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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...
How to Make Colourful Shadow Puppets of Butterflies
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 stark...
How to Write a Book Review – for Kids
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 for...
Birds: Free Pattern Block Designs
Get the free printable pack of bird pattern block designs for STEM centres in your preschool and kindergarten! Children will learn the names of birds, practice building skills and math - all at once. In most classrooms, whether homeschool or traditional, pattern...
Nursery Rhymes with Printable Shadow Puppets
Use these printable shadow puppets to stage a shadow puppet play for children, based on famous nursery rhymes! Mary Had a Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme Shadow Puppets First things first, what exactly is a nursery rhyme? Any traditional poem or song for children can be...
Flower Symmetry: Draw the Missing Half Art Prompts
Use flower symmetry as a way to explain symmetry to children, then create beautiful symmetrical flower drawings with these printable draw-the-missing-half art prompts! Explaining the concept of symmetry doesn't have to be abstract and theoretical. A good start to the...
Town Mouse and Country Mouse Shadow Puppets
Using these printable shadow puppets, you can stage a shadow puppet play, based on the popular fairy-tale The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse! We are back with a new instalment of shadow puppets. Every year, we make a few more to add into our collection of printable...
Free Printable Emotion Wheel for Kids
Use this free printable emotion wheel for kids to help them learn about emotions and track their moods! I distinctly remember studying trigonometric functions at school - knowledge that I acquired through hours of repetitive exercises and never once used in my adult...
DIY Printable CVC Rods with Phonetic Reading Blocks
Make a DIY version of Montessori CVC Rods with Phonetic Reading Blocks for beginning readers with these printable templates! These CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) phonetic reading blocks are inspired by the wooden blocks used in Montessori schools. The blocks provide...
Easter & Spring Pattern Block Design Templates
Get the free printable pack of Easter and spring pattern block designs for STEM centers in your preschool and kindergarten! Pattern blocks are far from being new in most classrooms, but they were a recent discovery for us. Even though we already have a lot of building...
Planet Earth: Clay Craft for Earth Day & Earth Study
Celebrate Earth Day with kids by making this Earth craft from air-dry clay! I always get excited about trying new art and craft supplies! Our latest discovery was in the sculpting department and, after a few tries, turned out to be my favourite air-dry clay to use...
Famous Women in History: Printable Paper Dolls
Famous Women in History Dress-Up Dolls feature printable costumes of twenty women who have changed the world. Print, cut, and learn about twenty inspiring heroines. One of the many reasons I like using paper dolls for teaching is because they make it easy for kids to...
20 Famous Women Colouring Pages
Print these free famous women colouring pages and posters and learn about women's history! Throughout history and across the globe, whenever women wanted to do something daring, they always had to face two kinds of challenges. One challenge was naturally associated...
Painting with Roll-on Deodorant Bottles
Recycle roll-on deodorant bottles by turning them into roll-on painting bottles for toddlers to make mess-free art! My son has a curious fascination with vessels. In a store, he often eyes the shelves with straw cups, flasks, and bottles longingly, never giving up...
Famous Women in History: Guess Who Game for Kids
Using this educational game, dedicated to famous women in history for kids, you will learn about twenty amazing heroines who changed the world. Includes Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Florence Nightingale, Rosa Parks, and many more! Do you know who wrote the first...
50+ Best Audiobooks for Kids that Adults Will Also Like
Do you have a child who loves to read? Check out our list of the best audiobooks for kids. Equally great for road trips and during quiet time at home! When I was a child, we had a few audiobooks on vinyl. Before I learned how to read, they were my most treasured...
LEGO Duplo Alphabet Mats
Build the alphabet with Duplo bricks, using these printable Lego Duplo Alphabet Mats with uppercase and lowercase letter designs! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego 2D AlphabetPattern Block AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet Before my son was old enough to dedicate the living...
LEGO Alphabet
Use these printable LEGO alphabet mats to combine early literacy with STEM and teach letters in a playful hands-on way! Everything is a little more fun with LEGO! That’s why we try to include the blocks into as many of our learning activities as we can. The kids love...
Pattern Block Alphabet: Printable Challenge Cards
Combine early literacy with STEM and teach the alphabet in a playful hands-on way with these printable pattern block cards! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego 2D AlphabetLego Duplo AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet One of the latest additions to our classroom are these...
LEGO Letters Printable
Teach your children the alphabet in a playful hands-on way by making Lego letters! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego Duplo AlphabetPattern Block AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet About LEGO Letters If you have a LEGO lover around, you know that everything is a little more...
LEGO Charades | LEGO Pictionary | LEGO Creationary: Free Printable Game
If you are planning a LEGO birthday party or simply like LEGO and playing games as a family, try this LEGO twist on the popular games of Charades or Pictionary! I love playing board games, but my son decidedly prefers LEGO. Then, one time, someone in the gaming...
Winter Conversation Starters for Christmas & New Year Party
Do you want a lively conversation going at your Christmas gathering or New Year party? Try these printable conversation starter cards - suitable for kids and adults! The guests have come and arranged themselves around the table. It's time for a small talk! Avoid...
Stained Glass Christmas Suncatchers with Free Printable Templates
Make stained glass Christmas suncatchers with kids! This winter craft comes with four pages of Christmas ornament templates and makes for a quick and easy way to decorate windows in celebration of the season. Stained glass suncatchers are one of our favourite...
DIY Christmas Jack-in-the-Box with a Gingerbread Man Pop-Up
Remember those old Jack in the Box toys? This Christmas, put together a handmade Jack-in-the-Box with children. It's a quick and simple craft, but it has plenty of applications! It can be a little toy gift for a younger sibling, a homemade card that kids give to...
Make a DIY Krampus Christmas Ornament from Felt
Decorate your tree with a DIY Krampus ornament, in celebration of the famous Christmas beast from Austria! Made from felt, these homemade ornaments are so easy that even kids can put them together. Have you ever heard of Krampus? He is half-demon and half-goat. He...
Free Printable Santa Claus Paper Doll
Make a Santa Claus paper doll with this free printable design, then change his costume - and he's a Christmas elf! Christmas is swiftly approaching now, and our paper dolls have a few more costumes for the coming season! With these free printable costumes, they...
Anatomy Printable Paper Doll for Kids
Study the human body anatomy with kids by making a set of printable anatomy paper dolls, with each layer showcasing a different body system! What is inside of me? How does my body work? What is this part of me doing? Most kids are genuinely fascinated with their...
Life-Size Printable Human Skeleton for Kids
Make a life-size printable human skeleton with kids! The printable skeleton template comes as a PDF file, which is easy to cut and assemble. Skeletons are fascinating! Especially when you are seven or eight... First of all, kids at that age have some insatiable...
How to Make Simple Articulated Robots with Kids
Build a simple articulated wooden robot! It is a great engineering project to teach kids how articulation works and a perfect woodworking project for beginners. My kids have a lot of toys. When I've just tripped over one, I tend to think they have too many....
Free Printable Life-Size Organs for Studying Human Body Anatomy with Children
Make a quick anatomy model for kids to study the human body with these free printable life-size organs! What is a good age for learning about the human body anatomy? The truth is, most children get their first anatomy lessons before they turn one. "This is your mouth....