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Creative Class Auction Projects
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4 Creative Class Auction Projects

It’s that time of year again… FUNDRAISING SEASON! PTAs and planning committees far and wide are getting together and trying to raise money for a very worthy cause: their schools! We’re quite fortunate that our school only has one large fundraising event every year. We don’t have to sell cupcakes, […]

Show and Tell List from A to Z
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Show & Tell Ideas {from A to Z}

For the last three years my children have had to bring a “Show and Tell” item to school every week. And each week, their show and tell had to start with a specific letter. Every-single-week I thought, “we’ll plan ahead next time and be more prepared”. And, just like clockwork, […]

Snack Ideas (from A to Z)
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Snack Ideas {from A to Z}

If you have a preschooler or Kindergartner, you may know the agony of trying to find a snack idea that correlates with the “Letter of the Week” curriculum. While our schools never required this, it was always suggested as a fun activity. But how many snacks start with the letter […]

Letter of the Week
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Letter of the Week Series: Letters G+H

Week four of our summer “letter of the week” series, and we covered the letters “G” and “H”. Last week I had a reader ask, “When do you do these activities with your children?” Honestly, it’s different every week. If the kids are at home during the day we do […]

Letter of the Week
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Letter of the Week Series: Letters E+F

This week, for our summer homework series, we covered the letters “E” and “F”. On our family calendar I had written “ef” – so my son kept walking around saying “Effffff”, which was slightly embarrassing, but…whatever. Since this is our third week of these activities, I don’t feel the need […]

Letter of the Week
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Letter of the Week Series: Letters C+D

We finished our “C” and “D” letter of the week activities – and once again, we had a great time learning and playing! We didn’t deviate much from our first week (you can read about it here). There are eight activities total, and here they are in no particular order… […]