I am thrilled to share with you a beautiful book I have created for children to help them understand the true meaning of Christmas. I had a wonderful customer contact me several months ago requesting a custom order. She wanted me to create a book that would help her grandchildren focus on our Savior’s birth during the…
Winter Themed Children’s Books
Here are a few winter themed children’s books that you can enjoy reading with children and students: Clifford’s First Snow Day by Norman Bridwell Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner Stone Soup by Ann McGovern Frosty’s New Friends based on the character and original song lyrics by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins; Illustrated by Richard…
Opposites Activity using Recycled Magazines
We have been enjoying our first two weeks of summer vacation. Yipee! Right before summer started we had a lot of fun learning all about Opposites! I have several fun posts lined up for you with some great freebies. The first thing we did was discuss what opposites were. We then found examples of…
Apple Themed Printables – Teacher Appreciation Week Freebie Day 1
As a teacher, I know that in the past it meant so much to me when a student or parent would say or do something to let me know that they appreciated me. This week is “Teacher Appreciation Week” and so here at My Shae Noel, I have decided to do a Freebie a…
Apple Stamping and Apple Themed Books
To go along with our apple themed unit we decided to do some apple stamping. My girls and their friend had so much fun! I even joined in on the fun. What you need: Apples Paint (we used red, green, and yellow) A container for the paint (we used recycled salad container lids) Paper Once…
Y is for Yak, See the Yak Yak book.
We had a lot of fun learning all about Yak’s and the letter “Yy”. To start of we located where Yaks are most commonly found in the world. We talked about what a Yak was and what makes Yak’s unique. Little Red completed this letter “Yy” handwriting practice paper. True to nature she felt the…
The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy Art Project
The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy is a darling book that my children absolutely love. It is about a little owl who sets out on an adventure. While he is flying around he discovers a bunch of very colorful birds who are at first very unkind to him because he doesn’t quiet look like…
The Muffin Man Nursery Rhyme Puppet, Book, and Activities for Kids
Do you know the Muffin Man? Well my daughters do now! Over the summer I had a large custom order to make 10 different puppets that went along with 10 different nursery rhymes for a preschool/childcare center. It was a lot of work, but SO much fun to design them all. The sad thing is…
Martin Luther King Jr. Art Project, Books, and Letter M Alphabet Book Page
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Jan. and Black History Month in Feb., I came up with this fun art project for my girls. We have been making a creative alphabet book this year to go along with the things we are learning and I thought that Martin Luther King Jr. would be…
Penguin Painting, Literacy Activities, and Books part 3
Today I wanted to share with you a few more Penguin themed activities we did from our Penguin Theme Unit Study. My daughters and I love to paint, so when I saw this Penguin Painting Project on Deep Space Sparkle (one of my favorite blog inspirations for kids art projects), I knew it was the project for…