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) [...]

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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Penny Pitch

A penny pitching game is a fun way to practice colors, numbers, ABCs, and shapes. Plus it’s just terrifically fun throwing coins all over the place.
1. Cover a low table with paper and draw circles all over it. You can make the circles different sizes if you want to practice big, medium and small.
2. Color [...]

Science for Preschoolers: Irish Soda Bread

Science for Preschoolers! Excellent!
If you’ve never experimented with vinegar and baking soda, do that now.
Still curious about vinegar and baking soda? Hungry? Bake some Irish Soda Bread! Follow your own favorite recipe or try the simple version below!
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Irish Soda Bread
Just before you go to bed tonight, pour 1 cup of milk into a bowl and [...]