Stephanie Oswald

Shaving Cream Sort and Spell

March 8, 2025January 14, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

This week we have been trying out a lot of different spelling activities as my daughter makes her way through her Words Their Way spelling list. So far this game of Shaving Cream Sort and Spell has been my daughter’s favorite — how could it not be for a kid that LOVES sensory messes?!

This game of shaving cream sort and spell is an awesome way to get children examining and manipulating their spelling words!

If you are not familiar with Words Their Way, it is a program that focuses on getting kids to examine and manipulate their spelling words instead of just memorizing them. We have been having a lot of fun with it!

Letter Recognition Snow Search

March 8, 2025January 12, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

My little man is absolutely obsessed with Paw Patrol. Like he is a walking ad for the show level of obsessed. His favorite pup this week is Everest who has gone on many missions with him into the snowy wonderland that is our backyard. This Letter Recognition Snow Search came to be in an attempt to channel some of his rescue mission passion into a fun indoor learning activity.

Kids will have a blast rescuing each letter of the alphabet with this letter recognition snow search!

A blizzard has buried all 26 letters and they are all trapped under the snow fall. Rescue each letter (and identify them) so they can get back home to their puzzle board!

Word Families Lego Sort

March 6, 2025January 12, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

This year my daughter has been working her way through a spelling development program called Words Their Way. If you are not familiar with Words Their Way I highly suggest you check it out. It is an awesome program for helping kids work on their phonics, vocabulary, and spelling in a way that goes further than just memorization. This game of Word Families Lego Sort is one of the many activities that we do to work on her Words Their Way weekly spelling list.

This game of word families lego sort is an awesome way to work on a Words Their Way spelling list!

When children sort words in games such as this they are engaged in the process of searching, analyzing, comparing, and contrasting. These problem solving skills help teach children how to form generalizations that can be applied when they come across new words that they may not know.

Martin Luther King Jr. Crafts- Dream Card

March 6, 2025January 10, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day happening next Monday we have spent a good amount of time talking about Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. While Livia is beginning to grasp the concepts of segregation and the civil rights movement, we are mostly focusing on how we treat other people.

Martin Luther King Jr. Crafts — Front of Card

Before we started the Martin Luther King Jr. craft we talked about how everyone is different and how it is those differences that make the world a beautiful place. We brainstormed ideas on how we should treat people and labeled some of the differences found between us.

The Secret to a Vibrant and Soft Homemade Play Dough

June 19, 2025January 9, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

It’s no secret that we love play dough around here. It seems like daily I am having to whip up another batch. While learning how to make play dough I ran into a couple different frustrations like reds that looked more like pinks and dyeing processes that left my hands stained and my kitchen a mess.

The Secret to Vibrant and Soft Play Dough

For the longest time I used and loved our easy play dough recipe. It is a fail proof way to make an amazing play dough that lasts. We even discovered how to turn the easy play dough recipe into a glow in the dark play dough recipe…But I have to be completely honest and say that I really wanted to find a method that was even easier than that.