Author Archives: Julie @ Creekside Learning

Come and Play at the Weekly Kids Co-Op

Last week’s link-up had over 180 entries. Lots of inspiring ways to craft, learn and have fun with your kids. Now it’s time to link up again. Are you gearing up for summer? Wrapping up with schooling? Or just looking … Continue reading

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Catapult Project

This is a great project with a really simple design, for those of you with kiddos out there who like to build things. This catapult is made with popsicle sticks and thin ribbon, plus a bottle cap to put the … Continue reading

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Learning About Roman Numerals

Story time and crafts for math? Why not? We learned about Roman numerals by reading Fun with Roman Numerals and making clay coins.  We wrote Roman numerals on one side of the coins and regular digits on the other side.  We … Continue reading

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Learning With Pinkalicous!

Pinkalicious! Purplicicious! Goldilicious! Silverliclious! Learning with the Pinkalicious series, by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, made for a fun week. Besides reading these great books, we did math, crafts and more. Our Pinkalicious Math Game We kept track of all the … Continue reading

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The Very Hungry Caterpillars

We are raising caterpillars into butterflies.  Painted Ladies, to be exact. We’ve done this before, but this time we are really paying attention, every single day, to these fantastic creatures and the amazing transformation they are making. In just 9 … Continue reading

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Saying Goodbye

The Queen Bee recently turned six and so we got her a fish. Her very first pet, all to herself, hers and only hers. And about a month later, it died. Who knows why. She took very good care of … Continue reading

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Letter Matching

All of a sudden, Love Bug, age 3, has a new obsession….letters!  He doesn’t know the names of them yet, or the sounds they make, and sometimes he calls them numbers, but he has been carrying around our collection of … Continue reading

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Ancient Rome: Togas and More

We’ve been learning about ancient Rome and doing some fun projects. This week we made laurel wreath crowns and a toga, then the kids dressed up like the Roman emperors we’ve been studying. The laurel wreath crown was inspired by … Continue reading

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Kids Co-Op #7

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Last week was full of great ideas, 200+ in all. Here are two of my favorites: Kelly at Little Wonders’ Days posted about the book The Carrot Seed. This is also a link-up to others who read this book and … Continue reading

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Harry Potter Party in the Forbidden Forest–On a Budget (free printables)

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Invitations from Minerva McGonagall on Hogwarts stationary, a trip to the Forbidden Forest and Quidditch Broom Cakes made for one super fun birthday party for my eight year old, avid Harry Potter Fan. And, here’s the best part– it cost … Continue reading

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4 Ways That Kids Benefit From Yoga

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Kids are naturals at yoga. They love to move, they’re flexible, and even my wiggliest of kiddos is intrigued by the poses, the breathing, the peace that he has found in practicing yoga. And I have benefitted greatly from returning … Continue reading

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Weekly Kids Co-Op

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It’s that time of week…time to share and explore creative learning ideas from parents around the world. Here are some great ideas from last week’s Kids Co-Op: Mansi at Experimenting Mom used a story book to inspire some artwork with … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday-Assateague Island Hike

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Wild Ponies on Assateague Island

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The beautiful wild ponies of Assateague Island. Something I’d always wanted to see and it was a thrill to go there with my family and experience this beautiful place with these amazing creatures. Miles and miles of of gloriously empty … Continue reading

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Kids Co-Op and Camping!

There were so many great crafts and activities linked up last week. I wish I had time to feature some of them as I usually do, but the Creekside Family is off to go camping! I’m so excited. We haven’t … Continue reading

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