Kids love feathers and ours are no exception! I have seen numerous tutorials for window clings made with glue and I wondered if feathers could be added to the window clings and decided to give it a shot. I was not sure if I'd seen this before, but could not find it when I searched online. I used this window cling tutorial from eHow for the basic technique and then added a … [Read more...]
Scarecrow Hunt with FREE Printable
Scavenger hunts are so much fun for kids. For this activity, I cut out the parts of the scarecrow and then wrote out clues for the kids and read them aloud one at a time. After each clue, they ran off to find the body part of the scarecrow mentioned in the clue. I made all the clues rhyme because they are learning about rhyming words. The first clue … [Read more...]
Hey Diddle Diddle Costume Photo Shoot
We enjoy dressing the kids up for Halloween. The first year, we dressed them all as ducks. The second year, they were raccoons. Last year, they were Little Bo Peep and her three sheep. We extended the Bo Peep theme into their third birthday party last year. This year, we dressed them as the 'Hey Diddle, Diddle' nursery rhyme. A while back, I saw a post on a costume for the … [Read more...]
Dia de los Muertos in Hollywood, CA
We went as a family to the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Hollywood Forever cemetery. It is an amazing annual event and I would highly recommend it if you are ever in the Los Angeles region at this time of year. We talked to the Sugar Snaps … [Read more...]
Insects and Spiders-Counting and Math Song
Our kids love insects and spiders. So, I created a song that taught the difference in the number of legs between insects and spiders. It also introduces a little bit of basic math. The repetition of singing the song with different insects and spiders reinforces the learning, both in terms recognizing the difference between insects and spiders and memorizing the simple math … [Read more...]