Inside: How to teach your kids how to sew with this Halloween sewing craft that’s perfect for celebrating Halloween. My kids are already counting down until Halloween. They love the candy, the costumes and the crafts. We make Footprint Ghosts and these Pointilllism jack o’lanterns. We also spread kindness on Halloween with the Teal Pumpkin […]
Learning at Home
How to Make Name Art with Pointillism
Inside: Create dot name art to decorate your kids’ rooms with this name art with Pointillism project perfect for kids. “But mama, I’m boooorrrreeedd.” It never fails. Come summer break or spring break or during distance learning, my kids seem to struggle with this awful thing called boredom. Now I’m okay with my kids being […]
Kindness Activity Give Me 5 and Kindness Eposter
Inside: Use this Give Me 5 Kindness Activity with kindness affirmations and a kindness ePoster to add to your sel curriculum and character education. When I taught in Kindergarten, my main goal for the first month was to get them to pay attention. So I would ask them to “Give Me 5.” It would help […]
Fall SEL Bundle of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Fall SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education during the fall months. We used to live in a part of the country where there was really only one season. So when we taught the seasons to students, we really had to read a lot of books and bring in realia […]
How to Help Kindergarteners Do Homework Without Tears
Inside: New students have a hard time working on homework. Kindergarteners especially have no desire to sit still and often refuse to do their homework. But there are tips and tricks to help new Kindergarteners do homework without complaining or without tears. Congrats! You’ve survived the huge parenting milestone of sending your child off to […]