Felt-y ABCs

Cute! Want! You agree? Of course you do.
Can you imagine the fun you could have with 3 or 4 sets of this felt handmade alphabet?
You could sort them by color.
You could sort them by size.
You could stuff them in all of your pockets (teachers have lots of pockets) (kids have lots of pockets, too).
You could [...]

Sesame Street is 40 years old

Today’s program has been brought to you by the letters H and B, and by the number 40.
Get some paper, a whole big box of crayons, and count how many characters you and your friends can name.
Bonus: Name the people on the show.
Extra bonus for hardcore fans: Write the original names (not the stage names) [...]

Snowman Soup

You could be boring and just call this recipe regular old non-exciting hot chocolate milk.
But “hot chocolate milk” makes people merely smile from one nostril to the other.
To see a really really huge smile – that’s what we’re aiming for – tell your friend you’ve made him some Snowman Soup. Give him the mug and [...]

Peanut Butter Playdough

You’re supposed to make this playdough and then play with it. When you’re finished playing, you can eat it.
I understand.
But wouldn’t you rather skip the “playing with” part and go directly to smearing this on toast and eating it?
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Mix 2½ cups of peanut butter, 6 tablespoons of honey, and enought non-fat dry milk until you [...]

Be My Echo: Froggy!

Echo songs are great.
Older kids tend to like the silly songs, which are almost always best sung with as many family and friends as possible.
This is what you do: tell your kids to call all of their neighborhood friends, you call all of your neighborhood friends, and let the singing party begin!
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Note Tables

Giant sticky notes? Even better: it’s a note pad table made of 5000 sheets of paper!
I could really use 3 of these at the office.
Plus 2 more for the students to scribble on.
Can you get refills?

Please oh please I hope that’s a giant pencil that comes with it.
(More of Tom Seymour’s entertaining work!)

Be My Echo

Echo songs are great.
Younger ones like the feeling of “I can do it!” because they can sing along almost right away. (You’ll be singing along with Madeline Kahn before the song is finished!)
Watch, though, what Grover says and does at the difficult parts of the song. Save the difficult songs for older learners.
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