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image by Heather Holbrook

image by Heather Holbrook

 I recently got the coolest little envelope. It’s from DinoTalk, and it’s a gift card sized plain white envelope, from their Naked Collection, and you can record your own 10 second message inside, how totally cool is that?! They carry envelopes that are already decorated but of course as a stamper I want a plain one to decorate myself. I used Close To My Heart paper, ribbon and stamps to make a birthday themed envelope and recorded myself saying “Happy Birthday”, see my decorated envelope below. It was really easy to record the message, you open the flap, push the red button, record your message and when you’re happy with it pull the tab, put your gift card inside and close the flap. Now it’s ready to give to someone special, when they open the flap they’ll hear your record message. This is such a great idea, perfect for birthdays, weddings, baby gifts, etc. You could also put one inside of a scrapbook, great for baby’s first words or family Christmas carols, the ideas are endless.

Dinotalk Naked Collection also includes recordable ornaments (I LOVE this idea), a picture frame, paper and a larger envelope too.

 
-Heather
image by Heather Holbrook

image by Heather Holbrook

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Peach Themed Learning Activities

August is National Peach Month, and it’s the perfect time to learn about, learn with and eat peaches!

According the Utah State University’s Extension Service, peaches originated in China more than 8,000 years ago. There are more than 2,000 species, and they are good sources of vitamins A, C and E. Their fuzzy hair is known as trichomes, which helps protect the peaches against insects and retains moisture. Pretty sweet!

Learn about the life cycle of a peach with this printable pack from Every Star is Different. (Free to subscribers)

Twisty Noodle has a lot of great peach-themed worksheets including a tracing and coloring page, a dot to dot coloring page, do a dot page and practice writing the word peach. You can also learn to draw a peach from Hello Artsy and find more fruit coloring pages, including peaches, at Little Bee Family.

Kids of a certain age will want to read James and the Giant Peach (and/or watch the movie) and you can do activities related to the book for your peach unit study as well. 

Simple Living Creative Learning has a James and the Giant Peach printable pack that includes 153 pages of math, literacy, pattern recognition, sorting and tons more (this isn’t free but it’s a great resource for a kid who loves this book). 

Where the Magic Happens Teaching has another paid printable set of activities for doing James and the Giant Peach in the classroom, including a banner, quotes, poetry sheets, a STEM activity, lapbook and more.

Peanut Butter Fish Lessons has a good post about reading James and the Giant Peach with kids and using it to make predictions, track descriptive and figurative language and fun ideas for activities related to different chapters of the book. I love how it pulls in a lot of different kinds of synthesizing what you’ve read, from writing a news report to making a poster or acting out a scene. 

And if you need a little sensory activity after all that, make some peach-scented playdough with this recipe from Laughing Kids Learn. 

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