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Circular knitting needles Review! I received mine today and I am thrilled!

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I received the circular knitting needles and one set of double pointed needles from eknitting needles.com today and I am beyond impressed! The needles themselves are like touching silk and the tube “as shown in the picture” are very substantial and not like my other circular needles where it has the wire cable.  I cast on a few stitches and took a picture to show you how lovely they are. As you know, I am holding the circular needle giveaway and eknittingneedles.com is also offering my readers a special discount. I did buy my needles and I intend to use the discount and purchase some more right away. This is an opportunity I do not want to pass up. I bought the 16 in circulars and I am going to get another set in another size for larger projects. This way I can use the coupon and get the free shipping on my $15 purchase.  I encourage you all to take advantage of this amazing value while the contest is being held. I intend to knit the evening away. So check out the circular knitting needle giveaway again to get your code and get over to eknitting needles.com and pick up the needles you need.  Here is the link for the giveaway:

 

http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/05/01/giveaway-a-set-of-15-circular-knitting-needles-by-eknittingneedlescom/

 

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Print out this corn number recognition activity from I Heart Crafty Things and use yellow dot stickers for kids to match and cover the numbers from 2 to 12 that they get when rolling dice. Or do some corn kernel math with these ideas from Gift of Curiosity. Kids can guess how many kernels are in a cup or bowl, then count them, and learn about grouping 5 or 10 kernels together and using skip counting to count faster if they’re ready for that. 

I think the only language arts corn learning activity I found was this letter recognition activity from My Pre K Box. Print out the corn shape and use round stickers to match the letter on the kernel to the one on the sticker. 

I found a lot of printables that include the life cycle of corn and other activities, like this one from MomBrite, which includes a word search and other activities; or this 16-page Montessori inspired corn unit study that includes life cycle, labeling, three part cards and more from Only Passionate Curiosity; or the corn worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom, which includes writing practice, a letter identification maze and a label the parts of corn worksheet. 

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has a free for subscribers printable life cycle foldout that is a fun way to present the information. They used it in a sensory bin but you can just use it as a part of teaching about corn if you’d rather. 

Dancing corn is a classic science activity done with baking soda and vinegar. Get the instructions from Fun Learning for Kids.

Kids Konnect has a set of printables and facts all about corn mazes, which is fun if going to a corn maze is part of your fall tradition. 

And you can craft a funny ear of corn with this printable from Craft Corner DIY.

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