Quiet Book: Counting beads

I posted my Quiet book: Garden page a few days ago, and now I am back with another one!

Just so you know, I was originally going to combine all of the 'pages' together, but I think I like having each 'page' separate so my kids can play with different ones. 

Anyways, on to the tutorial!

(As with the previous page, this counting page is a no-sew version).

So as before, I used scrap pieces of felt that I already had in my stash.

A little spelling, reading, and math

Not too long ago my son really, really wanted this game one of his friends had.

We told him if he wanted it, he had to save up enough money to cover half of the cost, and we would cover the rest.

(I'm sure most of you have heard of it, it's an X-box game called Skylanders).

Long story short, he did what was asked, and we held up our end of the deal.

There is a rule though, he can only play on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and only for 30 minutes each day.

For a while we had been doing 'learning activities', but those somehow slipped through the cracks as we've gotten busier.

We decided to give my son the chance to earn more 'Skylanders time' by doing a learning activity.
For 25 minutes of learning, he gets 5 extra minutes of Skylanders time.

To keep track, each time he finishes his 25 minutes he gets to pick out a sticker and put it on this paper.

Once we've used the extra 5 minutes of X-box time, we cross the sticker off.

So, this activity is one of my favorites.

Fine motor activity

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all having a great week :)

Thanksgiving is just 1 week away! Can you believe it??

I am very excited to be able to see family for the holiday, nothing beats that!

Today I've got an awesome activity for the littles.

I actually made this for my son probably a year or so ago, but with our big move 2 months ago, it got thrown away.

The other day my son asked to do this activity again, and it was great because it didn't cost me anything to make it again, I already had everything on hand! 

Yay!

I love this activity because it promotes fine motor skills, and counting.

(Just a side note, I tried to find the blog I got the idea from, but to no avail. If you are out there, sorry I can't link back to you, but thanks for the idea!)