Author: Unabashed Kids
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Traveling with Kids – The Best way to make holidays memorable!
We all know traveling with kids can be hard, but as parents we want these trips to be fun and memorable for our kids. The best way to make traveling trips with children memorable is to have a keepsake. The best keepsakes are those that give a true reflection of the trip. This can be […]
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Groundhog’s Day Classroom Activities!
Reading books, arts & crafts, writing stories, and making themed treats are great classroom activities for Groundhog’s Day. For Groundhog’s Day make some “Dirt Pie”. Dirt Pie is a chocolate pudding with oreo cookies. Add some gummy worms to add to the groundhog digging theme and make the sweet treat even sweeter.
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7 Ways Celebrate Lunar New Year in the Classroom
1. Wear red to class. Red is the color for good luck in China. 2. Have mandarin oranges for a snack. Two of the most common food symbols of the Chinese New Year are tangerines and oranges. Whereas tangerines represent wealth, oranges are a popular symbol of good luck. 3. Discuss culture and holidays. Compare the Lunar […]
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How to find a preschool in your area?
Finding a daycare center to send your little one can be challenging for many reasons. Fear of mistreatment, price, education standards, and separation anxiety. The information on this page will guide parents in their research process to finding the perfect preschool for their baby or toddler. 5 Steps to finding a GREAT preschool in your […]
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12 CVC Word Family Classroom Wall Decoration (FREE Print-Outs)
CVC stands for consonant-vowel-consonant. CVC words are words like cat, zip, rug, and pen. The vowel sound is always short. These words can be read by simply blending the individual phoneme sounds together. A word family is a group of words that share a common root word with different prefixes and suffixes. I created 12 posters […]
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10 Fine Motor Activities for preschoolers and toddlers
What are some fine motor skills activities for preschoolers, kids, and toddlers? What are fine motor skills? Fine motor skills are the ability to make movements (motor) using the small (fine) muscles in our hands and wrist. Gross motor skills have to do with the larger muscle groups in the arms and legs. Think of a […]
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25 Days of Christmas Children’s Books
Make Christmas educational and fun with this holiday tradition. Unwrap a book a day, read 25 children’s storybooks, one for each day in December before Christmas. To participate wrap 25 children’s picture books in gift wrap and let the children choose a book to unwrap every day. Read the book as a bedtime story or […]
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An African American Christmas Book List
Celebrate a diverse Christmas with these storybooks for kids. These children’s picture books feature African American characters and even a black Santa. This list will help you celebrate the importance of Black characters and families depicted in a positive light through Christmas stories. Get FREE Print-Out Activities Sent to Your Inbox Parker’s Elf: A book about managing emotions […]
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The Ultimate List of Fun and Adventurous Christmas Books for Kids
Our 2021 Christmas book highlight is “The Elf who couldn’t Read” written by Sonica Ellis and illustrated by Harriet Rodis. Perfectly themed for Christmas “The Elf who couldn’t Read” helps children overcome their reading fears as they go on a Christmas adventure with Jingles. Jingles is tasked with helping Santa read the Christmas list, however, […]