Spider Ring Fun Freebie!

It's been quite awhile since I have posted. 

I'm happy to say that I am back and so excited to

share all of my new creations. 

I thought I would start out with a Fall Freebie.  

Stop by the dollar store and pick up a bag of spider rings,

a craft bag and download my FREEBIE.

Perfect for circle time, or utilize your sensory tub, 

so much fun! Here is my Fall Sensory Center:

I purchased the container at the dollar store for $3, put a couple of bags of black beans, a bag of Halloween Pom Pom's (found at any craft store), and added a bucket, tweezers, and scoop.  

Toss in the spider rings and number cards and you are set! 

 Spider Ring Freebie Includes:

Spider Number Cards - up to 10

Sorting Color Mats - orange & black

Title Card for your craft bag

 Spider Ring Run Activity Page

Head over to my TPT Shop and download 

your freebie today!

Spider Ring Freebie

On Vacation! Friday Freebie Info

School's out and I'm officially on vacation! I'm heading to the beach for a week so I'm sending my Friday Freebie out today, since I will be on the road early tomorrow. I'm hanging out with my daughter and we're going to Charleston, SC for a few days visiting family then heading to Hunting Island to camp and finally spending a few days in Beaufort, SC. I am really looking forward to spending time with my family!

I will be back June 13th and plan to jump right in creating new literacy units.

I have several in the works:

The Kissing Hand

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka 1 2 3

Back to School

Apples

Fall Fun

My next giveaway will begin when I return.

Remember, you earn entries by leaving comments.

This month's freebie is a cute butterfly puzzle matching uppercase/lowercase letters.

If you are following and do not receive my freebie, please email me at handsonlearningfun@live.com and let me know the name you are following under and I will add you to my mailing list.

Have a great day!
Pam

Manic Monday Giveaway!!!!!

Manic Monday Giveaway
Sponsored by my friend, Shawna Huggins

Shawna has a wonderful Etsy shop: The Student Corner

Shawna's Info:

Hi, my name is Shawna Huggins. I am a professional tutor . That means that I get to work with students of all ages (9 - 21) on academic subjects ranging from punctuation to physics, astronomy to ancient history, and geometry to game making, all in one day. I work out of my home and the students come to me because all my toys are here.

Currently, three of my students are participating in the Etsy store experience. We use Etsy to practice creative writing (product descriptions) and math (gee, what does net and gross mean, and what do you mean pay pal takes a percentage - what is percentage anyway?). It is amazing how quickly students learn decimals, multiplication, division, and percent when they have to use it to figure out how much of the sale they get to take home.

We are so happy to be participating in the Monday Madness Giveaway. All of the art in this store was made by Nalani, Age 13, Keelianna, Age 9, and Kyle, Age 13.
I live in Medford, Oregon with my husband, dog, and cat. We have a grown daughter living in Portland, Oregon. We laugh a lot and enjoy life.

Giveaway Info:

You may enter: April 20th - April 26th

Winners will be announced Sunday, April 27th

How to Enter:

Follow my blog - 1 entry

Visit Shawna's shop: The Student Corner and leave a comment about your favorite item - 1 entry

Visit my artfire shop: Hands On Learning Fun and leave a comment about your favorite item - 1 entry

Post about my giveaway on your blog and leave comment with link - 3 entries!

Send a email to your friends about the giveaway with a link to my blog and copy me: handsonlearningfun@live.com - 3 entries!

I love comments!!!! Comment throughout the week about my posts and receive 1 entry per day

You will receive 2 photo cards by Keelianna, age 9



Summer Time photo Card by Keelianna, Age 9

I love summer and sunflowers.

Hi, My name is Keelianna. I'm almost 9. I love to paint. When I was four I used to doodle. I still do. My doodles look much better now. So now you know me. Bye.This is a photo of Keelianna's original painting. It is glued to a 6.5 x 5 inch folded ivory card and comes with an envelope.Keelianna enjoys painting, reading, writing stories, and learning new things every day.

Happy Time photo card by Keelianna, Age 9.

I made this painting when I was very happy. It is a heart with wings and a halo.

Hi, My name is Keelianna. I'm almost 9. I love to paint. when I was four I used to doodle. I still do. My doodles look much better now. So now you know me. Bye.This is a photo of Keelianna's original painting. It is glued to a 6.5 x 5 folded ivory card and comes with an envelope. Keelianna enjoys painting, reading, writing stories, and learning how to borrow in subtraction.

Have a great week!
Pam

Earth Day Printable Math Activities

Earth Day is right around the corner!

Check out my new Earth Day Math Printable Activity Packet with over 20 pages of fun hands on activities!

You will receive via email in PDF Format:

Really cute math counters from Scrappin Doodles that can be used with all of these activities:

Let's Count - 10 math boards numbered 1 - 10 - place the correct number of objects on each board

Math Counting Boards - 2 boards with numbers 1- 10 number word recognition

Math Counting Boards - Counting objects up to 10

Earth Day Patterns - AB, ABC, AABB patterns included

Graphing Activity - graph the objects then answer the questions

Graphing Question Sheet - answer each question using the number markers

Enjoy!
Pam

Friday Freebie: Spring Bingo

Hi all!
Today I'm sending all of my followers a really cute Spring Bingo Game featuring awesome graphics from Scrappin Doodles Creative clip art, web sets, printables, and more!

For the love of computer crafting. Be sure and check out her great website.

I love bingo and even more importantly KIDS LOVE bingo!

So enjoy this great holiday weekend and have fun playing my Spring Bingo.

If you are a follower and do not receive your bingo game, please email me at handsonlearningfun@live.com and I will add your email to my mailing list. Please let me know what name you are following under.

Thanks,

Pam

Friday Freebie: The Grouchy Ladybug Story Props

Happy Friday!!

Today I am sending all of my followers story props for the wonderful book,

The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle

You can use the story props in a variety of ways:

As you read story, choose the correct prop and place it on the page

You can attach craft sticks to the props and use them to act out the story

Sequencing and reading comprehension

If you are reading to a group, each child can have his/her own prop and hold it up at the appropriate time

You can use Velcoins and attach them to the book

Vicki Blackwell has a great Grouchy Ladybug site with lots of free printables.

Here is her ladybug clock and a great ladybug glyph

Enchanted Learning has many ladybug activities: costume, life cycle, egg carton ladybug, puppet, printable books and more!

After reading, make a really cute ladybug windsock:

Construction paper as follows:
two 10" red circles (body)
two 10" black circles (body)
two 4 1/2" x 6" strips of black (dots)
two 6" black circles (head)
four 3" x 4" strips of black (antennae)
four 2" black circles (eyes)
four 3" yellow circles (eyes)
one 9" x12" sheet of black
Other supplies:
six 2 foot black crepe-paper streamers
4 foot length of yarn for hanging
hole puncher
scissors
glue

To make two bodies:
Cut a pie wedge from one red circle.
Glue the red circle on top of the 10" black circle.
Cut several small circles from a 4 1/2" x 6" strip of black paper. Glue these cutouts to the red circle.
Repeat steps one through three for the second body.
To make two heads:
Stack together two 3" x 4" strips of black paper and cut out two antennae shapes.
Glue the antennae strips to a six-inch black circle.
For eyes, glue two of the 2" black circles to two yellow circles.
Glue the resulting eyes on the ladybug's head.
Repeat steps one through four to make the second head.
To complete the project:
Glue each completed head to a completed body.
Glue the six crepe-paper streamers to a long edge of the 9" x 12" sheet of black paper: then roll the paper into a cylinder and glue.
Glue the cylinder between the two ladybug projects.
Punch two holes near the top and on opposite sides of the cylinder. Thread one yarn end through the holes and knot it so that one end of the yarn can be used to suspend the project.
Center the yarn between the antennae and glue the top part of each pair of eyes together

If you don't receive your Friday Freebie via email, please email me at handsonlearningfun@live.com and let me know what name you are following under and I will add you to my mailing list.

I would love to hear from you, so as a little incentive - leave a comment and you will receive an extra entry to my current giveaway, which I am announcing Monday.

Happy Friday!
Pam

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

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

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