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StoryTime Yoga Pose Cards: A Gift to My Library Friends

Who wants some StoryTime Yoga pose cards?!?!?!?!?! This yoga pose card set was designed with my Scott County Public Library friends in mind! This set includes many of the poses we do often during our StoryTime Yoga class. They’re fun and colorful and I hope you enjoy using the yoga

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Animals in Ocean Zones: Where Do Sea Animals Live?

If you’re doing a lesson plan on ocean life or the ocean zones, this demonstration is easy, doesn’t take a lot of stuff to create and I think the visual is very helpful for little ones. This activity can also accomplish two things — you can teach children about the

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Ocean Theme for Preschoolers: Fact Posters and Yoga Pose Cards

The ocean theme for preschoolers is one my all-time fave themes (along with dinosaurs and insects). We use it in yoga, for camp, and other teacher friends have used it in the classroom. I love designing resources so I couldn’t resist making a few ocean/beach theme products for preschool, kindergarten

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Yoga for Preschool: Multi-Theme Bundle of Yoga Pose Cards

Yoga for preschool is one of those slam dunk activities — it’s an activity that involves movement and all the benefits of yoga, it’s educational and it’s just plain fun! Yogalore’s Multi-Theme Bundle of Yoga Pose Cards comes with 10 sets of yoga pose cards that are some of the

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Dinosaur Fun Facts — Fun, Educational and Printable!

These dinosaur fun facts printables might be my favorite resource (ETA: I wrote that *before* I finished my Solar System Fact Posters!). Teaching the dinosaur themed unit is the BEST! The children are all so enthralled with the concept of these giant creatures roaming the earth millions of years ago.

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Making Chocolate Mice for Valentine’s Day — or Any Day!

Chocolate mice are always a fun Valentine’s Day or Christmas activity. Really, making chocolate mice is fun anytime! To make these, it takes a steady hand! It’s also great fine motor practice for little hands. Be sure to read our post on cooking with the kiddos! Below is a graphic

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Elephant Printable Coloring Page and Mini Lesson Plan

I love elephants. They’re just fun. Elephants are extremely intelligent and express some emotions similar to humans. Learn more about elephants with our FREE elephant printable coloring page and mini lesson plan. Our elephant printable coloring page also has some facts about elephants, some suggested books about elephants, a picture

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Cupcake Printables — Use for “Decorating” — FREE!

How about a sweet treat? Download (below the graphic) and print our cute little cupcake printables and color or paint and decorate to your heart’s content. Simple in design, the options are limitless! These are also great for cutting practice — they’re simple in shape, so not too difficult to

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Spring Printables Coloring Pages — April and May

April showers bring May flowers, right? Who is ready for spring? I know I am! We have spring printables coloring pages available for free download — April Showers and May Flowers. Use with sheet protectors for long lasting use. You can use dry erase markers, playdough, or any kind of

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