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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies FREE choice journal writing Turtles Make Ten Math Game Turtle FREE printable books Turtle FREE printable counters Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies Why we love this book: The book begins with a brief introduction [...]
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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert FREE printable Plant Curriculum, grade specific Math: Plant Collage Shapes and Patterns, Geoboard Plant Shapes, Pattern Block Flowers Art: Oodles of Shape Flowers Collage Journal Writing: How to Draw and Label a Plant Diagram FREE printable Guide: How to Plant [...]
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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle FREE printable books: 10 Little Ducks (3 versions) FREE printable duck counters FREE printable book: I See a Nest Puppet Show: 5 Little Ducks Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Why we love [...]
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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Cheerios Play Book by Lee Wade Hands-on Number Activities for Children Developing Number Concepts Developing Number Recognition Developing Number Formation FREE printable number books, counters and number formation guide Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Cheerios Play Book by Lee Wade Why we love this [...]
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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Rabbit’s Gift by George Shannon Song Adaptation: Ten Little Snowflakes FREE printable book: Counting Snowflakes FREE printable Snowflake Counters The Right Way to Make Paper Snowflakes: link to step-by-step photos Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Rabbit’s Gift by George Shannon Why we love this book: A [...]
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Week at a glance . . . Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: COUNT by Dwell Studio Art explorations: Winter Lace Collage with Birds Book making: I See Birds FREE printable book: Birds Up In a Tree FREE printable bird counters I don’t have much free time to peruse the thumbnails at pinterest. But occasionally one [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: TON BY Taro Miura Why we love this book: The concept of a ton is one of those abstract math concepts hard for children to conceptualize. After all it is a bit difficult to put items that weigh a ton on a balance scale. The “bigness” of a ton makes [...]
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Print this book FREE: I See Pumpkins I See Pumpkins: FREE printable book blank book counting numbers 1 – 10 teaches both cardinal numbers and number words children can draw, stamp or glue pumpkins into book book features simple, repetitive text teaching the high frequency word “see” book features dotted print for tracing and learning [...]
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I know just about everyone knows a version of the Five Little Pumpkins poem. Well, it’s that time of year again and I know everyone is ready for some fun . . . I’ve put together a Five Little Pumpkins FREE printable package for you and your children. Five Little Pumpkins book, Miss Enigma, age [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes Why we love this book: Kevin Henkes’ dreamy pictures take us through the seasons with Old Bear. Old Bear falls asleep in winter and dreams his way through a pastel spring, a bright green summer, an autumn covered in shades of yellow and orange and [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Lion’s Lunch by Fiona Tierney Why we love this book: In Lion’s Lunch?, little Sarah uses her gift of drawing to charm an angry, grumpy, bossy, old lion. Seeing a drawing of his “Great Big Angry” self, the lion decides he would like to change his attitude and the way [...]
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Our mother is a health nut! Consequently, Easter candy is a big NO! NO! Not that the grandchildren mind too much because Grandma’s money stuffed Easter eggs have become a long standing tradition. Many are stuffed with pennies but some are actually stuffed with a quarter. And then there’s the traditional big prize egg which [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Why we love this book: At the beginning of the book is the news article that inspired Eric Carle to write the story of the 10 Little Rubber Ducks, ” . . . a shipment of 29,000 rubber bathtub toys, including ducks . [...]
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Book of the Week: Oodles of Animals by Lois Ehlert Why we love this book: Inspiration! Lois Ehlert’s books are full of ideas that spark learning fun. We love how Lois Ehlert combines bold, collage art with books full of simple facts for children. This week we are continuing our gardening theme with Lois Ehlert’s [...]
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Personalized 2012 Calendar, MacGyver, age 8 Better late than never! You’ll see that motto over and over again here at waddlee-ah-chaa because we’re just too darn busy to keep up with life. We began 2012 by planning our father’s BIG 80th Birthday Party. Now we are playing catch-up. We are finally posting our FREE printable [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Doubling Fun with Annie Ant by Vicki Churchill & Charles Fuge Why we love this book: This simple book is an early introduction to multiplication. The bright illustrations and rhyming text even make it an appropriate read aloud for preschoolers. However, since the book is focusing on multiplication it is [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino Why we love this book: Halloween is in the air and we’re ready for some fun! “Five Little Pumpkins” is a well known and loved Halloween rhyme. This board book version, with its bright bold illustrations, is perfect for all the little pumpkins in [...]
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Book of the Week & Number Recognition Set GIVEAWAY Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Numbers 123 by Rainbow Books Why we love this book: This book has simple photo pictures, with easy to read text and numbers. Excellent for beginning number recognition and readers. Number & Alphabet Recognition Foam Tiles Laminated Set: Number Formation Guides [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy and Throw Out in Your Lifetime (National Geographic Kids) by Ellen Kirk Why we love this book: Children love facts and figures that they can actually visualize. This book uses photography of real items to capture the full picture of consumption, [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann Why we love this book: Children love this brightly colored, Caldecott Medal winner. They laugh out loud as Rabbit, who means well, stirs up trouble with his ideas. The limited text and bold, vibrant, block art illustrations allow the children to add their own [...]
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Birthday Box by Leslie Patricelli Why we love this book: What’s better than getting a brand-new toy as a birthday gift? Playing with the box it came in! But shh, a doggy is hiding in the box. Together toddler and doggy have many adventures with the brand-new birthday box. [...]
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