by Liska Myers | Sep 5, 2019 | Engineering Projects, History, Printable crafts, Printables, 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, Printables
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 | Printables, 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 | Printables, 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, Printables
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
Make astronaut paper dolls and introduce the history of space exploration to kids with these printable 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. Scientists and...
by Liska Myers | Jul 8, 2019 | Puppet Theatres and Puppets, Sociology
Prepare children for new social experiences by making social stories and acting them out with shadow puppets! Getting ready for a birthday party, talking about what to do when you get lost, or outlining the rules of behaviour on the playground? I bet that as a parent...
by Liska Myers | Jul 3, 2019 | Geography, Printable Toys
This printable game is made to help children learn all the USA states, their capitals and flags. Using the same cards, they can play several games, including bingo, memory and matching games. What is the capital of Alaska? Which state has a pelican on its flag? Find...
by Liska Myers | Jun 28, 2019 | Geography, Printable Toys
This printable game is designed to encourage learning about the Canadian provinces, their flags and capital cities. What is the capital of Nunavut? Which province has a ship on its flag? Find out while playing this game! From talking to people around the world,...
by Liska Myers | Jun 21, 2019 | Arts & Crafts, Drawing & doodling, Puppet Theatres and Puppets
Learn an easy way to make colourful shadow puppets with kids! Making a set of vibrant butterfly shadow puppets and playing with light and shadows will be a great summer STEM project. At first, it may come as a surprise – colourful shadow puppets! Built on the...
by Liska Myers | May 27, 2019 | Learning to Write, Literacy, Printables, Writing Projects
Wondering how to teach children to write book reviews? With this free printable template, anyone can write one! While I usually write about our educational games and crafts, the biggest part of our homeschooling has always been reading books. (Isn’t it the same...
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