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Want to help kids value books and encourage kids literacy? Turn books into prizes they can win in educational games! Here's how.

Preschoolers will love exploring the sensations of sight and touch with the Paint-in-the-Bag and Mystery Bag activities.

There are many ways for parents, teachers or care givers to teach toddlers more about the changing world around them as spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons pass.

Toddlers love to play games with mommy and daddy. Turn play time into learning time with these fun activities.

The Daisies girl scout program is specifically designed to help kindergarten girls develop morals and character traits based upon the principles of the Girl Scout Law

Designing your own clipart is fun. It is also easier than you think. If you want to impress family and friends, try this activity today!

Early math skills are important to the young learner. This article contains tips and activities to promote math learning with children.

Teaching preschoolers about colors is easy when you know how. Use the suggestions outlined here to help your child discover a rainbow of colors!

Most authors wouldn't expect their most popular science books for kids to come out of writing fun facts for stuffed animals. But that's what happened to Conrad J. Storad.

Enjoy the company of your children and strengthen their math abilities at the same time by playing these educational math games for preschoolers and elementary students.

Fun leaf, pumpkin and acorn activities to go with any fall, Halloween or October lesson plan.

Enhance your child's math and reading skills by creating this exciting and inexpensive game for them to play.

Learning spelling is much easier if the child can recognize alphabet clusters, especially vowel-consonant clusters that repeat frequently and make similar sounds.

A Christmastime thematic unit focused on candy canes with ideas for math, science, fine motor skills and art.

Easy and cheap to make, this game will offer you a variety of uses throughout your children's early education.

Mastering letter recognition and sound is easily done with these phonics games focused on learning to read, and best of all, having fun!

The most effective tool to good spelling is an amazingly simple one: "Open your mouth and say the word".

When teaching spelling, break up the "u" sound into two sessions for easier retention. Teach the simple "u" sound first. Then, move on to more complex combinations.

When teaching spelling, begin with short vowel sounds and then vowel combinations and diagraphs. Isolate the long "a", long "ee", long "i", and then, the long "u" sound.

Teach your preschooler the true meaning of Christmas while embracing the holiday spirit and letting your children learn math, reading, science and art through play!

Preschoolers are exploring a world of colors, shapes and sizes. Kids will discover the joy of learning with these educational and entertaining collage projects.

Here's a simple party trick you can do with everyday party stuff that will teach kids about the density of water and other liquids.

Make honey shortbread cookies from a no egg cookie recipe in this kids baking activity. Practice measuring skills, discuss the five senses, and teach preschoolers shapes.

English spelling tends to be confusing as different vowels often combine together to make similar sounds. Help your child understand the long "e" sound.

After basic vowel sounds, move to vowel combinations and diagraphs, one at a time. Work with the long "ee" and the long "a", then explore the long "o" diagraph.

A key tip to teaching spelling is to focus on one sound at a time. After basic vowels and the long "ee" diagraph, it's time to move to the long "a" sound.

When teaching spelling, start with short vowel sounds, then move to vowel diagraphs. Take one sound at a time. The long "ee", the long "a", and here, the long "i" sound.

A China themed math review using facts and figures is fun and effective. The Beijing 2008 Olympics provide great material for learning or practicing math basics.

World geography activities during the Summer Beijing Olympics will Introduce, review, practice, and sharpen geography skills. World geography will come alive!

Parents do not need to let their children lose much learning over the summer with some simple tips to help prevent the summer slide and be prepared to go back to school.

Elementary school teachers can teach students how to write a quatrain poem, a haiku, an alphabet or ABC poem, and a concrete poem and display their poetry in class.

While doing art projects that use autumn leaves, children describe and create lines and shapes (2 of 7 art elements) and experiment with positive and negative images.

Help your preschoolers feel secure and comfortable by following a traditional routine in the classroom, while offering lessons on reading, Spanish and math.

Want to baffle and educate the kids at the next birthday party? Here's an easy party trick you can perform that doubles as a fun science experiment in liquid density!

Making creative games using the concepts of counting, measuring, and shapes can be easy. Moreover, it will show kids that math is fun and help to keep fears at bay.

Encourage your child's learning through play with the Gingerbread Man Theme, giving him opportunity in reading, math, science and art.

With the right preschool story books, it's easy to make reading fun during Halloween. Preschoolers will love these three creepy, humorous, and sometimes touching tales.

Contemplating God has shown to reduce stress, lower anxiety and depression, enhance social awareness and empathy, and improve cognitive functions.

It is possible to develop a varied and extensive vocabulary without resorting to memorising the dictionary. Here are some tips on having fun with words.

Get the child to understand alphabet cluster patterns in spelling, and he has an important tool that will greatly improve his spelling abilities.

Three easy games to make learning Spanish fun and memorable no matter your child's skill level.

Divide your classroom space into learning centers where children can create, communicate and explore.

The unschooling lifestyle gives children the freedom and flexibility to intuitively learn in the easiest and most enjoyable way for them.

Easter math lessons for preschool, kindergarten and early grades can be created easily and will enhance children's math skills while celebrating the spring season.

A trio of ideas for celebrating New Year's without the pressure of resolutions; while still allowing you and your family to take stock of your life in a meaningful way.

Have some fun with your preschooler this winter with these "cool" ideas.

David Sobel's observations on the way children play can inspire educators to introduce activities that encourage children to want to learn.

After basic vowel sounds, teach a child to recognize vowel-consonant cluster patterns. Begin with sound clusters that use the vowel "a", as in the "VCe pattern".

Teaching your preschooler about shapes is vital. Identifying shapes is a necessary skill needed to move into kindergarten. Make learning fun with these ideas.

Choosing a preschool in Richmond, Virginia is easy with so many reputable and caring facilities to choose from. Here is an overview of some of the top rated preschools.