We actually first made this yummy craft last year with a friend who runs an awesome music program for kids on Long Island (Shake and
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Pilgrim Bonnet and Hat
For your little pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day, a simple hat and bonnet they can make and wear during the feast: Pilgrim Hat Materials: black construction
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Pine Cone Turkey
It’s turkey time! I’m a vegetarian but most of the family loves their turkey. Thanksgiving is all about counting our blessings and one of those
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Cascading Leaf Spiral
For those of you who live further north, your leaves have probably already fallen. On Long Island, ours didn’t really hit their peak until the
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Spin a Spider Web
OK, I know that they are generally benign and quite important to our ecosystem but the eight-legged things just freak me out, okay? Still, I
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Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We Are Going to the Moon!
For our summer crafts and story and circle time, we started learning about our families and then explored the natural world around us. Then we
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Pancakes from Scratch
Unless you have a field of wheat growing in your backyard, you may need to take a few shortcuts–but making a batch of pancakes is a great cooking with kids activity that we do most weekends with our children.
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Jam, Jelly, and Preserves
One week the children picked blackberries and turned them into jam!
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Tickly Octopus Craft
Octopuses have so many fascinating adaptations and we found a storybook that captures this information with humor and charm: Tickly Octopus….
Sea creatures are always a hit with little ones, especially if you have a decent aquarium nearby. We’re members at ours and the children are mesmerized by underwater life even as young as one–so colorful, so different, so entrancing!