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1) F is for Frog Craft  from Crystal & Comp: Green, black and white Construction Paper White Piece of Paper Black Paper Light Green Office Stickers (optional) Red Yarn Washable Black Paint Glue Cut out the eyes, a big letter F, and frog legs from your green paper. If you'd like, you can print a template from the link provided.  Have your child place the office stickers on the Letter F. Glue on the Letter F, frog legs and eyes. Next, glue on the red yarn, as the tongue. Have your child use his finger, dipped in black paint, and stamp it on his/her paper as the flies. 2)  Frog Shape Clip Cards  from Making Learning Fun: Aren't these adorable?  Place one card in front of your child and have him/her identify the shape and color.  Use a small plastic bingo chip , finger, or another manipulative to find its match. 3  Feed the Frog from Therapy Fun Zone: You'll need: Empty Parmesan Cheese Container 2 Large Pom Po...

1)  Shapes Fire Truck Craft  from Sugaraunts: I cut out all the shapes prior to our activity and Easton identified them before gluing them onto our fire truck. Click the title "Shapes Fire Truck Craft" for a tutorial. 2)  Firefighter Tot Pack  from Teacher's Notebook: This is an amazing tot pack! Includes: puzzles, numbers, shadow match, shape review, sorting, size sorting, beginning sounds, coloring page, and a few other ideas. Explain the items (ie: fire extinguisher). I will cut out each of the pages and put them in separate baggies. Have your child draw a baggie and do the activity.   In order to print, you need to create a free account. Here are a few sample pages: 3) Put out the Fire! from Preschool Alphabet: Have your child wear a fireman hat (optional) and put out the fires. You'll need: Orange Chalk OR Orange Foam Sheets Spray Bottles filled with water Chalk Option: Draw small flames on your garage or fence with orange cha...

1)  Fishbowl Craft  from Walking by the Way: I found this idea on the Letter F Crafts list on the Measured Mom blog. I knew we had to do it the second I saw it! Here's what you need: White Paper Black Marker Tempera Paint - Blue & Red Foam Brush Paintbrush Glue 1/2 cup of cornmeal Goggly Eye Use a black marker to draw a large fish bowl on a piece of white paper. Have your child use a foam brush to paint the entire paper blue. Let the paint dry overnight. Option: Use blue construction paper instead of painting the fish bowl. Paint your child's hand red and help him/her stamp hand in the fishbowl. In a small bowl, use a paintbrush to mix together 1 tablespoon elmer's glue and 1/3 cup water (this is an estimate) to form a paste. Paint the paste on the bottom of the fish bowl. Help your child dump cornmeal onto the wet paste. Move the paper from side to side until the paste is completely covered in cornmeal. Glue on the goggly eye. 2)  Fishy ...

1) Rescue the Alphabet  from Mom Inspired Life: Another fun alphabet review activity. You'll need: Magnetic Letters ( wooden Letters ,  foam magnetic letters , or put magnets on the back of poster board letters) Tape Fireman Pretend Play Outfit  or a fireman hat. Prep: Place letters on the fridge. Make a ladder out of tape leading to the fridge. When you're ready to play, teach your children about fireman and how they use ladders to help rescue animals or people.  Explain that the letters are in danger! They need your help. Call out a letter or have your child decide which letter to rescue and bring them over to the basket to save them. 2)  Letter F Book  from The Measured Mom: Easton has enjoyed these little books. They are very simple, with only eight pictures. They are great for a little one just learning letters and new words. Click the title "My Letter F Book" and scroll down to Letter F to print.  3) Letter F Handprint ...

This lesson has ideas from the current nursery manual, Behold Your Little Ones. Click the link to view the original lesson, I Will Say: "I'm Sorry"  from LDS.org. For other Family Home Evening lessons, search our  Family Home Evening Index .  Prayer : Song:  "I'm Trying to be like Jesus" Children's Songbook pg. 78-79.  Click here to sing along . Instead of singing with an audio, we sang with a  Youtube Video of "I'm Trying to be like Jesus."   Afterward, we reviewed the words below: Love one another as JEsus loves you (hug self and turn from side to side) Try to show kindness in all that you do (nod head up and down) Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought (hug self and turn from side to side) For these are the things Jesus taught (nod head up and down) Introduction : I showed Easton a  picture of Jesus  (pictured below) and explained the following from the manual: "Tell the children that Jesus taught us how to...

Every year on December 5, we make these Danish Pancakes, also knows as Ebelskivers, to celebrate Sinterklaas (A dutch Christmas Tradition). You can read all about Sinterklaas by clicking the link. These are basically little pancake balls that taste like a sweet, fluffy ball of heaven. Note: You need an Eleskiver Pan to make these (see video below). Ingredients: 2 eggs  2 cups buttermilk 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoons sugar 1/4 cup melted butter  Directions:  Separate the eggs and beat whites until soft peaks form. Set aside.  In another bowl, combine egg yolks and buttermilk and mix together. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar all at once. Add melted butter and mix. Fold in egg whites.   Heat Ebelskiver Pan over medium heat. Spray with cooking oil. Fill the cups 2/3 the way full and use two skewers to flip the pancakes when the bottoms are golden...

I've always been a little obsessed with file folders. A few days ago, I found the best Christmas File Folders! I always print and laminate mine for durability, although it's not necessary.  Click here to print the following file folders : Christmas Tree (Numbers 1-10) : Count the number of ornaments on the tree and match it to the corresponding number. (The left side is empty and the right side is done for you). Ornaments (Color Matching) : This is a more advanced color matching activity. Alphabet (Match Lowercase to Uppercase) : Easton loves when I make the lowercase letters "babies" and the uppercase letters "moms". Help the little baby find his mom! (The first line on the left side is empty and the rest is done for you). Christmas Tree Shapes : This is also a more advanced shape activity with a pentagon, hexagon and octagon. Match the shapes!

Reindeer Footprint/Handprint Art Project : I love how this turned out! We used Easton's footprint for the head and his handprints for the antlers. Glue on some goggle eyes and use a red do-a-dot marker for the nose and you're set! Click here for a tutorial . Roll a Reindeer : Easton rolled a die and got to glue on the corresponding reindeer part. I had him match our die to the die on the worksheet with the same amount of dots. This was a fun activity!  Click here to print .