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Fun, FREE eBook for Little Kids

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Free eBook for Baby

“Doodles and Jots for Tots” is full of fun, mostly rhyming stories to last you and your little ones all year long; download the PDF for FREE below!

International Book Giving Day

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Happy Valentine’s Day AND International Book Giving Day!  I have been enjoying the build up to Valentine’s Day with a bunch of Valentine’s themed posts.  Here’s a few…

I have also been excited about International Book Giving Day because it provided the motivation I needed to create my first eBook!  It included 19 fun, illustrated, mostly one word Doodles and Jots rhyming stories.  It has been something I have wanted to create for a while and when I read this post about International Book Giving Day from Mommy Labs I decided it would be the perfect way for me to participate in International Book Giving Day!

Free Children’s eBook

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Grab the free PDF here: Doodles and Jots for Tots

It looks great on my iPhone Adobe Reader app!  Read it in waiting rooms with babies or pre-readers!  And if you like it please share this post!  You can also download it at Pragmatic Mom’s International Book Giving post.  Read too about the great ways she is participating with book donations.

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By the way, the Doodles and Jots gang is on vaca in Florida!  We drove down from Massachusetts a day early on the front end of the blizzard and we got out just before they closed I95!  It made for a real adventure!  The extra day also afforded us a stop in DC where we all enjoyed a visit to the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

I had fun passing the time by creating an Instagram travel log here.  If you are not on Instagram, don’t worry, I am planning a recap here later this week.

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This post is linked up with It’s Playtime at Kids Activities Blog.  Check it out for links to top play themed Pinterest boards.  Also linked up with Kid Lit Book Giveaway Linky at Boys and Literacy, I’m a Reader’s Got Great (Book) Giveaways, Hobbies on a budget’s Book Giveaway Link Up, and Papa is a Preacher’s Tidbit Thursday.

Market Math

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Printable Math Game

Are you looking for a fun way to practice math this summer?  How about an open ended math game with this fun produce printable!  Just print out the following PDF: market math on card-stock and cut out all the fruits along the dotted lines.  Don’t worry, the hand cramping is only temporary and will be SO worth it!

There are a bunch of different ways to play.  If you like, you can start by drawing a fruit stand with baskets for the different fruits, maybe a scale, a shopkeeper, and a basket for your purchases.  Get creative!  Whoever said you can’t be creative while learning math?!

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Don’t Give Dad a Tie

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…Give him three!

I guess a lot of dads don’t wear ties anymore, at least not on most days, but it still seems to be a fun and iconic Father’d Day gift.

With this easy print, build, and color card craft, you can give your dad 3 ties designed by you that he can enjoy looking at but doesn’t need to feel obligated to wear or find an open spot on his crowded tie rack for.  Go crazy!  This is really a win win people!

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Monkey Wrench

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Monkey Wrench (felt-tip pen on marker paper)

This morning we were running late and not just a little.  We had a few monkey wrenches thrown into our morning.  That is how I explained it to my son’s preschool teacher on the phone.  On the ride home I was thinking about a monkey wrench and other idioms.  One of my favorite assignments from elementary school was using an idiom in a sentence and then drawing a funny picture of the literal meaning.  Of course they tell you not to use idioms in your writing because they are over used cliches.  I think this is true but I also think it is good for kids to learn about them so they know what they mean plus it is fun and funny!

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All Signs Point to Fun!

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Photo of play traffic signs you can make the printable in this post, popsicle sticks, and bottle caps.Printable Traffic Signs for Kids

Do you have a young lad in your home who loves vehicles and transportation of all kinds?  I think it is in their DNA.

On the way to school the other day my 4 year old son was asking about traffic lights and why we have them and stop signs and why they are red and not green (his favorite color).  It occurred to me that his ever growing collection of toy cars at home are riding around like crazy without any traffic signs at all.  A completely dangerous situation!

I have decided to remedy this today with…

Print and Play Traffic Signs!

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Free Bird Journal

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preview of free PDF bird book print out

Free printable Bird Journal (cover image)

We are spending some much needed time outside these days in the warm weather.  The kids are having so much fun being more active and making spring discoveries.  Have you noticed a lot more birds around lately?  Would you like a journal to keep track of what you are seeing?

How about a free bird journal complements of Doodles and Jots?  This journal included 20 bird types and 8 blanks for you to add additional ones.  We live in coastal New England so the birds included may be a little different than what you have so feel free to print extra blanks.

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