Monday, December 2, 2013

After School Linky Party (12-2)


Welcome to the After School Linky!


There were LOADS of great ideas shared last week.
In case you missed the 11-25 party, here are just a few of the amazing activities
and ideas shared.


5 Cranberry Fine Motor Games by Lalymom.


Bug Books and Craft at Doodles and Jots.


Tutorial: How to Make a Kite at Marie's Pastiche.


Fun Family Game Night: Classification at The Pleasantest Thing.


Colorful Tape Menorah Craft at Creekside Learning.


Free Printables
3 Dinosaurs
Gift of Curiosity
Growing in God's Grace
Makeovers and Motherhood
Makeovers and Motherhood
This Reading Mama

Gift Guides
Afterschool for Smarty Pants
Gift of Curiosity
Makeovers and Motherhood
Pragmatic Mom

We would love to have you link up your School-Age Post (Ages 5 and up) about your learning week after school including Crafts, Activities, Playtime and Adventures that you are doing to enrich your children's lives after their day at school, homeschool, or on the weekend! When linking up, please take a moment to comment on at least one post linked up before yours and grab our after school button to include a link on your post or site! By linking up you're giving permission for us to share on our After School Pinterest Board or Feature on our After School Party next week! Don't forget to follow along and join our After School Enrichment Community.




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Monday, November 25, 2013

After School Linky Party (11-25)

Welcome to the After School Linky!



Here are a few of my favorite activities and ideas from last week's party,
along with some round ups I thought you'd love.
(Why? Because I do!!)

Learning about Leaves at Trillium Montessori.


Christmas Skip Counting Games for Kids at How Wee Learn.


Super Easy Hanukkah Dreidel Craft for Kids at What Do We Do All Day?


FREE PRINTABLES
3 Boys and a Dog
3 Dinosaurs
Boy Mama Teacher Mama
Creative Family Fun
Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
Every Star is Different
Gift of Curiosity
Living Montessori Now
Makeovers and Motherhood
Playdough to Plato
Teach Beside Me
The Measured Mom
This Reading Mama
Trillium Montessori
Wildflower Ramblings


GIFT GUIDES
Buggy and Buddy
KC Edventures
Stir the Wonder
Sugar Aunts
The Educators' Spin on It
The Measured Mom
True Aim
What Do We Do All Day?

We would love to have you link up your School-Age Post (Ages 5 and up) about your learning week after school including Crafts, Activities, Playtime and Adventures that you are doing to enrich your children's lives after their day at school, homeschool, or on the weekend! When linking up, please take a moment to comment on at least one post linked up before yours and grab our after school button to include a link on your post or site! By linking up you're giving permission for us to share on our After School Pinterest Board or Feature on our After School Party next week! Don't forget to follow along and join our After School Enrichment Community.


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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Dice Roll Match-Up (Division and Letters)


Two sheets of sticker paper and one bag of 3/4-inch wood blocks for $3.99: That's all this little game requires. Sometimes the simplest and cheapest games are the most fun.

I made two versions for my boys with nine dice each - to practice division with my 3rd grader and letter recognition with my preschool-aged son.

Division Dice Roll Match-Up
Once the PDF was printed, squares cut, sticker paper tediously peeled and stuck to the die, we were ready to play. On the nine dice are the numbers 1 through 10. The remaining sides of the die have division equations. Two additional symbols - a star and smile - are also represented.

My son rolled all the dice. Then he looked first for the numerals (the answers). Did he have any equations with the numerals rolled as answers (e.g. if he rolled a 3, he'd studied the division problems looking for any, such as 12 divided by 4). The number of problems he could solve with the numerals he rolled was his score.

If he also rolled a star, he got an extra point.

If he rolled a smile, he could double his score (so if he'd made two equations, his score was four).

We took turns rolling and solving problems. If either of us missed an equation that had an answer rolled, we got a point during our opponent's turn.



We played for 10 minutes. Because a big part of winning is luck, even parents and older siblings will enjoy playing along!


Letter Dice Roll Match-Up
For my four year old, the game was about matching upper and lower case letters. This is still a struggle for my little guy, so I let him play his way - finding the letters he remembered and turning the dice to look for their upper or lower case counterpart.


I can't wait to keep playing with him as his familiarity grows and letter recognition improves. We'll eventually be able to keep score too, which will only improve his counting!

Download a free two-page PDF with the labels I used (page 1 = letters; page 2 = division) here.


Toss these die in a snack-sized ziploc and throw it in your purse. This little game would be great to play while waiting for your order next time you're out to eat!
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Monday, November 18, 2013

After School Linky Party (11-18)


Welcome to the After School Linky!


Keep the great ideas coming! I love getting inspiration and ideas from all the amazing bloggers that link up! Here are some of my favorite posts shared at last week's party.


We would love to have you link up your School-Age Post (Ages 5 and up) about your learning week after school including Crafts, Activities, Playtime and Adventures that you are doing to enrich your children's lives after their day at school, homeschool, or on the weekend! When linking up, please take a moment to comment on at least one post linked up before yours and grab our after school button to include a link on your post or site! By linking up you're giving permission for us to share on our After School Pinterest Board or Feature on our After School Party next week! Don't forget to follow along and join our After School Enrichment Community.

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Friday, November 15, 2013

How Does Your Garden Grow? [Coordinate Mapping Game)


It's been awhile since we practiced map skills. I figured we'd revisit them, this time using coordinates on an X and Y axis for a fun game of luck.

The "How Does Your Garden Grow?" game is just as fun for one player, as it is for many. Since I wanted to be my son's opponent, I printed two of the game boards I'd made, one for each of us. 

After I attached the two pieces of the board together, I glued the cut-out vegetable game pieces onto small wooden disks I picked up at our local craft store. With a die (or two, if you prefer) we were set. 

Download a free 2-page PDF of the game board and game pieces here.

 My son and I each placed our set of veggies on the intersections of the lines or the upper and far right perimeter of the board, along the grid lines.

Since we planned to play for about six or seven minutes, I set our kitchen timer.

Now my son rolled the die. The first number rolled was for the X axis (the horizontal plane, along the bottom of the garden grid), and the second number rolled on the die was located on the Y axis (or vertical plane). 


With the two numbers located, we looked to see where they intersected and if any of our veggies were there. If so, the game piece was removed from the game board.


You can, of course, say that the rabbits ate your carrots or the bugs infested your tomatoes. Feel free to add your own backstory.

When the timer went off, we counted our veggies. Since some (green beans) have larger quantities, the winner isn't necessarily the person with the most game pieces still on the garden game board when play is over. This snuck some mental addition in to this game of chance.


This is a quick game to play and could easily be made into a travel version for the car or while at a restaurant!!
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