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My kids have always been obsessed with bugs. We have had rollie pollie collections, worms hidden in bedrooms, and even we even captured the huge grasshoppers that would climb the walls to our 10th story apartment when we lived overseas. But I draw the line at spiders. And wasps. Both of those are candidates for…
Chocolate chips. They are cute, they make cookies & pancakes even more delicious and they make fantastic manipulatives for preschoolers practicing counting! One thing I have learned over the years is breaking up the monotony of teaching activities is crucial to helping kids WANT to learn. Some children have a knack for being especially excited…
Anyone have kids who would choose fruit over junk food? While I have one special needs daughter who will not touch any fruit, my other three daughters actually would (and do) choose fruit before they would choose junk food. I believe that teaching kids to eat healthy starts at a young age and by making…
Manipulatives help make math and other learning activities fun for kids. The more play or game like the activity is, the more receptive the child may be. That is why, for my kids, I try to use a variety of fun manipulatives with counting cards. Like these button counting cards and manipulatives. Buttons are not…
My daughter has an obsession with squirrels. Which is easy to indulge in our neighborhood filled with oak trees. The squirrels are constantly running around and it has been so fun to watch them. These acorn counting cards are perfect for using in the fall as the squirrels are gathering their nuts. Just be sure that…
What is it about little chicks that every kid wants to play with one? My kids have been asking to incubate eggs, so that we can hatch chicks. In our very urban area. Probably not going to happen… These cute chick counting cards for numbers 1-10 come incubator-free. Mess-free. Noise-free. Unless you count the noises…
My daughters are obsessed with goldfish crackers. We buy the BIG box about every month or so. Of course, Shiloh has limited foods that she will eat and there is no way I’m going to argue with her about eating crackers, so she eats them more than most children do. It’s super cute watching her…
Just before back-to-school we found these great foam blocks in the Target dollar deals. Even though those are out-of-stock now, these foam blocks are easy to find at the dollar store or online. These free printable foam block counting cards are a great way to practice matching colors and counting to 10 with your preschoolers!…
We love our rainbow bears! I think they are the most versatile manipulative for early childhood education. You can use them to learn so many skills! Colors, counting, sizes, sorting, addition, patterns and so much more! These free printable rainbow bear counting cards are the perfect way to introduce counting from 1-10. The one-to-one correspondence…