their card; otherwise they are going to be lost for the rest of the game.

Video: Playing Sight Words Bingo

The adult takes the word list and picks a word at random from the list. The adult reads out the word, uses it in a sentence, then reads out the word again. For example, if the word was plate, the adult could call out:

Adult: Plate. I ate dinner on a round plate. Plate.

The adult then marks off the word from the list to help them remember which words have been called already. The adult takes a long pause between each word to give the children time to play the game.

When the children hear a word called out, they are supposed to look at their Bingo card and see if they can find the word on the card (not every word is on every card). If they find the word, they place a counter on that square.

To win, a child has makes an entire line (five vertical, horizontal, or diagonal squares). For the purposes of making a line, the center space (free space) is considered to be automatically filled. When a child has a line, they yell out "BINGO!"

When a child claims to be the winner, ask her to read out her four or five words that made a line (more reading practice), and check these words on her card and on your word list to make sure she actually heard and marked the words correctly. If she played correctly, that child is declared the winner, and we move on to playing the next round.

We start a new round by having each child pass their card to their left, so that each child has a new card and is given the opportunity to read new words.
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You can make the game easier by reducing the number of squares from the standard 5-by-5 to 4-by-4 or even 3-by-3, and by using a majority of older, more familiar words. You can also allow each child to retain their card for a few rounds so they become more familiar with their cards. As we mentioned, you can help a weak reader at the start of the game by having them read the words to you, correcting any mistakes they have made.
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You can make the game harder by using a majority of newer and less familiar words. You can also add some time pressure and increase the pace at which you read out new words, so that the children have to read the words more quickly. Speeding up the pace of the game helps children master the words, as they are forced to truly read by sight and cannot rely on crutches such as sounding out the initial letters.

Alternately, you can make the game last longer by not declaring a winner until a child covers all the squares on their Bingo card.
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Bingo is not the best game for doing an assessment of individual children. But by observing the whole classroom, you can get a sense for which words are flummoxing the children and need more work, and the words that are becoming too easy and should be removed from rotation because the children have already mastered them.
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Remember that if you are playing with multiple children, each child needs their own card that is different from everyone else's. Otherwise, everyone will get BINGO at the same time! The pre-made templates below include 30 different Bingo cards made from the same word list, so you can use them for a whole classroom of kids or just one child playing multiple games.

7.1 Custom Sight Words Bingo Cards

Use the Sight Words Bingo Card Creator to create your own custom set of Bingo cards. This generator lets you select from both existing sight words lists (e.g., Dolch and Fry) as well as allowing you to add custom words (e.g., allowing you to add students' names or words relevant to a unit you are currently doing). The creator will also create a teacher's word list to help you run the game.

7.2 Blank Bingo Card Templates

7.3 Dolch Sight Words Bingo Cards

7.3.a Dolch Sight Words 5×5 Bingo Cards

7.3.b Dolch Sight Words 4×4 Bingo Cards

7.3.c Dolch Sight Words 3×3 Bingo Cards

7.4 Fry Sight Words Bingo Cards

7.4.a Fry Sight Words 5×5 Bingo Cards

7.4.b Fry Sight Words 4×4 Bingo Cards

7.4.c Fry Sight Words 3×3 Bingo Cards

7.5 Top 150 Written Words Bingo Cards

7.5.a Top 150 Written Words 5×5 Bingo Cards

7.5.b Top 150 Written Words 4×4 Bingo Cards

7.5.a Top 150 Written Words 3×3 Bingo Cards

To download a template, right-click and select Save As.

These materials are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Essentially, this means you can do whatever you want with the resources, provided you leave the attribution hallmark on the resources. You may use these materials in the classroom, at home, as part of a for-profit tutoring business, to wrap fish, or for any other purpose your heart desires. You do not need to contact us for permission to use the materials. We want you to use them!
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Sight Words Bingo is our most popular sight words game. It takes the traditional Bingo game and replaces the numbers with words, motivating the child to read the sight words so they can play (and win!) the game. Children love playing Sight Words Bingo, and it is a great way to provide repetition opportunities in a large group setting.

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Summer nature table ideas.

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A summer nature table is a space in the home used for placing handmade and natural items that reflect the season. It is meant to be explored, played with, and used as a way to study nature in the home. Nature tables are also perfect for sensory and imaginative play and are often used in Montessori and Waldorf education.

Create a summer nature table in your home to add to your summer DIY home decor and give your little naturalist a place to learn and play.

You can create your nature table exactly as you like, there are no limits other than the limits of your own imagination. Check out all of our amazing summer nature table ideas below.
Related: Summer Activities for Kids Related: How to Make and Keep a Nature Journal
Purpose of a Summer Nature Table

I have found that having a summer nature table is a great way to get kids outside exploring nature and learning in the summertime.

There is so much more going on than the simple collecting and admiring of these natural materials. Talk to your kids about what they find to help them learn more about the world around them.

It's very exciting for my daughter to find natural objects during the summer months to take home to explore in more depth. The sparkle I see in her eyes when she declares that she is going to bring something home for the summer nature table makes it all worthwhile.

Studying the season of summer is not the only use for a summer nature table. Playing with summer nature tables provides a rich sensory experience for the child. They are also wonderful for imaginative play.
Related: Nature Inspired Sensory Bottles
How to Make a Summer Nature Table

There are many wonderful ways to design a nature table. The space you have, your purpose, your interests, the resources you have available, the age of your children, and your mood will all influence the nature table you create.

Making a summer nature table is simple. You can be as minimal or as extravagant as you please. The basic idea is to place items on it that your children find in nature and items that reflect the summer season.

Make it something your family likes to look at and your children love to explore. Some ideas include:

Get outside on a nature hunt to collect things to bring home to explore in more depth.

Create summer arts and crafts to place on it. Links to some ideas are provided below.

Dig your summer box out of storage and find things to display that you love.

Place sentimental objects that are okay for your children to touch and play with.

Note: Please don't include small or breakable objects if your children are under 3 years of age.*
How to Decorate a Summer Nature Table
Related: Signs of Summer Scavenger Hunt
In Waldorf education, small animal toys and playsilks

are often draped on the nature tables and used to create nature scenes like the one above.

On the summer nature table pictured, we used silks in emerald, lime, gold, and turquoise to create meadows, grasses and a beach with an ocean.

Next, we added aquamarine glass gems, royal blue gems

, and clear gems on top of a blue playsilk

to give our summer nature table the feel of water and waves.

Then we added some shells

and pebbles to create the feel of a rocky shore. To make it even more fun we added water ( wave

) and air ( rainbow

) as elements of nature.

We placed birds and some sea animals on our table for my daughter to play with. Our daughter likes to use the toy animals for imaginative play on our summer nature table.

Of course, small animal toys made of natural materials

are prefered for Waldorf nature tables, however, we do what we can. 🙂

It's also a great idea to keep seasonal books on or under our nature tables. Gerda Muller has a book for each season

without words that children love to look at on their own. We always include her seasonal books like " Summer

" on our nature tables.

Homemade Summer Crafts for Nature Tables

My daughter and I had a great time collecting and painting rocks to put on our nature table and put out in our garden.

Another summer handmade craft we designed for our nature table were these cute little Monarch butterfly peg dolls. We even used pieces from the oak tree in our backyard to make stands for the monarch butterfly peg dolls.

My husband used a saw to cut these piece from a fallen branch from the oak tree in our backyard, or you can purchase them HERE

. Natural wooden blooks also make wonderful building blocks for the backyard or garden.

Another fun idea often seen in Waldorf schools is to make bare branches into small summer trees by placing green wool roving

all over the twig tips.

Fresh flowers are wonderful on a summer nature table and so are handmade felt flowers and golden poppies!

Nature sensory baskets should be kept on or near the nature table. If you do not want to look at your nature sensory bin, it can be slid under the table so your child can easily access it.

Use any natural materials found in your area at this time of year to make a summer nature sensory bin or basket. Make your summer sensory bin is filled with natural items local to the area that you live such as blooming herbs and flowers to smell, small pine cones, sticks, feathers, rocks, etc.

Super Simple Summer Nature Table Ideas

Another summer DIY home decor idea perfect for a summer nature table is a butterfly tree! Attach Monarch feather butterflies, feather dragonflies

, and bumble bees

to branches.

One summer, we decided to keet our nature table really simple and only had our butterfly tree, summer book, nature sensory bin, and fresh flowers on it. You can see an echinacea flower from our garden on the table in the photo below on the day that I took a picture of it.

A Summer Nature Table Can Include:

*Please don't include anything that is unsafe for your child to touch or play with. Keep small and breakable objects off the table until your child is mature enough to handle them.

Nature Tables for Every Season

Live house plants

Fresh flowers

Anything from nature that is safe for children to handle and play with.

Artwork

Anything else that reflects the season, holiday, festival, culture, or family values.

For more nature table ideas don't forget to have a look at our autumn, winter and spring nature tables.

Summer Nature Tables for Natural Learning
Related: DIY Nature Memory Matching Game
A summer nature table is a space in the home for placing natural items that reflect the season. It is made to be explored, played with, and used as a way to study nature in the home. Nature tables are great for sensory and imaginative play and are often used in Montessori and Waldorf education.

You can create your nature table exactly as you like, there are no limits other than the limits of your own imagination. You can be as minimal or as outlandish as you please. We hope you enjoy creating a summer nature table this summer!

You may also like this awesome collection of nature study supplies for kids.

Don't forget to check out our summer bucket list for more seasonal fun. Learn more about Rhythms of Play HERE!

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