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6 Reasons Why Family Dinners Are Important For Your Children and 3 Ways to Get the Most Out of Them
Before we had our little one my husband and I rarely ate together. If we did eat together it was usually in front of the TV. Since we...
Cynthia Hansford
Aug 3, 20193 min read
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9 Reasons Why Teaching Children to Do Nothing Is Good For the Whole Family and 2 Ways You Can Find t
In my family we believe it is very important to not be busy. We enjoy our down time and spending time together, just being together...
Cynthia Hansford
Jul 27, 20194 min read
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6 Ways Trees Can Make You Happier
Research suggests that being around trees is good for our mental and social well-being. As a teacher mom, I believe in any healthy way...
Cynthia Hansford
Jul 20, 20192 min read
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11 Effects of Sleep Deprivation and 4 Ways to Combat It
No one expects mothers to get a ton of sleep when they have a newborn at home, but many moms believe that we'll get more sleep when the...
Cynthia Hansford
Jul 14, 20193 min read
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12 Ways to Get Ready For the Beginning of the Year
As teachers and moms the beginning of the year is exciting, fun and stressful. Each year summer seems to fly by. Before you know it, the...
Cynthia Hansford
Jul 6, 20193 min read
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11 Reasons Taking a Vacation Is Important
As teachers and moms we give so much of ourselves to others. We give to our own children, we give to our students, we give to other...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 29, 20193 min read
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Phonics Activity
Materials: phonics activity cards labeled clothespins Procedures: Laminate the phonics activity cards pages for durability. Cut out...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 22, 20191 min read
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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
This is designed to accompany the book Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. The activities in this reading...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 20, 20191 min read
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Alphabet Banners
Materials: school alphabet cards transparent tape scissors glue construction paper (three colors) colored markers (optional)...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 15, 20191 min read
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Ask Questions
Materials: Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Procedures: After reading the book at least twice (with younger kids I always...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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Match Animals
Materials: Animal Letter Sound Cards (or magazine cutouts of animals) 26 Clothespins Labeled with the letters A-Z Yarn Procedures:...
Cynthia Hansford
Jun 1, 20191 min read
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Q is for Duck
Match animals to their beginning letter sounds with this alphabet recognition activity. After reading the book Q is for Duck, by Mary...
Cynthia Hansford
May 25, 20191 min read
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Sensory Bucket
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activity Sensory Bucket Materials: • 1 Package rice • 2 Tablespoons of rubbing alcohol • Food coloring •...
Cynthia Hansford
May 18, 20191 min read
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Rhyming Words
Rhyming Words: Materials: Alphabet Rhyming Challenge Chart Procedures: Say a letter of the alphabet and ask your students to think of a...
Cynthia Hansford
May 11, 20191 min read
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Letter Puzzles
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activity Letter Puzzles Materials: Consonant Letter Puzzle Pieces Scissors Laminator (optional) Procedures: ...
Cynthia Hansford
May 4, 20191 min read
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Filing Cabinet Tree
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activity Filing Cabinet Tree Materials: Magnetic Letters Green Contact Paper Wood Grain (or Brown) Contact...
Cynthia Hansford
Apr 27, 20191 min read
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Alphabet Photo Line
Alphabet Photo Line Materials: Camera Letters Pictures of favorite characters Procedures: Take a picture of each family member. If...
Cynthia Hansford
Apr 21, 20191 min read
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom! A told B, and B told C "This will be so fun, just you wait and see!" This...
Cynthia Hansford
Apr 13, 20191 min read
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
I love reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom with my son! About the book: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom has colorfully illustrated alphabet rhymes....
Cynthia Hansford
Apr 7, 20191 min read
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How I Am Teaching My Son To Love Reading
As a teacher and a mom it's very important to me that I teach my son to love reading. In my classroom, I would like to teach my students...
Cynthia Hansford
Mar 31, 20191 min read
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