A deliciously educational unit of learning.
This kit gives you everything you need to teach an engaging program of activities all based around The Gingerbread Man.
Literacy Activities
Letters and Alphabet
ABCs and 123s: fun letter and math activities for children
The Best Alphabet Books for Children
Spring Sorting Games for Letters and Words
Rainbow Themed Literacy Activities
Alphabet Letter Sorting with Monsters
Rainbow Letter Sorting Alphabetical Order
Magnetic Alphabet I-Spy Bottle
Sticky Alphabet Upper and Lower Case Letters
Mark Making and Writing Skills
ABCs and 123s: fun letter and math activities for children
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Rainbow Themed Literacy Activities
How to Make Colored Salt for Salt Trays
Toddler Reading and Writing Activities
Storytelling
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Gingerbread Man Storytelling with Play Dough
Rama and Sita Puppets :: Diwali Storytelling
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities
Learn to Read with Speech Bubbles
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Storytelling Kit
Spelling and Sight Words
ABCs and 123s: fun letter and math activities for children
Gross Motor Games for Sight Words
Spring Sorting Games for Letters and Words
Rainbow Themed Literacy Activities
Rainbow Words to Learn Spelling
Rainbow Writing Spelling Printable
Butterfly Sight Words Printable
Creative Writing
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Rainbow Journal Free Printable
Literacy Through Play
ABCs and 123s: fun letter and math activities for children
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Treasure Hunt with Free Printables
Learn to Read with Speech Bubbles
Using Maps for Reading and Writing
Speech and Language
ABCs and 123s: fun letter and math activities for children
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Baby and Toddler Discovery Baskets
Gingerbread Man Storytelling with Play Dough
Learn to Read with Speech Bubbles
Book Lists
Spring, Easter and Summer Activities
Garden Picnic DIY Spelling Board Game
Spring Sorting Games for Letters and Words
Outdoor Book Nooks and Books about Nature
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities
Spring creative writing prompts
Spring poetry writing printable
Autumn, Halloween and Thanksgiving Activities
Autumn Letter Games with Leaves
Ginger and Cinnamon Salt Tray to Learn Spelling
Pumpkin House Storytelling Play
‘I Am Thankful For…’ Printable
Winter and Christmas Activities
Father Christmas Printable Puppets for Storytelling
New Year Resolutions Word of the Year
Winter Literacy Activities with printables
St. Patrick’s Day Activities
Diwali Activities
Rama and Sita Puppets :: Diwali Storytelling
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Make Your Mark :: 30 projects that promote a love of writing, self-confidence and compassion
Help your child to make their mark with these wonderful projects that help develop a love of writing, creative storytelling, self-confidence and compassion – along with six sets of bonus printables.
Make Your Mark – a book about creative writing, confidence, compassion and caring
NurtureStore’s tween book club book list
Welcome to our online tween book club! If you have children aged 8-ish to 12-ish, join us and read along with our book choices each month.
Here you’ll find ideas for how to set up a book club for children, and a tween reading list. I have a year of suggestions for great books for a children’s book club and I’ll be sharing discussion prompts and additional resources each month, so sign-up for updates in the box below.
Join the NurtureStore online book club for tweens
The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities and ideas
Looking for some The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities and ideas to add in lots of fun and learning? Here are some of our favourite ways to use one of our all time favourite story books.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities [Read more…]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar craft ideas: butterflies
Following on from yesterday’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar craft ideas for caterpillars, today we have a selection of butterfly crafts. The designs are all very simple again, making them easy for very young children to try.
Working with the idea of butterflies gives the opportunity to talk about symmetry and with older children you might want to encourage them to focus on creating matching patterns, as part of a more mathematical activity. With young children though I think the main purpose behind these crafts is to invite them to enjoy the colours and see what patterns they can make – so I would never give strict directions about making sure both sides match. [Read more…]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar craft ideas
Kicking off our celebration of Eric Carle’s birthday this week we’re sharing three The Very Hungry Caterpillar craft ideas.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is our favourite of Eric Carle’s books and is the first book I ever read to both my girls. It’s masterpiece of a children’s story, a joy to read and look at, and bursting with possibilities to use as a spring board for lots of crafting, exploring and learning.
Mr. Carle is celebrating his birthday this week and Kate at An Amazing Child blog is hosting a week of fun, linking up many early years bloggers who are sharing ideas for activities and crafts linked to Mr. Carle’s books. We’re sharing some caterpillar craft ideas today and some butterfly crafts tomorrow. On Thursday we have a post full of ideas you can use to explore The Very Hungry Caterpillar with links to the EYFS.
Eric Carle is famous for his signature style, combining colour and texture and The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perfect book to use to inspire children to try some art and crafting. When creating with young children I always like to give them plenty of opportunity to explore materials their way. Even though these projects are all designed to result in a caterpillar there is plenty of scope for each child to experiment and add their own style to the creations. The caterpillar crafts are all very simple to follow, inviting even very young children to have a try. [Read more…]