Ideas for little hands and busy classrooms
Practical, friendly guides for teachers and parents of children aged 3 to 9: handwriting, fine motor skills, and classroom ideas you can use tomorrow.

For parents
Fourteen Earth Day crafts for kids aged 3 to 8 made entirely from recycling: cardboard tube animals, cereal box planters, junk mail collages, bottle cap mosaics, seed paper and a...

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Fourteen spring and St. Patrick's Day paper crafts for kids aged 3 to 8: rainbows, shamrocks, pots of gold, flowers, butterflies, rain clouds and Easter-neutral egg crafts, sorted by age...

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Fourteen Christmas paper crafts for kids aged 3 to 8: paper chains, snowflakes, cards, ornaments, stars, wreaths and gift tags, using paper, scissors and glue, sorted by age with the...

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Twelve Thanksgiving crafts for kids aged 3 to 8 to make at home: handprint turkeys, a family gratitude tree, place cards, napkin rings, leaf garlands and a kids' table kit,...

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Twelve Halloween paper crafts for kids aged 3 to 8 to make at home with paper, scissors and glue: bats, spiders, pumpkins, friendly ghosts, garlands and treat bags, sorted by...

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Valentine's Day crafts and fine motor activities for pre-K to second grade: heart cutting practice, card-making that builds handwriting, mailbox crafts, kindness activities and a low-sugar party plan.

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Thirty 100th day of school activities for kindergarten to second grade: counting collections, 100-piece crafts, fine motor challenges, math centers, the 100-year-old dress-up and a plan for the day.

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Winter holiday crafts that work for every child in a diverse classroom: snowflakes, light and candle crafts, gift-making, paper chains and a December plan that respects different traditions while building...

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Thanksgiving crafts and gratitude activities for pre-K through second grade: handprint turkeys done well, a class gratitude tree, thankful books, a harvest feast plan and how to handle the history...

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Twenty Halloween classroom activities for pre-K and kindergarten that stay friendly, not scary: pumpkin math, spider crafts, bat cutting practice, sensory bins and a plan for a calm party day.

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Twelve rainy day paper crafts for kids aged 3 to 8 using printer paper, junk mail, cereal boxes and magazines: paper airplanes, fortune tellers, cardboard tube animals and more, sorted...

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How to teach young children to use glue sticks and glue bottles without puddles: which glue for which age, the "dot, dot, not a lot" method, common problems, and why...