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Hannah Severson
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Allow Children to be Bored
Creativity is essential for the early years of children because it allows them to express themselves, explore their surroundings, solve...
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Hannah Severson
Jan 26, 20231 min read
How can parents encourage creativity in their child’s life?
As parents or caregivers, you can do a lot to help spark creative expression in your child's life. To start, you can try some of these...
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Hannah Severson
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Coloring in Early Childhood
Coloring is such an important part of the early years of learning and growing up. There are many benefits of coloring. Coloring develops...
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Hannah Severson
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Coding in the Early Years
Coding (or programming) is a basic language of the digital age. It involves the process of creating step-by-step instructions a computer...
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Hannah Severson
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Cameras in the Early Childhood Classroom
Usually as educators or as parents, we are the one taking photos of the kids. We see some amazing art work they did and we snap a quick...
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Hannah Severson
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Colorful Inspirational Quotes Wall Decals Vinyl Paint Splatter Handprint Wall Stickers Motivational
If you want something fun and colorful for your child's bedroom wall or in a toy room. I recommend these stickers. You can write your...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 27, 20221 min read
Going on an Egg Hunt
Place 26 letters or beginning sound pictures in 26 eggs and hide them around the room. Or you can hide them on the playground. Give each...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 27, 20221 min read
Build a Bug
From the blog, What Can We Do With Paper & Glue? I found this cute idea, build a bug out of paper. Now that it is Spring and we see more...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20222 min read
Rhyming
Rhyming is a helpful first step toward phonemic awareness. When children play with rhymes, they listen to the sounds within words and...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Sorting Activities
As with all skills, there is a developmental sequence of understanding Sorting: Identifying and describing attributes Matching Comparing...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Math Games to Inspire Young Minds
Kids can be engaged in learning math while playing these fun games. What’s My Pattern? How Many Are Hiding? Jumping On The Lily Pads...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20222 min read
Importance of Block Play
Many early childhood educators, myself included, believe that every classroom should have a full set of blocks & plenty of space and time...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink
In my classroom, the girls always love the Pinkalicious books. So here is an easy activity to do with your kids on a Fun Friday activity...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Brown Bear Paper Bag Puppet
Practice retelling the story with this fun paper bag puppet project. The kids love this activity. templates: https://docs.google.com/file...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Binoculars
Materials: Two cardboard tubes such as toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls Sticky tape String or yarn Crayons/pencils/markers/sticker...
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Hannah Severson
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Stain Glass Chalk Drawing
Materials: Chalk and Painters Tape Create your own masterpiece on your driveway, on a fence, or on a sidewalk. A fun activity for kids or...
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Hannah Severson
Jul 24, 20201 min read
Craft Sticks and Clothes Pins Activities
Craft sticks and clothes pins would have to be some of favorite materials to use for creating learning activities for kids at school....
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Hannah Severson
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Puffy Paint
3 Ingredient DIY Foam Paint: Shaving Cream Glue Food Coloring Mix equal parts of shaving cream and glue into a ziplock bag, add your...
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Hannah Severson
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Gardening With Kids
Gardens are wonderful for a variety of reasons. Not only do they help the planet and supply local healthy food to your family. They also...
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Hannah Severson
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Snack Creations
There are many recipes online for fun snacks to create with your kids. Look around your kitchen and come up with your creative snack for...
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