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Printable Activities for Kids
Need a quick and easy play idea? Pick one of these 100 fun printable activities for kids! When my kids were younger, we had a soft spot for wooden toys of heirloom quality and particular indestructibility. But now? Over the last couple of years, printable toys have...
What Bird Am I: Game
What Bird Am I? is a printable game of bird deduction, where players are attempting to deduce the identity of their opponent's bird, by asking questions and using a key of twenty four birds. Birds are a very diverse and fascinating group! They come in all colours -...
Bird Bingo Printable Game
This bird bingo printable game features 48 species of birds from around the world. With beautiful watercolour illustrations and multiple levels of complexity, it will bring joy to bird enthusiasts of all ages! Spot all kinds of birds—from a sparrow to a bald eagle,...
25 Activities to Learn about Famous Women in History for Kids
March is Women's History Month. Explore the topic of famous women in history for kids through engaging games, crafts, and activities! Do you know who wrote the first novel? Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting who lived in Japan between the 10th and 11th centuries, is...
Women in History Books for Kids
To celebrate Women's History Month, we have selected 25 of the best picture books about inspiring women for kids! Do you read books with children? If you're on this page, you're probably a dedicated book lover, just like me. Personally, I have always preferred...
50 Animal Pattern Block Mats
These 50 animal pattern block designs are perfect for STEM centres in your preschool or kindergarten! Children will learn the names of animals, practice building skills and math – all at once. Many classrooms, homeschool or traditional, have pattern blocks. These...
100+ Printable Paper Dolls for Kids
Paper dolls lend themselves to a variety of themes, and we have over 100 printable paper dolls for different occasions. Did you play with dress-up dolls when you were little? I remember enjoying these simple toys immensely, not least because I could customize them...
15 Fun Science Graphic Novels
Science graphic novels are a great way for kids and adults to combine educational and enjoyable reading into one! It used to be a common belief that comic books don't deserve attention from a serious reader. Nothing can be further from truth with these science comic...
Free Printable Winter Paper Dolls
Get these printable paper dolls ready for winter with a free set of warm and festive winter clothes! What's winter like, in the way of clothes? Well, that depends on where one lives... But in many northern places, it's usually colder than the rest of the year, with...
Anatomy Books for Kids
Pick one of these anatomy books for kids to supplement your studies of the human body! Children start asking questions about their bodies very early. A younger sibling on the way prompts, "Where do babies come from?" An argument over candies naturally leads to a...
20 Christmas Around the World Colouring Pages
Celebrate the winter holidays with a free poster of Christmas characters and Christmas around the world colouring pages! The closer it gets to the winter vacation, the more challenging it becomes to get any schoolwork done. Cue holiday-inspired (but secretly, quite...
Christmas Paper Dolls
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...
Christmas Guess Who Game
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...
Proverb Matching Game
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, and he...
Finish the Proverb Writing Prompts
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 children,...
Math Movement Dice
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...
Medieval Shadow Puppets with Moving Parts
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...
200 Printable Magna Tiles Designs
Looking for new Magna Tiles designs to build? Here are our favourite Magna Tiles ideas to make, with printable cards for inspiration. No matter how exciting and desirable initially, even the best toys tend to fall out of favour. Take LEGO, for example! A great toy,...
100 Printable Shadow Puppet Templates
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 innocent...
Printable Farm Animal 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 picture...
Hands-on Literacy Activities
Set up a new literacy centre for kindergarten every two weeks with our selection of hands-on literacy activities and printables! Whether you are teaching in a traditional kindergarten classroom or looking to organize a homeschool room, literacy stations make a great...
Popsicle Stick Letters
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...
Printable Fairy 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 appealed to me. In my childhood, I remember dreaming of finding a little person,...
DIY Steampunk Wooden Robots
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 seem so...
Graphic Novels for Kids
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 little boy like...
10 Best Early Reader Comic 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...
The History of Space Suits with Astronaut Paper Dolls
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...
Social Stories with Puppets
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...
USA: States, Capitals and Flags – Printable Bingo and Memory Games
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...
Canada: Provinces, Capitals and Flags – Printable Learning Game
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, I've...