The Educators' Spin On It
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A resource for parents and teachers of young children that helps foster a love of learning at an early age. Fun and easy things to do with kids: learning games and activities with helpful resources for parents.
The Educators' Spin On It
6d ago
Gardening is a great way to inspire learning and art exploration. Colors abound in the vast tones of colors in leaves and flowers that can be found by children in a garden. Have you ever painted with plants?
Today, Nicolette, shares her “spin” on painting with flowers and using seeds and petals to create a multi-dimensional, multi-medium art project.
Did you know that Nicolette is from Ecuador, South America?
I personally find gardening a great connection between people from around the world. Her garden looks similar to mine and our little ones would love doing this activity to ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
6d ago
Explore the best flowers to use for kids to experience in your garden. These flowers provide opportunities for picking, inviting wildlife, seed collecting and more.
Our family really enjoys vegetable gardening. We started adding vegetable gardens and fruit trees and bushes. Next came the flowers.
In fact, these are our top 10 favorite flowers to grow with kids.
The Reason to Grow Flowers for Kids in Your Garden
For BIG beautiful bouquets
To teach about seed collecting
For the kids to pick and arrange
To attract wildlife
Here are some additional flower activities for your child…
What flower ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
6d ago
Work on number recognition and number sense with this fun hands-on LEGO Garden Preschool Math Game with LEGO Flowers!
Beginning reading and math skills are a big part of our daily playful preschool activities. In fact, we often start by playing and end up learning and discussing.
LEGO Garden Preschool Math with Flowers
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Just this morning we brought the giant bucket of LEGO bricks outside and dumped them out on the deck. My one-year-old proceeded to kick every last LEGO onto opposite sides of the deck, and so we had ourselves and the e ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
2w ago
Explore the ultimate resource of Solar Eclipse Videos and Activities for Kids! A collection of videos, activities, books, songs, and teaching materials to learn all about a Solar Eclipse with your child.
Solar Eclipse Resources for Kids
Solar Eclipse Videos
Solar Eclipse Activities
Fun Facts for Kids
Solar Eclipse Books
Solar Eclipse Songs
Solar Eclipse Songs for kids
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Solar Eclipse Videos and Activities for Kids
We’re sharing with you our favorite videos, books, activities, s ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
2w ago
A tasty way to learn about the moon with kids! Connect science, literacy and life skills by making moon bread with your child today!
Today, the kids and I made moon bread. But the lesson was so much deeper than just whipping the bread together (which you can see in the video). It was learning facts about the moon, reading stories of moon celebrations around the world, and then sitting down at the family table to eat our moon bread and share about the things we had just learned.
This lesson may look simple, but it connects science, literacy, and life skills all into one!
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The Educators' Spin On It
2w ago
Making your own instruments can be so much fun with your little ones. All you have to do is save your snack containers to make an instrument! Eco-friendly and fun for everyone!
Make your Own Instruments for Babies & Toddlers
It’s so important for babies and toddlers to have music in their everyday lives. With some of your child’s favorite action songs you can have some fun with making your own instruments for shakers.
We found all sorts of containers over the past month to save for our musical instruments. Baby snack containers, soda bottles, oatmeal containers, popcorn treats, cho ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
1M ago
Head to the kitchen to enjoy these easy muffin recipes for kids to make! A recipe collection of 30 muffin recipes your child will LOVE!
Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids
Tips for Helping Young Children Learn to Bake Muffins
Kid-Approved Muffin Recipes
Kitchen Supplies Needed
Muffin Activities
Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids
One of the first things you can have your child make in the kitchen with you is muffins. Typically they are simple recipes and require just a little bit of stirring. Bake for a short period and then the MAGIC happens and you can enjoy a delicious muffin together.
Why teach y ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
1M ago
The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children’s books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do!
Grab your favorite children’s book and let’s READ!
At The Educators’ Spin On It, we’ve been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly Plans for many years! These have made quite a collection of popular children’s books and book extensions to do with them.
They are now all available in one spot in this ultimate list of book activities for kids.
These books and activities are perfect to use for thes ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
1M ago
Are you sending a smart kid to kindergarten? Maybe they are already reading, adding, and writing paragraphs. Afraid they will not be academically challenged? As a teacher and mom to “one of those kids” (don’t worry, only one out of 3 was like this)
Sending a Smart Kid to Kindergarten
Q: My kid knows all their letter names and letter sounds. They are reading already. Won’t they be bored when the teacher is teaching the letter names and sounds?
Q: If my child already knows everything on the kindergarten standards – how will they be challenged?
Q – How can I keep my smart kid from seeki ..read more
The Educators' Spin On It
2M ago
Explore these adorable Gruffalo themed activities with your child for hours of fun with this beloved children’s book by Julia Donaldson.
Gruffalo Activities for Kids
Gruffalo Books for Kids
The Gruffalo Game (boardgame) Let’s Catch the Gruffalo!
The Gruffalo Reusable Sticker Scenes
Gruffalo Crafts and Activities
Gruffalo Themed Activities for Kids
Have you discovered The Gruffalo? Do you have a Gruffalo fan at your house? We’re sharing our Favorite Gruffalo Themed Activities with you!
We were so thrilled that The Gruffalo reached out to us to review their products. After watching Julia ..read more