Pickup Some Creativity has a great skeleton craft and all you need is paper plates and a few other items! She has a great template and tutorial you will not want to miss! Perfect for teaching your children about the … Read More...

As much as I try to avoid activities at home that feel like playing school, my daughter loves coloring pages and activity sheets, especially when related to a holiday or season or theme that’s happening right now in the house.… Read More...

No Time For Flashcards shows a great ‘ fine motorskills’ craft perfect to pair up with a Halloween book.  This marshmallow ghost iwll be fun for all participants! (Can you tell I like marshmallows?)

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All About ME: has such a cute and unique idea for creating a bubbly cauldron filled with icky yucky things for Halloween…your children will love picking out where they want their spiders and such to go!

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Bring a bit of Halloween fun into the classroom or your learning activities at home by learning about bats and making bat crafts.

We’ve probably all read the book Stellaluna, right? Make your own hanging bats with clothespins and basic … Read More...

This Halloween craft is great for preschool and early elementary ages.  Pink and Green Mama has a compilation of Halloween crafts, and this is one of them. She features it on her blog and you can see how its made. … Read More...

When Halloween comes, and I have a baby, I like to dress them in onesie costumes. Since I live in Florida, onesies make a lot more sense than really heavy, hooded, fluffy costumes (not that there is anything wrong … Read More...

In most cases, I am completely against destroying books…I love books, I read books, books make me happy. But this craft is a wonderful reason to sit down with your child, let them practice their cutting skills and create a … Read More...

This homemade paintball bomb experiment would be cool any time of year, but it might be really fun to do this experiment and use the bombs to paint a pumpkin.

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ByBido has a great tutorial for a craft that looks difficult, but is really very simple to do with your children. I love crafts that spark imagination, and this one does it two-fold….children create their own ‘characters’, and then act … Read More...

Is your family getting geared up for Halloween?  Here’s a really easy and inexpensive Halloween bag decorating craft that would be fun for any age! The tutorial even includes a printable stencil for the pumpkin bag face or make up … Read More...

Building with Legos is always fun, but some kids need help deciding what to build when they aren’t working from a kit. Lego challenges are a great way to inspire kids to go a certain direction with their building without … Read More...

Saltwater Kids came up with a great ‘alternative’ to handing out candy; a Halloween Concentration Game.  She even has the free down-loadable link.

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Bat Crafts and Learning Activities

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This Halloween Bouquet is such a cute idea. It sounds like she didn’t do this project with kids, but I think it would be perfect for them! Scissor skills and gluing are always fun for kids! Head on over to … Read More...

My daughter has always loved books and reading. I think that the fact that we have read a lot, her whole life, made her see books and reading as important, and we still read together a lot, though she … Read More...

Counting and number games are a fun way to help kids learn numbers, counting and addition. This Roll It, Write It, Count It mat printable from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls would be a great addition to a math … Read More...

This craft combines two wonderful things…PacMan and Halloween. Your children will love hearing about your stories playing PacMan…you can even download the app for the game so they can play after you make this craft! Head on over to minieco… Read More...

Now that it’s really almost officially fall it’s time to break out all the fall-related learning activities if you haven’t already. Check out this article on the best STEM gifts for kids.

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At the beginning of the school year and throughout the year it’s important to have a good handle on where your students’ skills are, what they already know and what they might need more help with.

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I know it’s not technically fall yet but I’m so ready, and there are a lot of great ideas for learning with fall items like leaves and acorns that you should have in mind when the time comes. Here are … Read More...