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Desert Animal Writing Prompt

Connect science, art, and writing with this fun and easy desert animal writing prompt for young children!  Select an animal that lives in the desert habitat. Then punch “stars” on the outline to create...

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6 Ways to Help Your Local Children’s Hospital

In your community there are local Children’s Hospital Units with parents who never thought their child would be receiving treatment in a PICU program. Here are a few ways you and your community can...

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Getting the Teacher You Want

This school year is coming to an end and some of us are already looking ahead to next fall. I want my kids to LOVE going to school and enjoy learning. Every year we write a classroom request letter and...

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Raising Eco Friendly Kids with a Butterfly Garden

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EcoBoysAndGirls #CollectiveBias Raising kids can be quite magical in the spring and summer as...

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Teach Tally Marks, An Outdoor Math Lesson with Sticks

Bring math outside with this easy lesson to teach tally marks to kids using sticks found in your backyard.  It’s an easy and inexpensive way to practice math. My kids love bringing our classroom...

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Pretend Play Printables for Global Learning

Play is a great way for children to begin learning about the world.  Incorporating global learning provides children with an early introduction to other cultures.  Print and use these pretend play...

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Requesting a Change in Your Child’s Classroom Placement

This year, it happened. We needed to request a change in my child’s classroom placement. Thankfully, the change was requested in a timely manner and the transition to a new classroom was seamless....

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Germination Science Experiment

In this twist on the classic germination science experiment, children will test the germination rate of 10 green bean seeds.  From making predictions to collecting data, your little scientists will...

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Dinosaur Shapes Game for Kids

Creating dinosaur shapes with playdough is the challenge I’m sharing with you this month for Virtual Book Club for Kids.  This fun dinosaur game for kids was inspired by the book Goldilocks and the...

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Ice Cream MATH Playdate

Hey moms – Have a bunch of kids  coming over for a playdate?  Make it an Ice Cream MATH Playdate Little ones LOVE eating talking about ICE CREAM.  These fun and easy learning activities for kids to...

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Play and Learn Oceans: 38 Activities for Kids

Summer is here. Now is the perfect time to play and learn oceans with your kids! You Can Play and Learn Oceans By: Hosting an ocean themed play date for your friends Using oceans as your weekly...

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Virtual Field Trip to Mojave Desert and Palmyra Atoll

Many thanks to The Nature Conservancy & WeAreTeachers for sponsoring the conversation about the Virtual Field Trip to Mojave Desert and Palmyra Atoll FREE educational event! Renewable energy is...

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Simple Garden Labels for Kids to Make

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Summer is almost here which means for families all over it’s gardening season. This year...

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2016 SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Get your kids excited and motivated to READ more this summer with the  2016 SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING CHALLENGE . Our family participates in the Scholastic Summer Reading program every year.  It’s...

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Fun Photo Game For Kids! 

Getting our children involved with cameras can be such fun.  Here’s a fun photo game for kids created by one of my creative friends, Beryl Ann  Young, who teaches about photography to moms like you and...

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How do you teach the letters of the alphabet?

Learning the letter names is a fundamental step in early learning.  Identifies uppercase and lowercase letter names is a learning standard for many preschool and kindergarten programs. We’ve asked some...

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Kids Writing Game with Sand and Seashells

Summer time is a perfect time to make a game using outdoor items.  This kids writing game with sand and seashells is sure to be a big hit and keep your child learning all summer long. Here’s how to...

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Best Games for Kids

Here at the Educators’ Spin On it, we LOVE to make and play our own learning games.  Our closets are PACKED with the best games for kids too. Fill your game closet with some of the best games for kids!...

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Best Summer Science Experiments for Kids

Fill your home or classroom with a few of the Best Summer Science Experiments for kids.  These experiments fit in perfect with learning about life cycles, environment, growing and changing. Use them to...

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CLEAN & BUILD: Ideas for Making Chores FUN!

Laundry piles on our sofa, aka, the “family closet.” The clean plates still sit in the open dishwasher just waiting… The kids, are totally unmotivated to help. (me either – if we’re being honest) I’m...

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