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Beautiful & Colorful Two Page Monthly Printable Calendar 2025 To 2026 – Loolavender Color

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Today, I have the monthly printable calendar 2025 to 2026 Loolavender color option two page monthly calendar. Grab other gorgeous planning pages on my Homeschool Planner and 7 Step Curriculum Planner page.

The two page spread I share today is for keeping appointments for any of your family’s needs whether its personal or homeschool.

Also, this two page spread can be used in a home management binder, blogging planner, financial planner or fitness planner.

Beautiful & Colorful Two Page Monthly Printable Calendar 2025 To 2026 - Loolavender Color

In addition, the two-page monthly calendars were designed with larger boxes.

My copyright allows you to print it as many times as you need it for your needs.

The two pages per month calendar color choice is Loolavender Color option.

You get a full 12 months, and the calendars begin July, 2025 and go through June, 2026.

ABOUT THE TWO PAGE MONTHLY PRINTABLE CALENDAR

Because I create 3 different types of calendars each year, here are the differences in each type of calendar.

The color choice I have today is for your main calendar meaning ALL appointments are noted on this calendar.

Do not write on the other two calendars I offer because they’re not big enough.

This calendar has bigger boxes.

Whether field trip, family time or personal time, you want to jot them all down on this calendar which has ample room for appointments.

This calendar is NOT for planning. (wink) I have the planning your schedule calendars for that. They are kept on Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You!

And I also have a 1 page per year calendar which is a quick view or glance, and they can be found on STEP 2. Choose Calendar/Appointment Keepers.

Besides, staying organized is key to juggling many things.

For example, we lesson plan, have co-op and family appointments, extracurricular activities, and everything in between.

This tool, my printable calendar with two pages per month can make a significant difference in how smoothly your month runs.

Beautiful & Colorful Two Page Monthly Printable Calendar 2025 To 2026 - Loolavender Color

Next, look at these other forms you may like.

OTHER HOMESCHOOL PLANNER PRODUCTS YOU’LL LOVE

EVEN MORE PLANNING FORMS

Moreover, here are more planner printables.

Look at the free forms for each STEP. Be sure to go to each link to get the free printables offered at each step.

HOW TO GET THE TWO PAGE MONTHLY CALENDAR – LOOLAVENDAR COLOR SCHEME

You can download the monthly printable calendar 2025-2026 now!

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Beautiful & Colorful Two Page Monthly Printable Calendar 2025 To 2026 - Loolavender Color

• All my products are digital. You will not receive a physical product for anything in my store. A digital physical year calendar does not mean a physical product or calendar.

.• Downloads are INSTANT. When you pay, you will receive an email with a download link INSTANTLY. Depending on your internet connection, the email could be just 30 seconds or so, or a bit longer. The point is it will be soon, not a week later,etc.

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Free Beautiful 2025-2026 Homeschool Yearly Calendars On One Page

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Today I have the colorful and beautiful 2025-2026 homeschool yearly calendars on one page. You’ll love the other forms on my page for your Homeschool Planner and my page 7 Step Curriculum Planner.

Also, I have 3 types of calendar pages which I prepare each year AND each one has an academic year AND a physical year.

These two color options for the 2025-2026 one page printable calendar are used for reference purposes to glance at the year.

And in this one download you get both colors schemes.

Free Beautiful 2025-2026 Homeschool Yearly Calendars On One Page

In addition, as I mentioned I prepare 3 types of calendars and you want one of each type in your planner.

The calendar today is a simple academic calendar to give you a visual of the school year at a glance.

Too, it is a 12 month calendar to help you if you school year round.

The months begin JULY and end in JUNE each year.

Since you have all 12 months on one page, you can use it regardless of when your school starts.

Too, I love color and variety for my printable planner.

Both are essential to keep me motivated throughout the year.

OTHER HOMESCHOOL PLANNER PRODUCTS YOU’LL LOVE

In addition, the second type of printable one page calendars are the homeschool planning calendars which are to be used for tracking your homeschool days and weeks.

The third type of printable calendars are the 2 page per month appointment keepers which have bigger boxes for writing appointments.

4 REASONS TO USE A HOMESCHOOL YEARLY CALENDAR

Next, look at some reasons you want to use a homeschool yearly calendar.

1. The bird’s eye view lets you quickly look for weeks to take off and weeks to plan your family’s vacation.

2. If you do tests formally or just for review, look ahead and plan them now.

3. Looking constantly at my calendar helps me to remember our year better. I don’t like flipping back/forth between my phone calendar and planner. It’s all in one place.

4. And one of my favorite reasons is to reduce digital distraction.

Then, here is the second color choice you get in this free download.

Free Beautiful 2025-2026 Homeschool Yearly Calendars On One Page

Finally, look at how to get the free homeschool yearly calendars.

HOW TO GET BOTH FREE CALENDARS IN ONE DOWNLOAD

Now, how to grab the freebie. It’s a subscriber freebie.

Free Beautiful 2025-2026 Homeschool Yearly Calendars On One Page

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get my emails in your inbox and you get this freebie.

1) CLICK HERE ON THIS LINK TO SIGN UP ON MY EMAIL LIST & TO GET THIS FREEBIE.

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How To Go From Phonics To Reading With 20 CVC Wheels

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Helping a child to transition from phonics to reading is a natural flow for a budding reader. Also, look at my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum for more fun ideas and activities.

First, you teach a child letter sounds not necessarily letter names.

A strong foundation in phonics can be taught through natural conversations, games, hand play, music and storytelling.

How To Go From Phonics To Reading With 20 CVC Wheels

Too, it’s not necessary that a child masters all the sounds as he will continue to learn them and reinforce them with the use of a CVC wheel.

Next children need to put sounds together to form words. That is how we learn to read.

Sure, teaching sounds in isolation is important but then again children are smart and want a reason to use them.

Learning CVC words is the next step. Consonant-vowel-consonant words gives your budding reader immediate satisfaction. They are now seeing how the sounds come together to form words.

EASY BOOKS FOR BEGINNER READERS

Also, strengthen their reading skill level by these beginning books.

12 Books For Beginner Readers

Bob Books Sight Words: Kindergarten

The set of Bob books have been keepers for years in the homeschool world and there are several reasons.

One is because it normally takes only about 10 to 15 minutes a day.
The second reason is that the books hold your child’s attention and are
short.

Go, Go, Go (Read with Dick and Jane)

You’ll get mixed feedback on the Dick and Jane series that so many parents remember from their childhood.

Although what may seem as funny repetition, the books works for budding readers.

New readers need the constant repetition found in these series of books.

Too, it’s been my experience that struggling readers do well with this series since the text is predictable.

Maisy Mouse Collection 10 Books Set Series 2 Lucy Cousins Early Learner Children

Then, Mouse Mouse book series hails from England and your kid gets a nice influence to other cultures.

While reading about everyday things like bedtime, your beginning reader is entertained while his reading skills are sharpened. It’s just a fun and sweet series which entertains your kids.

A story of visiting the bookshop for the first time from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy goes to the bookshop to buy a new book, and she also wants to get one as a present for her friend Tallulah. Titles in this Set Includes Maisy goes to Bookshop, Maisy Goes by Plane, Maisy Sports Day, Maisy Plays Football, Maisy Goes To The Cinema, Maisy Goes To Nursery, Maisy Goes To Hospital, Maisy Goes To The Library, Maisy Goes on a Sleepover, Maisy Charley and The Wobbly Tooth.

Usborne My First Phonics Reading Library Collection 12 Books Box Set (Phonics Readers) (WITH FREE AUDIO ONLINE)

Usborne My First Phonics Reading Library Collection 12 Books Box Set (Phonics Readers) (WITH FREE AUDIO ONLINE):Titles In This Ape's Great Escape (Phonics Readers)Chimp with a Limp (Phonics Readers)Hyena Ballerina (Phonics Readers)Giraffe in the Bath (Phonics Readers)Goat in a Boat (Phonics Readers)Bug in a Rug (Phonics Readers)Kangaroo at the Zoo (Phonics Readers)Mole in a Hole (Phonics Readers)Lizard in a Blizzard (Phonics Readers)Flamingo plays Bingo (Phonics Readers)Raccoon on the Moon (Phonics Readers)Phonics Llamas in Pyjamas

Usborne Very First Reading Boxed Set Collection Pack with 16 books

The beauty of the phonics readers is that text is still predictable and rhyming. Decoding which is the common thread with phonics readers makes the Usborne phonics readers a keeper.

Remember the power of little lessons done often creates a master reader.

The Cat in the Hat

I remember using the Cat in the Hat series to teach my first reader and every kid after him.

However, I had no idea how this series of books set up all my kids for reading success lifelong. Maybe Theodor Geisel didn’t have a clue either.

Whatever the case, building stories around sight words is not easy. Building a silly story with sight words is what worked for all of my kids. Too, this series is great for many ages, not just beginning readers.

I remember reading how Dr. Seuss was trying to kill the 1950s Dick and Jane series which some viewed as boring

Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 3–7.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Additionally, filling my bookshelves and yes floor with books with repetitive texts like Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See was something else I did right.

Little did I know then that repetitive text in fun books in how kids learn to read.

Multiple exposures to text encourages mastery..

Know that readers are nurtured by reading nursery rhymes at the newborn to preschool ages turns to repetitive text in books in the early years of reading. That equals mastery and brings meaning to reading.

Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (Includes 2 Bookends) (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

Although the Elephant and Piggie series is classified closer to a first grade level, grade levels are subjective; we know that as home educators.

Besides you need a variety of levels as your child repeats and reads higher level books. Then he backs up and reviews basic concepts from lower grade levels.

Reading well is accomplished by pushing the boundaries to the next level without your child feeling any pressure.

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McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers Free PDF Downloads

Here are the six McGuffey Eclectic Readers free PDF downloads in one convenient location! Plus, I’ve also included the McGuffey Speller free PDF download as well.

Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream (I Can Read Level 1)

One of the best things about the I Can Read series is the multiple levels. From prek to level 4 you have many choices of fun stories to go up and down in level to repeat texts as your budding reader needs it.

Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He's imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he'll get to eat! But when Splat gets there, that mountain becomes more of an avalanche. It's up to Splat and his classmates to save the day!

Beginning readers will practice the –eam sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series.

I Can Read It! Book 1

Next, like the other readers listed with controlled vocabulary which means that a handful of words are repeated, the I Can Read It Series does the same.

What I also love about them as a parent is not just the predictable text, but in the fourth volume there is a word list which is helpful to me.

Controlled-vocabulary stories, with real plot, action, and humor, engage your childs attention and interest. Reading lessons move your child through a natural progression of phonetic and spelling patterns. Easy to use. Includes I Did Read It! diplomas. Fun!

Buzz Said the Bee, Grade 1 (Hello Reader)

Lastly, I used the Hello Readers from Scholastic to not only teach my new readers, but the sight word practice found in each book was needed for my kids

know some of these books will work for you because they have worked for homeschool families for years. Our needs at home vary because we want to teach phonics, love of reading, and sight words all in a natural way.

Also, look at how rhyming and learning cvc words form a strong foundation for reading.

HOW TO STRENGTHEN CVC SKILLS BY RHYMING

For instance, rhyming is not just a fun child’s game. When a child rhymes he can hear shared sounds.

And recognizing those sounds helps a child to learn to group word families together.

Blending is what a child does when he puts the letters sounds he learned together.

And when a child learns one rhyming pattern he increases his vocabulary with more similar words

Hands on is the best way to teach reading.

HOW TO USE CVC WHEELS TO TEACH READING

For example, one of the tools I love to use are cvc wheels.

It takes just a few minutes to put therm together.

But once they’re together and fastened a child can read and review the cvc words repeatedly.

How To Go From Phonics To Reading With 20 CVC Wheels

And once you put the cvc word wheels together you can use them for your next reader.

Using the cvc wheels in conjunction with a reader nurtures your child’s desire to read.

MORE READING ACTIVITIES

How To Go From Phonics To Reading With 20 CVC Wheels

Additionally, look at the word wheels included in this .pdf download.

  • -at family
  • -ab family
  • -ag family
  • -am family
  • –an family
  • -ap family
  • -ar family
  • -ed family
  • -en family
  • -ig family
  • -in family
  • -ip family
  • -ot family
  • –ob family
  • -og family
  • -op family
  • –it family
  • -ug family
  • -un family
  • -ut family

HOW TO GET THE 20 CVC WORD WHEELS

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Before you email me asking where your download link is or tell me that it is not working, read this to ensure that you get your pretties timely and that you don’t pay for something and not get it.
• All my products are digital. You will not receive a physical product for anything in my store. A digital physical year calendar does not mean a physical product or calendar.
• Downloads are INSTANT. When you pay, you will receive an email with a download link INSTANTLY. Depending on your internet connection, the email could be just 30 seconds or so, or a bit longer. The point is it will be soon, not a week later,etc.
• The email with the download link will go to the email you used for paypal. If you used your husband’s paypal, your downloads will go to that email. Please check that email and your spam before emailing me telling me you can’t find it.
• Please put my email tina @ tinasdynamichomeschoolplus dot com (of course substitute the right symbol for dot) in your address/contact list so that your product does not go to spam.

Amazon Toucan Study Guide for Kids Who Love Animals

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I have an Amazon toucan study guide. Also, look at my pages Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon, Rain Forest – Amazon, and Rainforest Activities for Kids for more ideas.

My study guides are the best bite size chunks of information for various topics.

You’ll want to use books alongside the guide to learn about birds and the Amazon toucans.

Amazon Toucan Study Guide for Kids Who Love Animals at Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

But one of the best things about my toucan study guide is that important information is highlighted.

Not all kids like the dense amount of information on topics found in books.

So use the study guides alone or as part of a deeper dive into the world of toucans.

BOOKS ABOUT TOUCANS FOR KIDS

First, look at some of these books about toucans.

8 Books about Toucans

Add some of these books about these fascinating birds to your home library.

Explore My World Rain Forests

Drip, drop. Rain falls softly on the forest canopy. You peer into the mist. What wild creatures emerge? In this charming picture book, curious kids will learn all about the majesty of the rain forest, from jungle predators to colorful treetop birds to plants that thrive in this lush landscape.

Toucans

This book introduces readers to the large-billed bird of the rain forest: the toucan. Readers learn about the life cycle, behavior, physical characteristics, and habitat of toucans. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.

All the Birds in the World

What makes a bird a bird? All birds have feathers, wings, and beaks. But birds come in many varieties of colors, shapes, and sizes, with different habits and homes. Take a beautifully illustrated journey -- with an adorable kiwi bird as your guide -- through the vast and colorful world of birds, with its tapestry of textures, sounds, and sights. Even the kiwi chick -- who struggles to see at first how he fits in -- finds that he too belongs to this fascinating family of feathered friends.

Toucans (Elementary Explorers)

An interesting and informative look into the life and behavior of toucans for young readers.This book covers the physical characteristics, habitat, family life, behavior, and conservation of toucans.

Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species

  • Over 400 photos of representative feathers from 379 species
  • How to identify not only what bird a feather came from but also what kind of feather it is
  • Range maps and wing type given for each bird
    This guide teaches birders to use the characteristics of wing types and feather morphology to identify feathers--not only by species but also by their place on the bird's body.

    • Toucans: A Comprehensive Guide to Toucans and Their Impact Throughout History

    Have you ever paid attention to the Toucan? I hadn't until I was on vacation in Costa Rica and became captivated by this beautiful bird one morning as it was perched in a tree just a few feet away from me while drinking coffee. This experience would lead me to a much deeper curiosity that would later evolve into an obsession with learning everything I could about its history and impact on surrounding cultures. Upon returning home, I spent hours researching all the information I could find about this bird from its history to taxonomy to science. It is merged into one place to make it easy to see the beauty of the Toucan through the eyes of the early naturalists to now. The information will both educate and surprise you. The pictures will amaze you to the beauty that exists in our rainforests just a short plane ride to Central and South America.

    Toucan Chicks

    In Toucan Chicks, emergent readers learn how baby toucans grow up in the rain forest and use their large, colorful beaks to eat.

    Mystery of the Troubled Toucan:

    Nine-year-old Sofia Diaz’s world is coming apart. So is the rickety old boat that carries her far up the Rio Negro river in Brazil. Crocodiles swim in the dark waters. Spiders scurry up the twisted tree trunks. And a crazy toucan screeches a warning. It chases Sofia and Júlia, her new friend, deep into the steamy rainforest. There they stumble upon a shocking discovery.

    Next look at these topical study guides.

    MORE STUDY GUIDES FOR KIDS

    And then look at these hands-on activities to include for studying about toucans.

    Amazon Toucan Study Guide for Kids Who Love Animals

    Then, look at what’s inside the toucan study guide.

    ABOUT THE AMAZON TOUCAN STUDY GUIDE

    This printable is a 31 page pdf. Look at some of the topics

    • What are toucans
    • Toucan species
    • Anatomy of a toucan
    • Toucan life cycle
    • Habitat and environment
    • Diet and feeding habits
    • Communication and behavior
    • Role in the Rainforest ecosystem
    • Conservation and threats
    • Toucan food activity
    • Anatomy of a toucan activity
    • Life cycle activity
    • Name the toucan activity
    • Quiz time activity
    • Fill in the blanks activity
    • True or false activity
    Amazon Toucan Study Guide for Kids Who Love Animals

    HOW TO GET THE TOUCAN PRINTABLE INFORMATION PACKET

    You can get it now!

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    Before you email me asking where your download link is or tell me that it is not working, read this to ensure that you get your pretties timely and that you don’t pay for something and not get it.
    • All my products are digital. You will not receive a physical product for anything in my store. A digital physical year calendar does not mean a physical product or calendar.
    • Downloads are INSTANT. When you pay, you will receive an email with a download link INSTANTLY. Depending on your internet connection, the email could be just 30 seconds or so, or a bit longer. The point is it will be soon, not a week later,etc.
    • The email with the download link will go to the email you used for paypal. If you used your husband’s paypal, your downloads will go to that email. Please check that email and your spam before emailing me telling me you can’t find it.
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    How to Make an Easy Build a Snowman Kid’s Game (free printable cube)

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    I have a build a snowman free printable game. Also, look at my pages Winter Season Unit Study Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas. 

    Whether you’re looking for a fun activity to do indoors to keep you the kids from going stir crazy or looking for an easy activity to go with a winter unit study, you’ll love this build a snowman kid’s game.

    How to Make an Easy Build a Snowman Kid's Game (free printable cube)

    Also, reading aloud while your kids play is a great way to add in some facts about winter.

    For example, we love living books.

    When possible, we prefer to read them over how to books.

    And for this theme of snowman, you’ll want to add a few story books.

    BOOKS ABOUT WINTER FOR KIDS

    13 Snow, Snowman, Animals, and Winter Books

    Add one or more of these books to your learning day if you're learning about snow, snowflakes, winter or just for fun.

    Winter Cottage

    Immerse Yourself in This Story of Love and Companionship Amidst Deprivation

    It is the fall of 1930, and America has plunged into the Great Depression. On a remote dirt road deep in the snowy woods of northern Wisconsin, misfortune forces the impoverished Sparkes family to take desperate measures.

    A wayfaring quartet consisting of thirteen-year-old Araminta (nicknamed Minty), her recently unemployed father-a poetry-quoting widower called Pops-and her younger sister, Eglantine (known as Eggs-a dreamer like Pops), and their dog, Buster, are on their way to Minneapolis to live with the curmudgeonly Aunt Amy. When their car breaks down and they are unable to fix it, the homeless four stumble upon a vacant summer cottage by a lake. In desperate straits, they decide to settle in.

    1. The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder

    How do snow crystals form? What shapes can they take? Are no two snow crystals alike? These questions and more are answered inside this exploration of the science of snow, featuring photos of real snow crystals in all their beautiful diversity. Perfect for reading on winter days, this book by a nature photographer and a snow scientist will inspire wonder and curiosity about the marvels of snow. 

    2. Sneezy the Snowman

    B-R-R-R-R! AH-CHOO! Sneezy the Snowman is cold, cold, cold. To warm up, he drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub, stands near a warm fire–and melts! But the children know just what to do to build him up again–and make him feel “just right”.

    3. Snowmen at Night

    Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you've wondered . . . what do snowmen do at night? This delightful wintertime tale reveals all!

    4. The Biggest Snowman Ever

    When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever. But building a huge snowman alone is hard! They work and work, but their snowmen just aren't big enough. Soon they have an idea. As the day of the contest approaches, Clayton and Desmond join forces to build the biggest snowman ever.

    5. Over and Under the Snow

    Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow lies a secret world of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals making their winter home under the snow. This beloved nonfiction picture book exploring the subnivean zone reveals the tunnels and caves formed beneath the snow but over the ground, where many kinds of animals live through the winter, safe and warm, awake and busy, but hidden beneath the snow.

    A Hat for Minerva Louise

    "Stoeke's second book about that intrepid screwball, Minerva Louise, is a rare find."—The Horn Book, starred review. The other chickens hate snowy mornings. But not Minerva Louise! To her a snowy day—like everything else—is an adventure. But this chilly, chipper hen needs something to keep her warm. What she finds—and how she finds it—will keep young readers cackling.

    6. How to Catch a Snowman

    Our heroes' entry for the snowman contest has magically come to life―and ran away! Can YOU help catch it? Get ready for snow much fun as you travel through a winter wonderland with running, skating, and bouncing through trap after trap to catch the snowman and claim the winning prize. Will the snowman teach our heroes a lesson they'll never forget?

    The Big Snow

    When the geese begin to fly south, the leaves flutter down from the trees and the cold winds begin to blow from the north, the animals of the woods and meadows, big and small, prepare for the long, cold winter ahead when the countryside is hidden under a deep blanket of snow. They gather food and look for warm, snug places in the ground, trees, caves or thickets, where they can find protection against the icy winds.It might have been hard for the birds and animals of the hillside to survive when the Big Snow came if their good friends, who lived in the little stone house, had not remembered to put food out for them.Here, in many beautiful pictures, the Haders show how winter comes to the woodland as the busy animals make their preparations.

    7. Curious About Snow (Smithsonian)

    The Smithsonian does things right and this Curious About Snow book is a
    great introduction for curious kiddos with real images and simple explanations.

    8. Animals in Winter

    This is a clear and appealing book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Introduce kids to basic science ideas as part of discussions about the seasons and animals.

    9. Arctic Figurines, Including A Harp Seal, Husky, Caribou, Arctic Rabbit, Killer Whale, Walrus, Arctic Fox, Beluga Whale, Igloo, And Polar Bear

    SET OF 10 FUN AND FRIGID FIGURES – It’s hard to stay warm at the North Pole, but you can discover its wonders in your home with these frigid friends. This TOOB includes a Harp Seal, Husky, Caribou, Arctic Rabbit, Killer Whale, Walrus, Arctic Fox, Beluga Whale, Igloo, and Polar Bear.

    10. Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World

    See the world in a whole new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman combines art and science in this exciting and educational guide to the structure, function, and personality of the natural world. Explore the anatomy of a jellyfish, the inside of a volcano, monarch butterfly migration, how sunsets work, and much more. Rothman’s whimsical illustrations are paired with interactive activities that encourage curiosity and inspire you to look more closely at the world all around you.

    Next, look at ways to play the snowman game.

    BUILD A SNOWMAN GAME PLAYING IDEAS

    This game can actually be done many different ways depending on the ages of your kids.

    Look at these suggestions below on how to do this latest fun activity I have for you.

    • Roll the cube, and have an older child cut out cardboard and draw, color or paint each piece as he builds the snowman.
    • Roll the cube, and have a younger child cut out card stock and draw, color or paint each piece as he builds the snowman.
    • Print two pictures of the cube or die on card stock. Have your child cut out the pictures on one cube and glue the pictures on cardboard or paper. Use another cube for game playing.
    • To teach a preschooler shapes, make the snowman parts different shapes. Octagon for the body, circles for the buttons and cone for the nose will have him practicing geometry skills.
    • Of course, you can just have the child color the picture as he rolls that part of the snowman on the cube.
    • Another easy tip is to cut out the snowman on the download below and put him back together as your child rolls the cube.
    Grab this FUN and FREE How to Make an Easy Build a Snowman Kid's Game (with free printable cube). It’s a great activity for a winter unit study to keep the kids busy.

    Next look at more snowman fun.

    MORE SNOWMAN ACTIVITIES

    Snowman Kid’s Game

    Although a game like this is fun, it also teaches many skills. 

    Preschoolers strengthen fine motor skills by both coloring and cutting.

    In addition, you can expand this game by writing down words that correspond to the pictures on the cube.

    And children learn to take turns as they play together.

    Another way to make this game fun for your artsy kids is to have them roll the cube and draw their own parts for the snowman and build it as they go along. 

    Designing their own snowman builds creativity and strengthens the imagination.

    A game like building a snowman is also a fun activity to do with a group of kids in a homeschool co-op.

    Each kid can design their own snowman and learn to play together.

    One more idea is to have your children work together to build a giant snowman on butcher block paper.

    Collaboration is a skill that a child uses on to high school.

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