Shaving foam is quite a cheap product that you can use with children for a wide variety of activities. They can explore it using their senses: it smells great, it is puffy and cold, and it looks like soft snow. Here’s a game that you can play with English learners to review animals and verbs….
Games with Yes/No Sticks
These yes and no sticks are easy to use, fun, and versatile. They go great with lots of vocabulary games. So if you want to teach vocabulary to very young learners, hop on over to the Super Simple Learning free flashcards, download the flashcards that you need, then make some yes and no sticks and…
Fun and Clever Ways to Use Clothespins in the Classroom
Clothespins/ Clothes pegs are easy to use, versatile, and a great tool for working on fine motor skills. Whether you want to use them to create an art wall and hang the children’s paintings, or let children use them in games and fine motor activities, they are great, aren’t they? Here are some of my…
Salt Dough Recipe
Making salt dough ornaments is always an exciting open-ended activity. It’s even more fun when the children make their own salt dough. They enjoy getting their hands in flour and kneading dough. Here’s a very easy recipe that they can follow step-by-step. • 4 cups of flour • 1 cup of salt • 1 ½…
Winter Creation Station
December is here, which means that we opened the first few envelopes of our Advent calendar. The kids are extremely excited about the surprises the elves have prepared! Tomorrow we’ll set up a winter creation station with play dough and props. I want to encourage the children to explore more, to come up with their…
Snowman Bowling Game
Here in Finland everybody has an advent calendar in December. It’s a big tradition, or so I’ve been told. Kids enjoy opening the envelopes to see what’s inside. You know how kids are about surprises, no matter how small they are. This year, we’ve made an advent calendar with songs, rhymes, games and dances. The…