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Summer Brain Gain: Making Reading Fun
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Jun 6, 2017 | Reading
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A History of Caring: The Origins of Mother’s Day
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 12, 2017 | Social-Emotional Learning
Mother's Day Printables
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 10, 2017 | Printables
Celebrate Mother's Day with this giant batch of printables, including a make-your-own Mother's Day card activity sheet, coloring pages, and a matching game. Grab your free printables below... and don't forget to give Mom an extra-big hug!
Print your Mother's Day Printables.
Mother's Day Printables
Celebrate Mother's Day with this giant batch of printables, including a make-your-own Mother's Day card activity sheet, coloring pages, and a matching game. Grab your free printables below... and don't forget to give Mom an extra-big hug!
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10 Things to Cherish About Your Toddler
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 9, 2017 | Social-Emotional Learning
Jurassic Spark!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 5, 2017 | Math
What better way is there to help get kids interested in science than with dinosaur toys? Boys and girls love the ideas of dinosaurs and their intriguing back story… and they’ll soak up dino info at a truly awe-inspiring rate.
Ready to create a Jurassic spark of learning in your home? Here’s a few ways to help your little paleontologists get started…
Keep your museum member pass at the ready
Nearly every community, big or small, has a museum devoted to its natural or local history. If you live in North America, your museum will most likely include narration on local fossil discovery. Explore your museum’s summer or holiday break offerings for camp or workshops. And famous paleontologists, like Dr. Scott Sampson, often tour the country’s museums, giving lectures on how experiences with science and nature are critical to a child’s development.
Game on, Pteranodon!
Educational games that bring together your child’s love of dinosaurs and STEM-related subjects are the best! Turn family game night into a prehistoric adventure with fun board games geared toward their age and skill level.
Pretend play
Ever hand a child some dinosaur figurines? Watch the magic happen. Those lucky dinosaurs will go on adventures from the backyard to bathtub. You’ll see entire prehistoric civilizations pop-up on your child’s bedroom floor. But watch where you step! You don’t want to be the one to wipe out the dinosaur population again.
Books are power
Similar to adults, if you give a child books about a subject matter he or she is interested in, total captivation can happen. A little one will soak up dino facts read to them, and the beginning reader will take more interest in reading when he cares about the book’s contents. Get friendly with your library and load ‘em up!
Your child isn’t the only one learning
So apparently the long-necked brontosaurs you heard about in school 30 years ago is now called the Apatosaurus? The best part of your child making discoveries about the Earth’s history is the new things you get to learn. If you take an active interest in your child’s curiosities with dinosaurs, they feel free to discuss their wonder in a supportive place.
Who knows? Maybe this might turn into something?
It goes without saying that a healthy love of something as a child might very well turn into a career as an adult. Be sure to foster your child’s interest in fossils, dinosaurs, and the prehistoric world because you might never know where it might lead!
Jurassic Spark!
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What better way is there to help get kids interested in science than with dinosaur toys? Boys and girls love the ideas of dinosaurs and their intriguing back story… and they’ll soak up dino info at a truly awe-inspiring rate.
Ready to create a Jurassic spark of learning in your home? Here’s a few ways to help your little paleontologists get started…
Keep your museum member pass at the ready
Nearly every community, big or small, has a museum devoted to its natural or local history. If you live in North America, your museum will most likely include narration on local fossil discovery. Explore your museum’s summer or holiday break offerings for camp or workshops. And famous paleontologists, like Dr. Scott Sampson, often tour the country’s museums, giving lectures on how experiences with science and nature are critical to a child’s development.
Game on, Pteranodon!
Educational games that bring together your child’s love of dinosaurs and STEM-related subjects are the best! Turn family game night into a prehistoric adventure with fun board games geared toward their age and skill level.
Pretend play
Ever hand a child some dinosaur figurines? Watch the magic happen. Those lucky dinosaurs will go on adventures from the backyard to bathtub. You’ll see entire prehistoric civilizations pop-up on your child’s bedroom floor. But watch where you step! You don’t want to be the one to wipe out the dinosaur population again.
Books are power
Similar to adults, if you give a child books about a subject matter he or she is interested in, total captivation can happen. A little one will soak up dino facts read to them, and the beginning reader will take more interest in reading when he cares about the book’s contents. Get friendly with your library and load ‘em up!
Your child isn’t the only one learning
So apparently the long-necked brontosaurs you heard about in school 30 years ago is now called the Apatosaurus? The best part of your child making discoveries about the Earth’s history is the new things you get to learn. If you take an active interest in your child’s curiosities with dinosaurs, they feel free to discuss their wonder in a supportive place.
Who knows? Maybe this might turn into something?
It goes without saying that a healthy love of something as a child might very well turn into a career as an adult. Be sure to foster your child’s interest in fossils, dinosaurs, and the prehistoric world because you might never know where it might lead!
5 Ways Allowances Prepare Kids for Life
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Apr 14, 2017
By Meghan, from Playground Parkbench
Raising children is no easy task. It’s our job as parents and teachers to prepare them to be successful, independent adults… and we only have a handful of years to do it!
One of the best ways to prepare kids for the future is by exposing them to real world experiences while they are still under the safety of your care. Giving kids an allowance provides an amazing real world, hands-on learning experience and platform for you to teach them about money.
Talk about money
While your kids do not need to know the details of your family money struggles, or how much your annual salary was last year, it is important that they understand the things they want have a monetary cost.If your child can count, they are old enough to understand the difference in value between a matchbox car and a Power Wheels. It is also perfectly acceptable to respond to requests for toys or activities with an explanation of how much something costs.
Present them with choices based on cost comparisons. As an example, “Summer camps are expensive – we can only afford one week of camp. Which camp do you want to choose?” Once they start earning an allowance, you have an even more tangible way to talk about money.
Teach the value of a dollar
There is basic money math associated with the value of a dollar. There are countless ways to teach money to kids, but nothing is as effective as putting money they earn in their hands and allowing them to make their own purchase decisions. If their allowance is $2 per week, suddenly the new LEGO set costs them 10 weeks of allowance.
Instill work ethic
While it is important to convey money carries value, it is even more important to instill a strong work ethic at an early age. We all work to earn money and contribute to our families, and they should too. An allowance should not be a weekly guarantee – link it to a clearly defined set of expectations.Set up a system that works for your family. You can assign specific age appropriate chores to your kids linked to their weekly allowance. Or make a list of tasks each assigned a monetary value that your kids can work to collect each week. Either way, make it clear that money is earned.
Setting goals and saving
There is no more rewarding feeling achieving your goals. Once you give allowance to kids, you can start meeting asks with, “That’s something you can save your allowance to buy.”This reinforces the first three points above, while also gives them a goal and teaches the importance of saving. Remind them when they want to spend $1 here or there, they are working towards something bigger.
Want to give them a real world finance lesson? Tell them you’ll match their savings or pay them interest to help them achieve their money goals over time. You can use Learning Resource ATM to set up a bank, complete with personal ATM card. Let them deposit their earnings, track their balance and enter their withdrawals.
Give back
No discussion of money with kids is complete without talking about giving back. Whether you participate in a fundraiser for your school, or make monetary donations in your broader community, giving back is an important reminder for all of us, that no matter our challenges, there is always someone who has it even tougher. If we all give a little, we can help a lot.
Apply this in the classroom!
You can apply these same lessons with students in a classroom setting. Set classroom goals to earn and save for. The Learning Resources Teaching ATM Bankrecognizes both real and fake coins, and use either to track your progress.Did your parents give allowance when you were growing up? How do you teach your kids about money? Let us know at blog@learningresources.com, and if you enjoyed this post, check out these money-themed printables!
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5 Ways Allowances Prepare Kids for Life
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By Meghan, from Playground Parkbench
Raising children is no easy task. It’s our job as parents and teachers to prepare them to be successful, independent adults… and we only have a handful of years to do it!
One of the best ways to prepare kids for the future is by exposing them to real world experiences while they are still under the safety of your care. Giving kids an allowance provides an amazing real world, hands-on learning experience and platform for you to teach them about money.
Talk about money
While your kids do not need to know the details of your family money struggles, or how much your annual salary was last year, it is important that they understand the things they want have a monetary cost.If your child can count, they are old enough to understand the difference in value between a matchbox car and a Power Wheels. It is also perfectly acceptable to respond to requests for toys or activities with an explanation of how much something costs.
Present them with choices based on cost comparisons. As an example, “Summer camps are expensive – we can only afford one week of camp. Which camp do you want to choose?” Once they start earning an allowance, you have an even more tangible way to talk about money.
Teach the value of a dollar
There is basic money math associated with the value of a dollar. There are countless ways to teach money to kids, but nothing is as effective as putting money they earn in their hands and allowing them to make their own purchase decisions. If their allowance is $2 per week, suddenly the new LEGO set costs them 10 weeks of allowance.
Instill work ethic
While it is important to convey money carries value, it is even more important to instill a strong work ethic at an early age. We all work to earn money and contribute to our families, and they should too. An allowance should not be a weekly guarantee – link it to a clearly defined set of expectations.Set up a system that works for your family. You can assign specific age appropriate chores to your kids linked to their weekly allowance. Or make a list of tasks each assigned a monetary value that your kids can work to collect each week. Either way, make it clear that money is earned.
Setting goals and saving
There is no more rewarding feeling achieving your goals. Once you give allowance to kids, you can start meeting asks with, “That’s something you can save your allowance to buy.”This reinforces the first three points above, while also gives them a goal and teaches the importance of saving. Remind them when they want to spend $1 here or there, they are working towards something bigger.
Want to give them a real world finance lesson? Tell them you’ll match their savings or pay them interest to help them achieve their money goals over time. You can use Learning Resource ATM to set up a bank, complete with personal ATM card. Let them deposit their earnings, track their balance and enter their withdrawals.
Give back
No discussion of money with kids is complete without talking about giving back. Whether you participate in a fundraiser for your school, or make monetary donations in your broader community, giving back is an important reminder for all of us, that no matter our challenges, there is always someone who has it even tougher. If we all give a little, we can help a lot.
Apply this in the classroom!
You can apply these same lessons with students in a classroom setting. Set classroom goals to earn and save for. The Learning Resources Teaching ATM Bankrecognizes both real and fake coins, and use either to track your progress.Did your parents give allowance when you were growing up? How do you teach your kids about money? Let us know at blog@learningresources.com, and if you enjoyed this post, check out these money-themed printables!
Learning is Where We Play:
Learning in the Backyard: Throw An Educational Easter Egg Hunt!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Apr 12, 2017 | Reading
Why not put an empowering spin on your traditions by throwing an educational Easter egg hunt?
Learning in the Backyard: Throw An Educational Easter Egg Hunt!
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Why not put an empowering spin on your traditions by throwing an educational Easter egg hunt?
Activism for Kids
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Mar 16, 2017 | Social-Emotional Learning
Secrets That Teachers Wish Every Mom Knew
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Mar 15, 2017
