Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th! Want to celebrate in your homeschool or classroom? Check out these easy & creative ideas to get in the spirit! Pirate Treasure Hunt – This is a great activity for pirate fun at home over the weekend! Make your own map, hide pirate treasure, and watch your little ones follow directions to search for the Pirates’ Gold! Island Adventures Reading Program – Join Pete Pirate and his crew with instruction and practice in advanced phonics skills, sight words, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension! 75 lessons teach fundamental reading skills for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. Recommended ages 6 to 9. Treasure Map Pizza – Decorate your homemade pizza with olives, peppers, and a tiny red pepper for the pirate ship! Meet the McKaws – This is such a fun pirate-themed book for Kindergarteners! Captain Stan and Tiny McKaw are rough-and-tumble pirates. Whether it’s searching for treasure or battling on the high seas, this adventurous duo is up for anything. Pirates’ Treasure & Crafts
Pirate Math and Literacy Activities – The pirate literacy activities include wall words, syllable sort, picture bingo, and more! The pirate math activities include four math activities that would deb a great addition to any pirate-themed unit. Pirate Crafts and Treasure Chest – Make a pirate hat, homemade pirate hook, spyglass, treasure chest, gold coins and more! Paper Plate Pirate Craft – Use household items to craft a happy pirate face! This is an easy activity for kids and parents to complete together at home. Exploding Treasure Chests Pirate Science – Dive into some pirate science with Exploding Treasure Chests!! It’s a great sensory experience as the solid, freezing cold chests turn to mush and expose treasures hidden within. Pirate Theme Classroom Mega Bundle – Want to set your classroom in a pirate theme? This package includes pirate-themed word wall cards, calendars, customizable name tags, classroom jobs poster, time telling posters set, and more!
Archives for September 2015
5 Ways to Make Grandparents’ Day Special
My maternal grandmother, whom I was close to as a young child, passed away when I was only 8. While I wish I’d have had more time with her, I cherish the memories that I do have. She always had my favorite things to eat; I recall eating a lot of grits and gherkins at her house.
1. Read a story together – Kiddos love listening to a story told by grandma and grandpa. Provide grandparents with books that are fun for the older and younger generation to read together and discuss. The Life of Fred Beginning Reader Series is a fun set of books that are hilarious, short and sweet – great for getting everyone to laugh while reading!
2. Browse through old photos – Pulling out the old family photo albums is so fun! What a great way to share memories with your children. Grandparents love telling stories and passing down their memories. Kids love pointing at photos and asking questions like, “Grandma, is that really you??”
3. Color together – Coloring is not just for kids, it’s for everyone! Send kids to grandpa’s house with a bag of coloring books so they can spend quality, artistic time together. This set of coloring books would be a great bundle to keep at grandma and grandpa’s house!
4. Make a gift for grandparents – Do your kids want to make a personal gift for grandma and grandpa? These printable books are super cute and easy to use! Just print, fill out the pages, and practice writing and reflect on memories of grandparents who are still living or passed on.
5. Interview a grandparent – Little ones can learn a lot
from grandparents. What is grandma or grandpa’s favorite memories as a child? What are life lessons that can be passed down to the next generation and preserved for future generations? This one-of-a-kind interactive notebook will give your little one the opportunity to interview grandparents and have a keepsake for precious memories. The Grandmother’s Virtues Interview Lapbook and Grandfather’s Wisdom Interview Lapbook are available on Educents for a discount!
Wordless Wednesday 9/9/15
7 Ways to Jumpstart Your School Year!
We are just starting up our new school year. It’s especially exciting because I have a high schooler now! Educents has created a list of their most popular back-to-school deals. PLUS, Educents is offering free shipping on all orders this weekend. Go check it out!
All Subjects
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Math
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Ready to hunt for apples? Let your little ones move around the room and search for these Apple Addition cards. When students find the apples, they can write the addition problem on their answer worksheet and do the math!
Science
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Music
Complete 12 CD Maestro Classics Collection This package includes 12 CDs with supplemental activity books for kids to learn about the stories behind the music. Stories include The Story of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Peter & the Wolf, and more! Musical Math Facts Musical Math Facts 1 makes memorizing the 100 Addition Facts and the related 100 Subtraction Facts easy and fun! No more drill and kill flash cards. Students sing their way to mastery and success! Shop the Labor Day Sale on Educents! This weekend, Educents is all about FREE! You can download all of their freebies, and you can get free shipping on any order! Use code SHIP4FREE* at checkout.*Free Shipping Coupon Code valid through September 7th at 11:59 PM PST.