Patriotic, Educational Outdoor Party Games for Memorial Day

Memorial Day means family picnics, backyard BBQs and parties. Here's a complete DIY patriotic water fun park with 10 activities that you can set up in your backyard. Games are educational, with history and social studies connections. All the guests, young and old can enjoy the fun! This guide includes printables and complete game tutorials. If Memorial Day is too cold for outdoor water play, save for 4th of July.Red, White, Blue and 'Green'! 4th of July Backyard Water Park

Make Free Printable Spider-Man Coloring Pages into Learning Games

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opened May 2, 2014 in U.S. movie theaters. Are you a fan of Spider-Man? Then you'll want these free printable Spidey coloring pages. Actually, you can print any DC or Marvel superhero coloring pages from this link. You can find Barbie, Disney, PBS, Looney Tunes characters too! Make coloring pages into learning games. Print small images. Color. Attach to index cards and label. Use them to help kids learn to read. Write lists of associated words on the back For Spider-Man, you might use: spider, arachnid, insect, bug, super, hero, fly, web, city, save. Free Printable Spider-Man Coloring Pages

Free Printable Cinco de Mayo Games, Puzzles, Coloring Pages and Craft Activities

Cinco de Mayo may not be the Mexican Independence Day. It may be celebrated less in the country of origin and  more in the U.S. Regardless, after a long, cold winter many of us need some hot and spicy south-of-the-border fiesta-ing right now! Look no further for free printable Cinco de Mayo party games, crafts, activities, puzzles, coloring pages! You found it and bienvenidos! So shake those maracas and fire up the Mariachi! Free Printable Cinco de Mayo Coloring Pages and Crafts

DIY Educational Games from Recycled Materials for Earth Day

Want to encourage cooperative learning among students? Want to develop hands-on games and teaching materials? Need fast, easy, cheap homeschool materials? Need active learning games to help students learn content? Want to use recycled materials to make teaching tools? Whew, that's a long order. But no worries--I've got you covered. Here are homemade game ideas using recycled materials--perfect for Earth Day! DIY Educational Games: Easy and Cheap to Make from Recycled Materials

Free Printable Easter Egg Dyeing Patterns and Safe Homemade Dye Recipes

Waited till the last minute to buy Easter egg dyeing kits for the kids? Now the store is out and you have to pull a rabbit out of a hat (pun intended) and come up with your own egg decorations. Never fear--super DIY mom is here with tips on homemade Easter egg decorations using recycled and on-hand materials. I've included free printable Easter egg patterns, too. And best of all, homemade is cheaper and safer than store-bought egg coloring kits! Cheap, Homemade, Safe Easter Egg Dyeing, Recycled Decorations

Free Printable Story Starters, Picture Cue Writing Games and Prompts for Preschool NaPoWriMo

April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. Teachers, why not celebrate in school by hosting creative writer workshops with students? Parents, you can do with kids at home or make activities part of a homeschool lessons. Here are free printable preschool story starters, writing games and picture cue writing prompts to get the ideas flowing. Free Printable Preschool Story Starters, Picture Cue Writing Prompts

Snowtastic Winter Party, Snow Games and Sports Printables

Raise your hand if you've had it with winter. I know I have!Here's a winter blues buster: throw a snowtastic party. Celebrate the closing of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and extend the fun with your own game variations. Here are safe, easy snow activities requiring no fancy equipment. I've included literature-based activities, lesson plans and crafts.  Extend Winter Olympics: Easy Snow Games and Sports