Activities – St. Patrick’s Day

Celebrate the Color Green with a Sensory Collage
Pay tribute to the color that comes to everyone's minds as St. Patrick's Day nears: green! Go on a scavenger hunt around the house for small green objects to use in your collage. Filled with tactile exploration, this activity is great for boosting little kids' creativity and fine [...]

Activities – Learn to “sign” Help

The sign for "help" is made by closing your right hand. 
Place your right hand on the outstretched palm of your left hand. 
Raise both hands. 
Note: Many people make this sign by placing the left "s" or "a" hand on the right "b" palm.

Note: This sign is directional.
 If you start it near [...]

Activities – Sign Language – “Thank You”

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The sign for "thank you" is made by starting with the fingers of your dominant hand near your lips.  Your hand should be a "flat hand."  Move your hand forward and a bit down in the direction of the person you are thanking.  Smile.

 
 

Note: If [...]

Activity – Environmental Print Bingo

When you’re driving in the car do you hear calls from the back seat, “There’s Target, McDonald's, Home Depot, Toys R Us?” Does your child read the name on the box of her favorite cereal or yogurt? This is what teachers call environmental print.
Being able to read the words kids see in their everyday [...]

Activity – A Valentine Acrostic Poem

Author an Acrostic Poem for Valentine's Day

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day. A personalized poem is the perfect way for him to show how much he cares. It's a simple format that your child will delight in, and want to try again and again! [...]

Why Chess is Good for Kids

The game of chess is considered to be a powerful tool to beef up the mind of a child as well as adult. It is quite easy to learn how to play chess. A child aged between six or seven years can follow the basic rules of the game quite easily. Younger people than this, [...]

Activities – Spelling – “Bump”

"Bump!" A Spelling Game

 
Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!
What You Need:

paper or pencil
small brown paper bag

What You Do:

Cut paper into 30-40 cards.
With your fifth-grader, write a word from her weekly spelling list on each card. [...]

Martin Luther King Day Activity – I Have a Dream, Too!

I, Too, Have a Dream…

 
When Martin Luther King Jr. declared that he had a dream for a more peaceful and united society, he envisioned that one day little children of all races would be able to walk down the street hand-in-hand. He hoped that one day America would overcome the longstanding racial barriers, and today we [...]

Activities – Capture That Fraction

Capture That Fraction

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. Improve your proficiency and understanding in a fun new way! Using just a deck of cards, pencils and paper you can create a more interesting way to practice an important skill. In Capture That Fraction, you must work together to determine who has created the larger [...]

Become an Amateur Author!

Nothing is better than a book for opening up uncharted territory for your little one to discover! Encourage your child to create a fresh new world of her own by making her very own book. This activity is a fantastic way for you child to practice her budding reading and writing skills as she uncovers [...]