Terrific Tuesday Free Easter Printables!

I love finding free printables online. Here are some of my favorite Easter printables from

MES - English Be sure and explore this website. You will find so many free printable flash cards and activities!

Easter Bingo Cards

Bunnyland Game with playing cards

I like to use mini erasers for markers, but you can use most anything.

Here is a Easter Book to color: CLICK HERE

There's more: Stickers, Sticker Charts, Bookmarks, Awards!

Here are some cute printable Easter Cards from 123 print.com

Check out a free downloadable song from Dream English

Last but not least, 9 cute Spring Cooking Activities. CLICK HERE

You still have time to enter my Ladybug Literacy Bag Giveaway. Winner will be announced tomorrow!
Have fun exploring MES-English!

Pam

Today is the Last Day to Enter My Giveaway

Good Morning!
Today is the last day to enter my very first giveaway:

Ladybug Literacy Bag

So, don't delay - follow me today!

Check back this evening for my Terrific Tuesday post. I'm so happy I finally took the plunge into blogging. I can definitely see how it can become a bit addicting! I love hearing from all of you, so please comment away. If you have a special request or would like a specific activity, please let me know.
Have a Terrific Tuesday!
Pam

Only a Few Days Left To Enter My First Giveaway!

Manic Monday Giveaway:
Ladybug Literacy Bag!

How to enter:
Follow my blog and you will automatically receive 1entry
Post a blurb on your blog with a link back to my giveaway = 2 entries - please leave a comment and let me know
Visit my Etsy shop and leave a comment about your favorite item = 1 entry
Winner will be announced on April Fool's Day.So please help me spread the word!!!

Winner will receive:
Ladybug Spring Literacy Bag
containing the following items:
Handpainted Ladybug Canvas Bag
Ladybug's Birthday: Softcover Scholastic Book
Ladybug Beginning Sound Sort: Mat with the word Ladybug and 21 picture cards
Five Little Ladybugs Interactive Book
Small, Medium, or Large Ladybugs
Leaping Ladybugs!
Roll a Ladybug Game
Ladybug Life Cycle Sequence Cards
Summary Sheet
This is one of my favorite literacy bags and is always a hit!

Deadline to enter is March 31st.
Winner announced April 1st.

Pam

Egg, Egg, What Will You Be? New Literacy Unit

Check out my newest Spring activity!

Egg, Egg, What Will You Be? Literacy Center

I just finished this activity and I can't wait to show it to my kiddos. You can't go wrong with plastic eggs, kids love opening them and finding out what's inside!

I created this interactive book to reinforce color recognition, ordinal numbers, reading comprehension and FUN! If you would like more info check out my listings:

I have this item listed for auction in my Ebay shop: CLICK HERE

and my Etsy shop for those that like to buy it now: CLICK HERE

Don't forget to enter my March Giveaway: CLICK HERE

Enjoy your weekend!
Pam

Here it is - My Friday Freebie Activity

Woo Hoo! I never expected to have 38 followers in one week! I am so happy that I decided to give all of my followers an extra special Friday Freebie. I love caterpillars and my favorite caterpillar book is Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

As soon as I post this I'm going to send all of my followers my

Caterpillar Literacy Unit. Does anyone remember McDonald's Teenie Beanie Babies?
They had a cute inchworm that goes perfectly with this activity. But no worries if you don't have "Inch". It's really easy to make a cute pom pom caterpillar. Check out the two pictures and craft away! The blue and green one is from 123child and the pink one is from DLTK.

I was able to find emails for most of my followers, but I'm still missing 12 emails, so if you do not receive this great activity, please email me at: handsonlearningfun@live.com and tell me the name you are following under and I will be happy to send you the file.

I LOVE your comments, so let me know how your kiddos like feeding the caterpillar.

Freebie Friday: Help! How do I figure out where to email it to????

Hi all,
I need some advice. I'm new to blogging and I thought I could just click on your follower pic and your email would pop up. But when I got around to clicking, no email! So, I'm not sure where to email your Freebie Friday Activity.

I swear I've seen a Newsletter Link on some other blogs, but I cannot figure out how to do it.
For now, if you are following me, please email me at handsonlearningfun@live.com and be sure and tell me the name you are following under, so that I can keep track and make sure I don't leave anyone out.

If anyone can recommend the best (easiest) way for me to obtain my followers emails, please let me know.
Thanks,
Pam

Freebie Friday is Here!

Good Morning!
Freebie Friday is here! Tonight, I will send all of my followers an Spring Activity via email.
If your email is not accessible in your profile please email me at: handsonlearningfun@live.com
It's not too late to sign up and there is still time to enter my Ladybug Literacy Bag Giveaway - CLICK HERE

I love your comments! Please comment away and if you have any suggestions or special requests, let me know.
Enjoy your Friday!
Pam

Keep an Eye on my Etsy Shop: My 100th Sale Will Receive a Great Gift!

I just realized that I'm really getting close to making 100 sales on Etsy.
I currently have 84 sales and I'm offering a great 100 Sale Giveaway.
The lucky person who is my 100th sale will receive absolutely free of charge my Literacy Cd. It contains over 700 pages of activities and is worth $49.99!
So, check out my shop over the next week or so and keep an eye on my sales.
You might be the lucky winner!

Thrifty Thursday: Recycle Your Egg Cartons into Spring Crafts

I love using egg cartons for art projects. Here are a few of my favorite Spring Easter Egg Carton Crafts. The first one is the most complicated, but sooooo cute!

Bunnies and Chicks

By Robin Rivers

Here's what you need:

1 cardboard egg carton cut up into individual egg cups (leave the backs and the sides on so that you have a place to attach ribbon)

Cotton balls or pompoms in pink, white, yellow or whatever color

sounds fun (enough for two on each creature) plus little ones for

the bunny’s nose and tail.

Ribbon in Spring colors (I used 7 to 10 inches on each side of the cup to tie together. So, it’s a fair bit of ribbon. Thrifting is a great way to score this)

Google eyes (two per creature)

A hole punch

Craft Glue (a hot glue gun works best for attaching the eyes if you are making these for a toddler or preschooler since they are a choking hazard and you want them attached as solidly as possible. DON’T use the glue gun with a toddler or preschooler around.)

Craft paper for bunny ears and the chick’s beak.

Scissors

Egg Carton Caterpillar

By Enchanted Learning

Separate 4, 5, or 6 cups from an egg carton.
Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 2 small holes at one end for the antennae.
Insert pipe cleaners for the antennae.
Add eyes, a mouth, and decorate.

Egg Carton Ladybug
By Enchanted Learning

Separate one cup from an egg carton.
Using markers or tempera paint, children can color or paint the egg carton cup red. Then, using black marker or paint, color in the head, and make spots on the body.
Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 6 small holes (3 on each side) at the base of the cup (these will be for the legs). Make 2 small holes (for antennae) where the top of the head will be.

Insert a black pipe cleaner into each a side hole and out the other side for the legs. Use half a pipe cleaner for the antennae.
Glue on googly eyes or paint on white eyes.

Have fun!

Let me know how they turn out!
Pam

Two Awesome Children's Educational Websites: Poisson Rouge & StoryPlace

Poisson Rouge - Red Fish Soup - Games For Children
There are over 200 activities on this wonderful site created by Patric Turner and Edith Furon.
The alphabet is offered in 3 languages: English, French, and Spanish.
Every time I visit this site I find new activities. There are no instructions, just click on the pictures and have fun! If you would like a written explanation just click on the user guide and it will guide you through each activity, but you will find that children are very adept at finding all of the activities and figuring out how they work!

StoryPlace Pre-School Library
The StoryPlace Pre-school Library is full of great activities for you to explore. Choose a theme and start the fun! There are 15 different themes and each theme has the following activities:
Online story
Online activity
Take home activity
Suggested Reading
Parent's Activity

StoryPlace also has an Elementary Library for older children.
This section contains the following activities:
Topsy Turvy Tale
Print-Out Activity
Suggested Reading

Enjoy exploring these great websites and leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
Don't forget to follow me and you will be automatically entered in my giveaways and Friday Freebies. CLICK HERE to read more.
Pam

Kids Spring Crafts and Cooking: Caterpillar Craft and Kite in the Clouds Recipe

Caterpillar Craft

From Kids Craft.com

Here's what you'll need...
• Construction paper

• Scissors
• Pipe cleaner

• Marker

• Pen or pencil

Here's how you make it...
1. Cut different colored circles out of construction paper. Cut as many as you'd like, the more you cut the more colorful and long your caterpillar will be.

2. Using a pen or pencil, punch holes in the center of each circle and

tread onto a pipe cleaner.

Repeat until you have made your caterpillar as long as

you would like it.

3. Fold the pipe cleaner on either end to secure the circles and draw on two eyes.

My kids love this craft! It's a fun way to talk about patterns.
I make 3 samples:

random colored caterpillar

AB pattern caterpillar ( green yellow green yellow)
ABC pattern caterpillar (green yellow orange green yellow orange)

Kite in the Clouds Recipe

Ingredients:

1 box of blue jello - already prepared

1 can of whipped cream
1/2 fruit roll up per child cut into the shape of a kite

clear cup

straw

Directions:
Fill up cup 2/3 full with your jello. What color is the jello?
Look outside - what does the color of the jello remind you of?

The blue jello represents the sky.

I usually sneak in a math lesson - Put 6 spoonfuls of jello in your cup

Then the best part of this recipe - Fill the cup up with whipped cream.

WOW! What a hit!
My kids loved squirting the whipped cream!

Place your straw with your kite in your clouds and Voila!
You have a beautiful kite flying high in the sky in the clouds!

Best of all - it's quite tasty!

I love cooking with kids. I've never met a child that didn't like to measure, stir, and eat!
I always make sure that I have everything handy and ready to go, I usually cook with 8 - 10 children at a time and if you have to go look for an item - it can get really messy! When choosing recipes, I try to pick ingredients that the majority will like - I hate to waste food.

Most importantly, keep it simple!

I hope you enjoy these activities, click on comments and let me know!
Pam

Manic Monday Giveaway!!!!

Hands On Learning Fun

March Giveaway

How to enter:

Follow my blog and you will automatically receive 1entry

Post a blurb on your blog with a link back to my giveaway = 2 entries - please leave a comment and let me know

Visit my Etsy shop and leave a comment about your favorite item = 1 entry

Since I'm brand new at blogging and as I'm writing this post I only have one follower :(

I'm going to run this giveaway until the end of March.

Winner will be announced on April Fool's Day.
So please help me spread the word!!!

Winner will receive:

Ladybug Spring Literacy Bag

containing the following items:

• Handpainted Ladybug Canvas Bag
  
  
• Ladybug's Birthday: Softcover Scholastic Book



• Ladybug Beginning Sound Sort: Mat with the word Ladybug and 21 picture cards
  


• Five Little Ladybugs Interactive Book



• Small, Medium, or Large Ladybugs



• Leaping Ladybugs!



• Roll a Ladybug Game



• Ladybug Life Cycle Sequence Cards



• Summary Sheet
  

This is one of my favorite literacy bags and is always a hit!

Leave a comment and let me know what you think
Check back tomorrow for Terrific Tuesday

Pam

Hands On Learning Blogging Fun!

Welcome to Hands On Learning Fun!

I've decided to take the plunge into blogging!

I love creating educational items and am excited to share some of my creations with you.
Be sure and follow my blog and you will automatically receive one entry in my giveaways and receive my Friday freebies.

Here is my posting schedule:

Manic Monday Giveaway: featuring a current giveaway of mine or from a favorite blog

Terrific Tuesday: featuring ideas for making life easier: organizational, behavior management, tried and true activities, art and cooking projects, anything that makes life easier for a parent or teacher

Website Wednesday: I will feature a favorite website loaded with educational activities and printables

Thrifty Thursday: featuring educational items you can make yourself and save $$$$

Freebie Friday: every follower will receive via email a cute educational activity in PDF Format

Check back tomorrow, as I will be listing my very first giveaway - it's a good one!

I look forward to hearing from you!
Pam