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Easy Red Poppy Craft & Other Memorial Day Activities

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Even with young kids, taking a moment to stop and celebrate days such as Martin Luther King Jr. day and Memorial Day are important. There are simple ways to celebrate these occurances with kids. For example, poppy crafts & activities are a perfect hands on way to start the conversation with kids. This post shares […]

Tagged With: Culture, Holidays, Kindergarten, Memorial Day, Preschool

Martin Luther King Jr. Activities for Kids

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Below are my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. activities, crafts, projects, and ideas for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Kids. All images are sourced from the original linked up post. Please click through to the websites for all the details! I found these Martin Luther King Jr. Crafts for Kids and had to […]

Tagged With: Culture, Elementary, Holidays, Kindergarten, Martin Luther King Jr., Preschool

2 Unique Hands-On Montessori Geography Activities with Kids

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I often find that the best, most successful Montessori learning activities created in our home happen organically and are led by my kids. These hands-on Montessori geography activities are a great example. These activities are easily implemented and repeatable in your home and classroom. Montessori Geography Activities with Kids Continent Animal Match One of my favorite […]

Tagged With: Culture, Kindergarten, Preschool

Montessori Geography Rock Activity for Kids

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Okay, it’s official. I am not only obsessed with Montessori geography but I am also obsessed with rocks and minerals. This post highlights a fun preschool geography matching activity with rocks and landmarks. In Montessori, geography includes physical (like learning about landforms) and culture. This activity falls into both areas within geography. Montessori-Inspired Geography Rock […]

Tagged With: Culture, Preschool, Reading and Writing

Children’s Books about Chinese Culture

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What seems like many moons ago, we were fortunate enough to have a live-in au pair from China. I prepared my boys (at the time ages 3 and 4) with a few items from China for them to explore such as the flag and Chinese currency.  We also began to gather children’s books about chinese […]

Tagged With: Book Lists, Culture, Reading and Writing

Montessori Art for Continent Studies

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This post includes lots of great Montessori Art for Continent Studies ideas! Part of my Montessori Art Album required brainstorming a list of Art ideas that would extend into continent studies. Montessori Art is very much about the process rather than the outcome. I was thrilled to be “forced” to spend time thinking about the […]

Tagged With: Culture, Kindergarten, Preschool

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