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Broom and Cauldron Drawing Activity for Room on the Broom

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Simple printable broom and cauldron drawing activity pages for Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom. Great creative literacy work for kids! Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom is this week's  Virtual Book Club for Kids pick. My kids enjoyed the book, and we watched the animated movie as well. I love the out of the box way the witch in the story uses her cauldron and broom in … [Read more...] about Broom and Cauldron Drawing Activity for Room on the Broom

Apple Tree Tracing Page and More Apple Theme Learning Activities

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Apples are such a fun theme to learn with in the fall! Check out this cute apple tree tracing page, along with more apple themed learning activities for kids. Ten Red Apples is this week's book for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. We tried most of my favorite apple learning activities last year when we read  Ten Apples Up on Top, so this year I opted for this fun and simple … [Read more...] about Apple Tree Tracing Page and More Apple Theme Learning Activities

Five Little Ducks Activity with Free Printable

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Free printable Five Little Ducks printable coloring page plus more nursery rhyme inspired activities for children. This week's Virtual Book Club for Kids theme is Nursery Rhymes. I'm highlighting an old post of ours featuring Five Little Ducks. Over in the Meadow is another nursery rhyme we love. This week I made a rare venture into semi-structured crafting with my kids, … [Read more...] about Five Little Ducks Activity with Free Printable

Geometric Shapes Boat and Boat-Themed Preschool Learning

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Geometric shapes boat activity for kids, plus more boat-themed learning activities for children. Playful learning for preschool-aged children. This week's book pick for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Toy Boat by Randall de Sève. You can also read Boats by Byron Barton for this week’s theme. I pulled out this simple geometric shapes activity. Anna loved it as much as … [Read more...] about Geometric Shapes Boat and Boat-Themed Preschool Learning

Easy Weather Tracking Printables For Preschool Scientists – Free!

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What's the weather like where you live? Young scientists will love graphing the weather using these easy weather tracking printables for preschoolers that you can print for free. Today, it was warm enough where we live to be outside in a t-shirt. Yesterday you definitely needed a jacket, and the day before it was pouring rain. February and March are two of my favorite months … [Read more...] about Easy Weather Tracking Printables For Preschool Scientists – Free!