The ultimate collection of May Books for Kids! Discover the wonders of May through enchanting children’s picture books that celebrate growth, renewal, and the beauty of nature, offering young readers tales of springtime, gardening, Mother’s Day, insects, butterflies, and outdoor exploration. Let’s explore these books in May… May Books for Kids Mother’s Day Books Memorial Day Books Bee Books Butterfly Books Garden Books Blueberry Books Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Books STEM Books Download May Activities for Kids May Themes for Kids May Books for Kids Books with themes ..read more

Gardening is a great way to inspire learning and art exploration. Colors abound in the vast tones of colors in leaves and flowers that can be found by children in a garden. Have you ever painted with plants? Today, Nicolette, shares her “spin” on painting with flowers and using seeds and petals to create a multi-dimensional, multi-medium art project. Did you know that Nicolette is from Ecuador, South America? I personally find gardening a great connection between people from around the world. Her garden looks similar to mine and our little ones would love doing this activity to ..read more

Explore the best flowers to use for kids to experience in your garden. These flowers provide opportunities for picking, inviting wildlife, seed collecting and more. Our family really enjoys vegetable gardening. We started adding vegetable gardens and fruit trees and bushes. Next came the flowers. In fact, these are our top 10 favorite flowers to grow with kids. The Reason to Grow Flowers for Kids in Your Garden For BIG beautiful bouquets To teach about seed collecting For the kids to pick and arrange To attract wildlife Here are some additional flower activities for your child… What flower ..read more

Work on number recognition and number sense with this fun hands-on LEGO Garden Preschool Math Game with LEGO Flowers! Beginning reading and math skills are a big part of our daily playful preschool activities. In fact, we often start by playing and end up learning and discussing. LEGO Garden Preschool Math with Flowers Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Just this morning we brought the giant bucket of LEGO bricks outside and dumped them out on the deck. My one-year-old proceeded to kick every last LEGO onto opposite sides of the deck, and so we had ourselves and the e ..read more

Explore the ultimate resource of Solar Eclipse Videos and Activities for Kids! A collection of videos, activities, books, songs, and teaching materials to learn all about a Solar Eclipse with your child. Solar Eclipse Resources for Kids Solar Eclipse Videos Solar Eclipse Activities Fun Facts for Kids Solar Eclipse Books Solar Eclipse Songs Solar Eclipse Songs for kids Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Solar Eclipse Videos and Activities for Kids We’re sharing with you our favorite videos, books, activities, s ..read more

A tasty way to learn about the moon with kids! Connect science, literacy and life skills by making moon bread with your child today! Today, the kids and I made moon bread. But the lesson was so much deeper than just whipping the bread together (which you can see in the video). It was learning facts about the moon, reading stories of moon celebrations around the world, and then sitting down at the family table to eat our moon bread and share about the things we had just learned. This lesson may look simple, but it connects science, literacy, and life skills all into one! Amazon affiliate links ..read more

Making your own instruments can be so much fun with your little ones. All you have to do is save your snack containers to make an instrument! Eco-friendly and fun for everyone! Make your Own Instruments for Babies & Toddlers It’s so important for babies and toddlers to have music in their everyday lives. With some of your child’s favorite action songs you can have some fun with making your own instruments for shakers. We found all sorts of containers over the past month to save for our musical instruments.  Baby snack containers, soda bottles, oatmeal containers, popcorn treats, cho ..read more

Head to the kitchen to enjoy these easy muffin recipes for kids to make! A recipe collection of 30 muffin recipes your child will LOVE! Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids Tips for Helping Young Children Learn to Bake Muffins Kid-Approved Muffin Recipes Kitchen Supplies Needed Muffin Activities Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids One of the first things you can have your child make in the kitchen with you is muffins. Typically they are simple recipes and require just a little bit of stirring. Bake for a short period and then the MAGIC happens and you can enjoy a delicious muffin together. Why teach y ..read more

The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children’s books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do! Grab your favorite children’s book and let’s READ! At The Educators’ Spin On It, we’ve been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly Plans for many years! These have made quite a collection of popular children’s books and book extensions to do with them. They are now all available in one spot in this ultimate list of book activities for kids. These books and activities are perfect to use for thes ..read more

Are you sending a smart kid to kindergarten? Maybe they are already reading, adding, and writing paragraphs. Afraid they will not be academically challenged? As a teacher and mom to “one of those kids” (don’t worry, only one out of 3 was like this) Sending a Smart Kid to Kindergarten Q: My kid knows all their letter names and letter sounds. They are reading already.  Won’t they be bored when the teacher is teaching the letter names and sounds? Q: If my child already knows everything on the kindergarten standards – how will they be challenged? Q – How can I keep my smart kid from seeki ..read more