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Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
National Youth Art Month
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Did you know that March is National Youth Art Month? There so many wonderful art projects and different art mediums out there. One post could never showcase them all adequately. Today we've decided to share some of our favorite "artsy" links with you. If you have great resource you'd like to share with everyone, please leave us all a message in the comments.
Her Cup Overfloweth has a fun idea for Group Art
Sites for Exploring Art Lessons:
All Ages:
The Crafty Crow - A children's craft collective
The Incredible Art Department - This site is loaded with information on art lessons, games, famous artists & more!
Enchanted Learning - Provides information and activities for learning about famous artists
Art - MANY informational site links & online activities for all ages
Early Childhood
Oodles of Art K-5
KinderArt
Jean lists her Top 10 Art Materials for Toddlers
Elementary
KidsArt
Ms. Julie's Art
Teach Kids Art
The Art Kids K-6
Amy @ Kids Love Learning shares some ideas for teaching children about famous artists.
Art Projects for Kids: Preschool-5th Grade + Specific Lesson Plans featuring many different artists
Middle School
The Virtual Classroom - Technology & Art
The Lesson Plans Page: Art
High School
The Art Kids 7-12
Interactive Lessons:
Degas
VanGogh
Gilbert Stuart
daVinci
Are you looking for a site where you can shop for quality art materials for children from 1-7 years old? Check out e beanstalk's age appropriate art supplies! The set of "Fabulous Finger Crayons" would be a fun addition to the group art activity for our litttlest artists AND they've just given our readers and contributors a 15% coupon. See the previous post for details.
Today's Giveaway: An Art Kit
To help your budding artist, we've put together an art kit the comes in its own storage container. Please be advised, this giveaway contains small pieces. It is not suitable for young children without close supervision.
Please check out our FAQ in the left sidebar.
Did you know that March is National Youth Art Month? There so many wonderful art projects and different art mediums out there. One post could never showcase them all adequately. Today we've decided to share some of our favorite "artsy" links with you. If you have great resource you'd like to share with everyone, please leave us all a message in the comments.
Her Cup Overfloweth has a fun idea for Group Art
Sites for Exploring Art Lessons:
All Ages:
The Crafty Crow - A children's craft collective
The Incredible Art Department - This site is loaded with information on art lessons, games, famous artists & more!
Enchanted Learning - Provides information and activities for learning about famous artists
Art - MANY informational site links & online activities for all ages
Early Childhood
Oodles of Art K-5
KinderArt
Jean lists her Top 10 Art Materials for Toddlers
Elementary
KidsArt
Ms. Julie's Art
Teach Kids Art
The Art Kids K-6
Amy @ Kids Love Learning shares some ideas for teaching children about famous artists.
Art Projects for Kids: Preschool-5th Grade + Specific Lesson Plans featuring many different artists
Middle School
The Virtual Classroom - Technology & Art
The Lesson Plans Page: Art
High School
The Art Kids 7-12
Interactive Lessons:
Degas
VanGogh
Gilbert Stuart
daVinci
Are you looking for a site where you can shop for quality art materials for children from 1-7 years old? Check out e beanstalk's age appropriate art supplies! The set of "Fabulous Finger Crayons" would be a fun addition to the group art activity for our litttlest artists AND they've just given our readers and contributors a 15% coupon. See the previous post for details.
Today's Giveaway: An Art Kit
To help your budding artist, we've put together an art kit the comes in its own storage container. Please be advised, this giveaway contains small pieces. It is not suitable for young children without close supervision.It contains the following mini kits:
Finger Puppet Pals
Fun Fusion Bug Buddies
A Bead Pack with Cord
A Paint Your Own Plaster Kit
In addition to:
A Safari Elepant Paint Your Own Canvas
Fish Foamie Stickers
Red Pipe Cleaners
Blue die cut alphabet, adhesive backed.
You will receive one entry per comment. Please submit separate comments for each entry option you choose.
To Win:
Leave a comment - What is one of your favorite art activities to do with kids?
Send us a submission
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Good Luck! We’ll announce a winner tomorrow!
ebeanstalk: Another Great Resource
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We have found a wealth of quality information on this site & wanted to highlight a few features for you.
ebeanstalk lists developmental milestones typical for children ages 0-8, divided into 1/4 years. The milestones explained are helpful for determining where to begin when searching for and planning learning & playing activities for your young child. They are categorized by: imagination, education, language, dexterity, locomotion, social, and emotional. This is a fantastic resource for parents & teachers!
ebeanstalk employs a group of professionals who contribute relevant articles regarding child development, behavior management, technology, and more!
Of course, there is also a wonderful variety of teaching, learning, and playing tools (or should I say toys!). The products are easy to search based on age, developmental stage, theme, or brand. I, personally, had a lot of fun searching through their unique birthday party toys & favors.
If you are interested in purchasing any ebeanstalk products you will be excited about the coupon below that is available for you, our blog readers & contributors!
You can now save 15% on any ebeanstalk development toys.
The code is TGS345 to be entered at the shopping cart and this offer is good until June 30, 2009.
ebeanstalk is also currently offering a coupon code for free shipping "FREESHIP$65"
Please check out our FAQ in the left sidebar.
We have found a wealth of quality information on this site & wanted to highlight a few features for you.
ebeanstalk lists developmental milestones typical for children ages 0-8, divided into 1/4 years. The milestones explained are helpful for determining where to begin when searching for and planning learning & playing activities for your young child. They are categorized by: imagination, education, language, dexterity, locomotion, social, and emotional. This is a fantastic resource for parents & teachers!
ebeanstalk employs a group of professionals who contribute relevant articles regarding child development, behavior management, technology, and more!
Of course, there is also a wonderful variety of teaching, learning, and playing tools (or should I say toys!). The products are easy to search based on age, developmental stage, theme, or brand. I, personally, had a lot of fun searching through their unique birthday party toys & favors.
If you are interested in purchasing any ebeanstalk products you will be excited about the coupon below that is available for you, our blog readers & contributors!
You can now save 15% on any ebeanstalk development toys.
The code is TGS345 to be entered at the shopping cart and this offer is good until June 30, 2009.
ebeanstalk is also currently offering a coupon code for free shipping "FREESHIP$65"
ABC a Prize for Me...
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...actually the prize is for YOU teachingtinytots!
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...actually the prize is for YOU teachingtinytots!
Congrats!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
ABC Book Ideas & Giveaway
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Today we will be sharing ideas about creating ABC books with your children. It is beneficial to review the important skill of letter recognition at home & on the go! Personalized ABC books are great teaching tools. They make letter concepts concrete and incorporate familiar objects, which in turn activates prior knowledge. Making mental connections makes it easier for learners to remember the concept.
Jenny and her daughter are working together to create an alphabet photo book.
Shelby at Schweri Stories shared a digital ABC book.
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Today we will be sharing ideas about creating ABC books with your children. It is beneficial to review the important skill of letter recognition at home & on the go! Personalized ABC books are great teaching tools. They make letter concepts concrete and incorporate familiar objects, which in turn activates prior knowledge. Making mental connections makes it easier for learners to remember the concept.
Jenny and her daughter are working together to create an alphabet photo book.
Shelby at Schweri Stories shared a digital ABC book.
Katie from Katie's Nesting Spot is currently making an alphabet book like the one she found on Let's Explore. This looks like a simple and quick way to put one together and since it's in a photo album pictures can be quickly added or changed. This format is inexpensive, plus the pages will hold up to a toddler looking at them over and over.
Sandy at Just for Fun is working on alphabet art projects, and plans on compiling them all into an alphabet artbook. Click on alphabet under her labels to see more projects for the book.
There are many online digital services available for creating books. Shutterfly, which has a predesigned ABC book available, is easy to use. Katie, from Katie's Nesting Spot, has several Shutterfly photo books and highly recommends them.
This alphabet tag book shown on A Listmaker's Life is an easy activity to take along in a travel bag for a quick letter sound review. The time spent putting together the book is also effective letter/sound practice.
There are many online digital services available for creating books. Shutterfly, which has a predesigned ABC book available, is easy to use. Katie, from Katie's Nesting Spot, has several Shutterfly photo books and highly recommends them.
This alphabet tag book shown on A Listmaker's Life is an easy activity to take along in a travel bag for a quick letter sound review. The time spent putting together the book is also effective letter/sound practice.
Elementary Aged Activities:
abcteach has some ABC activities, their free ABC flashcards provide nice illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. They also have simple ABC book pages, each letter outlined for your child to color with space for a picture below that can be a drawing, clipping from a magazine, or photograph. These pages could be compiled into an ABC book afterward. There is also an animal alphabet ABC coloring book that could be completed and made into an alphabet book.
Click here, for directions on how to make an ABC pop up book.
Visit this link for a PDF handout from a presentation on Making ABC Books with Your Students, ideas are given for each grade K through 5. Activities include a buddy book made by student buddies pairs of first and fifth graders working together to make animal report for an animal alphabet, creating an name alphabet alliteration, researching for and making an alphabet based on Mali - an early West African empire, making an alphabet based on your home state, and making an alphabet on U.S. Facts. It also includes an ABC Book Planning Sheet.
Here is another lesson for making an animal alphabet book with second graders.
Elementary and Beyond:
Click here, for directions on how to make an ABC pop up book.
Visit this link for a PDF handout from a presentation on Making ABC Books with Your Students, ideas are given for each grade K through 5. Activities include a buddy book made by student buddies pairs of first and fifth graders working together to make animal report for an animal alphabet, creating an name alphabet alliteration, researching for and making an alphabet based on Mali - an early West African empire, making an alphabet based on your home state, and making an alphabet on U.S. Facts. It also includes an ABC Book Planning Sheet.
Here is another lesson for making an animal alphabet book with second graders.
Elementary and Beyond:
Here is a basic ABC book template that could be used with elementary students, and in case you were wondering "ABC books Aren't for Babies," as this article from Education World proves. Included in the article are ideas for a range of curriculums and grade levels.
Read • Write • Think has a comprehensive lesson for grades 6-8: ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas. The student handouts are provided in PDF form.
Here is a PDF list of suggested ABC books from Read • Write • Think.
Read • Write • Think has a comprehensive lesson for grades 6-8: ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas. The student handouts are provided in PDF form.
Here is a PDF list of suggested ABC books from Read • Write • Think.
Today's Giveaway:
Win an ABC and a 123 tag books to put together with your student! These colorful mini albums include one page for each letter of the alphabet and each number 1-20. With pre-readers, spend time searching for pictures to help teach each letter and number. With older learners use these taggies to organize vocabulary terms or other necessary themeatic information.
You will receive one entry per comment. Please submit separate comments for each entry option you choose.
To Win:
Leave a comment - What is the title of your favorite abc book?
Send us a submission
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~Check out Sites for Teachers & leave a comment with the name of another educational website for a bonus entry.
Good Luck! We'll announce a winner tomorrow!
Become a follower
Add our button to your site
~Check out Sites for Teachers & leave a comment with the name of another educational website for a bonus entry.
Good Luck! We'll announce a winner tomorrow!
Sorting Out Another Winner & A Few Details
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The winner of the counting & sorting manipulative set is Jenny @ Our Nifty Notebook.
Congrats!
Thanks for all the great color comments.
Here is what we've come up with considering your suggestions...
March - green
April - yellow
May - pink
June - black & white
July - blue
August - brown
September - red
October - orange
November - gray
December - silver & gold
January - purple
We also appreciated the feedback labeling posts. Since it is our intent to post according to a theme or skill each day, we think it might be most logical to label by subject area. However, within the post we will do our best to label activities with appropriate age/skill levels for the activities. You will notice in the future that some of our posts have subtitles for age groups and others may list approximate skill levels. We do acknowledge, and agree, that not all students of specific ages are ready for specific skills. Use our age-leveled subtitles as a flexible guideline.
On that note, we could use more feedback here, please!
What ages are the kids you work with & have in mind when you check ABC and 123 for educational activities.
Please check out our FAQ in the left sidebar.
The winner of the counting & sorting manipulative set is Jenny @ Our Nifty Notebook.
Congrats!
Thanks for all the great color comments.
Here is what we've come up with considering your suggestions...
March - green
April - yellow
May - pink
June - black & white
July - blue
August - brown
September - red
October - orange
November - gray
December - silver & gold
January - purple
We also appreciated the feedback labeling posts. Since it is our intent to post according to a theme or skill each day, we think it might be most logical to label by subject area. However, within the post we will do our best to label activities with appropriate age/skill levels for the activities. You will notice in the future that some of our posts have subtitles for age groups and others may list approximate skill levels. We do acknowledge, and agree, that not all students of specific ages are ready for specific skills. Use our age-leveled subtitles as a flexible guideline.
On that note, we could use more feedback here, please!
What ages are the kids you work with & have in mind when you check ABC and 123 for educational activities.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Toddler Time: The Color Green
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! We hope you are all proudly wearing green today! Since we presented St. Patty's Day activities on Sunday, so you'd have time to try a few, here are some activities all about the color green geared toward younger learners.
Start your green day with a green eggs breakfast!
Find inspiration, on Currently Crafting, for creating a GREEN book for your toddler.
Paint a green clothes pin dinosaur like the one seen on No Time for Flashcards
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It's So Easy Finding Green! Round up all the green things you can find in your playroom.
Practice math skills with these little green guys.
Today's Giveaway: Learning Manipulatives
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! We hope you are all proudly wearing green today! Since we presented St. Patty's Day activities on Sunday, so you'd have time to try a few, here are some activities all about the color green geared toward younger learners.
Start your green day with a green eggs breakfast!Find inspiration, on Currently Crafting, for creating a GREEN book for your toddler.You can find a free Leprechaun Trick emergent reader here and a Green Car one here.
Paint a green clothes pin dinosaur like the one seen on No Time for Flashcards It's So Easy Finding Green! Round up all the green things you can find in your playroom.
Practice math skills with these little green guys.
Green means GO! Make a Traffic Light treat!
Ingredients:
~graham crackers
~M&Ms
~frosting or peanut butter
Break crackers into quarters.
Frost the cracker.
Add red, yellow, and green M&Ms in the order of a traffic light!
GO ahead & eat it!
Today's Giveaway: Learning Manipulatives
Since students often do green themed activities during color thematic units we're giving away manipulatives that will help your toddler learn all of their colors through sorting. These are also great for counting practice. Please be aware that these are small in size and young children will need to be supervised when using these.
A big bag of colorful buttons, some like these were used yesterday's post on Sorting - "Muffin Tin Sorting" activity.
But that's not all...to help your toddler learn how to sort by color and other attributes, as well as count, we're adding a package of sorting "jewels". These are spring and summer themed pebbles. Your child can put all the palm trees together, all the pink things together, etc. and count them.
You will also be getting a package of 25 mini dinosaurs. The kindergarteners loved these! You can count them or sort by dinos with spikes and without, standing on fours or on two, color, meat eater or vegetarian. They are also pretty fun to play with.
A big bag of colorful buttons, some like these were used yesterday's post on Sorting - "Muffin Tin Sorting" activity.But that's not all...to help your toddler learn how to sort by color and other attributes, as well as count, we're adding a package of sorting "jewels". These are spring and summer themed pebbles. Your child can put all the palm trees together, all the pink things together, etc. and count them. You will also be getting a package of 25 mini dinosaurs. The kindergarteners loved these! You can count them or sort by dinos with spikes and without, standing on fours or on two, color, meat eater or vegetarian. They are also pretty fun to play with.You will receive one entry per comment. Please submit separate comments for each entry option you choose.
To Win:
Leave a comment - What color would be fun to feature on our next themed day? Have you done any great green activities today?
Send us a submission
Become a follower
Add our button to your site
Good Luck! We’ll announce a winner tomorrow!
To Win:
Leave a comment - What color would be fun to feature on our next themed day? Have you done any great green activities today?
Send us a submission
Become a follower
Add our button to your site
Good Luck! We’ll announce a winner tomorrow!
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