*Upper Elementary

Teaching your children poems is a great literary activity. Jack Frost is a fun winter poem that would be great for young children to draw pictures to go along with the poem. Make it into a booklet for them!

Jack Frost
The door was shut, as doors should be,
Before you went to bed last night;
Yet Jack Frost [...]

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This would be a fun family activity to do, children love to use their imaginations and they would love to see their parents using their imaginations as well!
Have children pretend to be things such as those listed and have the others try to guess what the child is.
Here is a list: (Be creative and come [...]

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Make new crayons with broken pieces of crayons. You can get creative and mix colours! What you need are:

broken crayon pieces that are less than 1 inch in length
disposable cupcake tin – you can find these in fun shapes as well! Make sure the tin is able to go in the oven.
Non-stick cooking spray.

Directions:

Heat oven [...]

Memorial day is a day set aside for Americans to honor those who have died in military service to their country. It was originally called Decoration Day as after the Civil War people would decorate soldiers graves with flowers, wreathes and flags around the anniversary reunification after the Civil War.
Memorial day is a wonderful day [...]