*Upper Elementary

5 Skills Children Build From Putting Together Jigsaw Puzzles

Posted on August 31st, 2010 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Upper Elementary, Fine Motor, Math and Matching, Shapes

My 4 year old and 3 year old girls love puzzles especially 100 + pieces princess puzzles. They are such good friends working on puzzles together and in addition to keeping them occupied it is great to know that they are building important educational skills.

Hand-Eye Coordination
Memory
Fine motor skills
Learn to look at details/ problem solve
Matching

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Green (Spinach) Ice Cream That Had My Kids Asking For Seconds

Posted on July 15th, 2010 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Toddler, *Upper Elementary, Healthy Snacks For Kids

I made green smoothies for my kids today. Since it was nice and thick I called it ice cream. They were so excited that they didn’t even ask about the green colour. They both eagerly asked for seconds!
Here is how we made it:

1 bunch spinach
1 cup milk (I used lactaid since my girls are [...]

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Jack Frost

Posted on January 11th, 2010 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Upper Elementary, Literacy

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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Expressions

Posted on September 16th, 2009 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Toddler, *Upper Elementary, Movement

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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