by Liska Myers | Nov 7, 2019 | Christmas, Geography, Social Studies
Learn about Christmas traditions around the world with Christmas paper dolls, featuring nineteen gift-bringing characters from different cultures! From the famed Santa Claus to the mysterious Olentzero, from the sweet Christkind to the horrifying Krampus—the world is...
by Liska Myers | Nov 5, 2019 | Christmas, Geography, Printable Toys
Have fun playing our printable Christmas Guess Who Game while learning about twenty regional Christmas characters and Christmas traditions around the world! In places where the seasons are well defined and the winter months are cold, December often brings a...
by Liska Myers | Oct 17, 2019 | Sociology
Introduce children to proverbs by playing a free printable game of matching proverbs with their meanings! Let sleeping dogs lie. Beggars can’t be choosers. Strike while the iron is hot. Now and again, I would share one of these traditional wisdoms with my son,...
by Liska Myers | Oct 17, 2019 | Learning to Write, Sociology, Writing Projects
Finish the proverbs with these free printable worksheets. Both a great creative writing prompt for children and a memory exercise for adults! As you sow, so shall you reap. Very wise. As old proverbs tend to be. But… Doesn’t actually say much to modern...
by Liska Myers | Sep 12, 2019 | Math
Math Movement Dice turn practising math into a game! Children can practise their addition and subtraction facts, work on their gross motor skills and have fun at the same time. With the free printable template, you can make the dice and play it too! Children learn...
by Liska Myers | Sep 5, 2019 | Engineering Projects, History, Printable crafts, Puppet Theatres and Puppets
Learn how to make shadow puppets with moving parts and have playful shadow puppet duels with these articulated knight puppets! We love shadow puppets! Over the years, we have created many different shadow puppet templates. Some have been fairy-tales, others have...
by Liska Myers | Aug 24, 2019 | Engineering, Magna-Tiles
Looking for new Magna Tiles designs to try? Here are our favourite Magna Tile ideas to build, with printable cards for inspiration. No matter how exciting and desirable at first, even the best of toys tend to fall out of favour. Take LEGO for example! A great toy,...
by Liska Myers | Aug 19, 2019 | Puppet Theatres and Puppets, Shadow Puppets
A big collection of shadow puppet templates to print and make – setting up a shadow play at home will be easy and fun! Many children quickly learn how to play with shadows on the walls, using their hands. They tend to love any activity that is both full of...
by Liska Myers | Aug 17, 2019 | Puppet Theatres and Puppets, Shadow Puppets
Printable farm animal puppets will be sure to give a new twist to familiar songs and nursery rhymes for kids! In our day and age, what significance do farm animals even hold for children? In fact, not so little. They’re still important characters of many new...
by Liska Myers | Aug 16, 2019 | Alphabet
Set up a new literacy centre for kindergarten every two weeks with our selection of alphabet learning activities and printables! Whether you are teaching in a traditional kindergarten classroom or looking to organize a homeschool room, literacy centre stations make a...
by Liska Myers | Aug 10, 2019 | Alphabet
Challenge children to build popsicle stick letters, while using these printable cards for inspiration! What craft supplies are more common than popsicle sticks? And yet, it never occurred to me that we could make popsicle stick letters! It was my three-year-old...
by Liska Myers | Aug 5, 2019 | Puppet Theatres and Puppets, Shadow Puppets
Make fairy puppets with our printable shadow puppet templates and let your children stage a shadow puppet play, based on myths and folk stories about fairies! The idea of fairies always appealled to me. In my childhood, I remember dreaming of finding a little person,...
by Liska Myers | Aug 4, 2019 | Engineering Projects, Wooden Toys
Introduce kids to woodworking by challenging them to create these whimsical steampunk wooden robots – from wood, screws and metal scraps! There is a certain appeal to a pile of loose hardware, wouldn’t you say? All those nuts, bolts and little metal scraps...
by Liska Myers | Aug 2, 2019 | Books
Graphic novels and comic books for kids are great for encouraging interest in reading! Not very long ago at all, if someone had mentioned comics to me, my first thought would have been, “Like… Batman or Superman?” Something more for a teenager than a...
by Liska Myers | Jul 20, 2019 | Beginning Readers, Books
Early reader comic books give kids who are just beginning to read an opportunity to step away from workbook texts and enjoy the stories! While teaching my son to read this year, I was faced with a problem. I mean, besides the attention span of a six-year-old when he...
by Liska Myers | Jul 17, 2019 | History, Printable Toys, Science, Space
Introduce the history of space exploration to kids by reading about influential space suits and making astronaut paper dolls! Space is full of wonders that we feel compelled to explore! Yet, space is also full of dangers that our bodies cannot survive unaided....
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