Summer trips are coming up. Do you need to print a travel journal for your kids to remember your trip?
This has prompts and lots of drawing places for each child to make it their own. Print before your trip and it can be a quick activity at waiting times during your trip.
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I’d love to hear any feedback. I’ve included coloring pages, as well as word worksheets, and some other activities that might need parent help. These guys are so cute. Some marmots that are featured in this book include:
Groundhog day is approaching and I’ve made these worksheets for my little kids.
I have included printable worksheets below. Groundhog Day is a good reason to learn a little more about marmots and weather patterns. Groundhog day usually does need a little explanation. Here’s how I have explained it to my daughter.
“Weather is very hard to predict; it’s good to know when to plan seeds to get the best outcome. Since people didn’t have fancy computers like they do today, they would study how groundhogs and other animals acted. If they thought it would stay cold longer (six more weeks of winter), they would return to their burrows. Even now we can’t predict the weather very well, and not for very far into the future. This is where Chaos Theory comes from; trying to predict the weather. There are just so many factors that affect what the weather will be like.”
When my daughter started learning to read, she needed to build some confidence. I noticed the worksheets that build on themselves really reinforced her retention of new words. To keep track of her progress, she colored in the stars each time the phrase was completed. Just a little bit more motivation helped her attitude toward reading a lot.
I will be posting a complete activity book for sale soon.
Other Resources/Sites to learn more about Groundhogs and Marmots:
www.marmots.org (Vancouver Island Marmot recovery)
www.groundhog.org (Punxsutawney Groundhog Club)
First thing is to show off my WIP (Work in progress) really hoping to finish today. Was meant to be done by Christmas, 2018. My kitty girl wanted a heart quilt with cat prints. I’m going to call it a heart sampler quilt because I ended up trying a lot of different heart methods. For some reason I always have a bit of a vague idea when I start a quilt and it changes a lot once I start to work on it. I get a little tired of doing the same pattern and want to up the challenge. So I’ve got some super simple pixel hearts. A fun heart shuffle, and some applique heart to with completely different fabric because I ran out. Not perfectly symmetrical but I know she’ll love it and I enjoyed trying all these different methods. I loved that she picked the fabrics and has been very excited to see the process. Once I’m done I know my son will want one I make as well.
Things to do for Quilt Day!
Do you have a family quilt? Pull it out and find out about it.
Best quilt board game.
Patchwork
Quilting activities for kids
Quilt with construction paper
https://www.himama.com/daycare-activities/kwanzaa-quilt
Design a four square
https://buggyandbuddy.com/geometry-kids-quilt-activity-using-triangles-free-printable/
learn about Symmetry
It’s beginning to look a lot like…. I need to make it Christmassy myself this year. Since we won’t be seeing any one, or going out. So this year I made my own Christmas Movie Bingo.
Page 1 is for different types of movies, I am interested in what everyone else puts for each category.
Page 2 is tropes to mark while watching a movie.
Some of my suggestions, that are on my watch list this year:
Klaus, Scrooged, Elf, The Holiday, The Muppet Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone.
Also, It’s a Wonderful Life, Noelle, Trading Places, Die Hard, Daddy’s Home 2, Rare Exports, All-American Christmas Carol, Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
I watched this with my daughter last night. I am a big fan of Mysteries and Sherlock Holmes. Wondering if anyone else has been feeling like Helena Bonham Carter while homeschooling your kids? Definitely a mood! I haven’t read the enola Holmes books yet, but I’m a fan of Alan Brady’s Flavia de Luce series (The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is #1). This movie definitely has some great Flavia de Luce energy.
Bananagrams – Scrabble would also be fun, but I find my kids love bananagrams because the little letters lend themselves to other games as well. This movies has a lot of fun with anagrams and I think this is the most obvious but fun to play with at any level. 
Identifying (& drawing) mushrooms & Flowers –
Bring in flowers or leaves and then draw. It’s great if you have two flowers that are similar and figure out how they differ. How would you distiguish one from the other.
I recommend this activity book, it’s gorgeous and encourages outdoor play Hello Nature by Nina Chakrabarki. 
It also has tons of info about Mushrooms and and leaves. While Enola and a mysterious boy are in need to food wandering the countryside, he does proof useful. He can identify (and knows the Latin names) for edible clover and mushrooms. Enola is impressed by this. So refreshing to have an example of a female becoming interested in someone from their skills and interests.
Chess – or other mystery games. We really enjoy Outfoxed.
Pinecone Hedgehog – I couldn’t get any good screenshots of the little hedgehog from the movie, but my daughter thought it was adorable and was very excited to try it out. Here are some other examples
You could also explore Codes, and teatime, with some Chrysantheum Cookies, or even a printable escape game
That’s all for now. Let me know if you like the themed activities, that is what I tend to do with my kids, different things all day but with a similar theme. Yes, that included a movie or show most of the time.
I’ve been home with my kids a lot lately. We are not as busy as we were and there is a lot of time to fill. I thought I would post some of the stuff I’ve found to do with my kids that is very fun!
This is an amazing website for learning all about birds. I think kids of any age with get something out of it. I have certainly learned a lot. Some activities are a little too advanced for my 3 & 6 year old, but the informational videos capture their attention. We have all have been practicing our bird drawings as well!
American Test Kitchen (Young Chef’s Club)
Great for finding recipes that the kids can actually help make! plus quizzes and videos.
These are cute mini courses. There are videos at the aquarium, and also printable activities.
https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-abc-unlocking-the-magic-of-reading/
Learning Language – I’ve been trying to master Spanish for awhile now.
No ads! This has such a variety of learning activities. Lily is a bit hesitant to sit still and try reading, It’s amazing how quick she absorbs reading when it’s a game.
Sago Mini has a variety of apps now (now with a Sago Mini School), but I also love that they has psychical toys and of the characters and they recently started a subscription based box. I’m definitely biased because my daughter loves these characters. They are a Canadian based company and my kids seems to always want to play something. So many of the apps are open ended and so cute.
Kiwi crate
I feel like there has already been a lot of press on this. They are well made and fun. Kiwico.com referral link
Favorite YouTube Channels:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoriahElizabeth
Crafting fun. Lots of rainbows. Lily gets very inspired to craft or draw after we watch.
https://kurzgesagt.org/youtube/
These are adorable videos about very complex ideas. Some may be a little advanced for little ones but check them out.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Disney/videos
Disney’s done some really cute story-time videos. It is also really fun to see some of their favorite character read them a story.
I would also suggest checking out your local library online. etc.
https://www.youtube.com/c/CookingbyYein
This is a relaxing cooking video Joshua loves. A little ASMR for when he & me need a little chill time.
Okay, that’s all I’ve got right now. I might post some other stuff we’ve been up to! Let me know if you’ve tried any of these.
It’s been a lot of staying inside with 2 young kiddos for me. I started playing Stardew Valley, which is something the kids very much enjoy watching and directing me. This is just some stuff I made up for my kids, thought some other fans might be interested in.
Color by number, Feel free to use different colors as desired.
Mine Path Activity Sheet.
Begin with the pickaxe and collect items avoiding all enemies until you reach the end of the path. Page 2 added the challege of adding up all collectables and enemies. Also, find the four hidden items (can you find them on your path?)
Pickaxe Dice Game
This one may need a big more explanation, but it did keep my kids very busy. You will need Dice. Start at level 1 of the mine, with 3 hearts (health). make a check in the box for every dice roll. Collect items and stars. Once you have 3 stars go to level 2. Keep rolling dice and collecting
Page two: Process the geodes you collected in level 1 & 2. For each geode you have roll the dice and use the chart to determine what you receive (your dice roll also indicates the amount you receive) a roll of 3 would mean you get 3 ore.
Fill out your inventory. Were you able to get a prismatic Shard?
The End!
Let me know if you give these a try, and if you have any questions or suggestions.
This week we ordered from local korean place Chicken 649. Always a big hit. We all love the pickled radishes that balance the chicken well.
We ordered original flavor, sweet honey and yangnyeon. The kids wouldn’t try the Yangnyeon the first night, said it was too spicy. Overall super yummy 👌
Day 2, simple Transformation of leftovers to baos. Success!
I created a couple of activity sheets regarding the Coronavirus for my kids. It was recommended by the School District to talk to your kids about it and I think it’s a good opportunity to learn a little bit more about viruses and our own amazing immune system. This can be scary, but the best way to teach your kids how to cope with this is to be a good example. This is what helps me:
Storybots has a good episode on Netflix (Season 2: How Do People Catch a Cold?)
Resources:
https://www.mrgscience.com/topic-63-defense-against-infectious-disease.html
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