Posts Tagged ‘math skills’
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Arts and Crafts, Featured, Patterns, Teaching Ideas
Learning about PATTERNS through this LION-MANE making activity
by Cheryl Villareal on Mar 5th, 2011
I was browsing the net looking for ideas to teach my little kids about patterns. A lot of really cool ideas came up but I didn't have much time to prepare for them. Moreover, the art ideas I saw were not that easy for young children to do. I wanted one that did not take too long to make but would get the point across. I didn't want them to take too long figuring out how to do it that they forget why they were doing it in the first place. Final...Read More » Tags Share Comments (1 )
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Colors and Shapes, Featured, Holiday crafts, Patterns, Teaching Ideas
Colorful Mitten Christmas Wreath
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 11th, 2010
I've seen a variety of Christmas wreaths in various blog sites this season. I loved most of the ideas but I wanted to come up with something different and unique. Last year, my kids made a puzzle wreath! It turned out to be really cute and I'll try to post a blog about it as soon as I find those pictures! This year, we wanted to make a hand print wreath but the other class had already done it a week ahead of us. So we thought of something else. M...Read More » Tags Share Comments (1 )
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Filed under: Numbers, Teaching Ideas
Number Hunt
by Cheryl Villareal on Oct 7th, 2010
It's always fun to go hunting... for ANYTHING! This is why most kids, despite religion or faith always have fun during Easter Egg Hunts! Whenever we are learning new concepts such as numbers, shapes or letters; we often go on a hunt as a review. In this case, we went on a number hunt! The goal was to find the number 2! It's really easy to prepare! Just print out some numbers, or you could just write them on a piece of art paper. During c...Read More » Tags Share Comments (0 )