The Math Olympiad is a globally recognized competition designed to challenge young minds and nurture their mathematical talents. It provides students with a platform to showcase their skills, improve problem-solving abilities, and compete with peers worldwide. These competitions encourage logical thinking and analytical reasoning, skills crucial for academic and future professional success.
Participating in a Math Olympiad boosts a student’s confidence and opens up opportunities for recognition, scholarships, and further education. High achievers often receive prestigious awards such as certificates, medals and trophies but beyond the accolades, the experience itself fosters personal growth and learning. The competitions are an excellent way for students to push their limits and discover their full mathematical potential.
Eye Level Math Olympiad 2024
One of the standout competitions is the Eye Level Math Olympiad (ELMO), which invites participants from Grade 1 to Grade 8 to test their math skills on a global platform. ELMO emphasizes individualized learning, providing participants with detailed performance analyses. This feedback helps students understand their strengths and areas for improvement, making ELMO not just a competition but a valuable learning experience.
ELMO participants are not only eligible for certificates and medals, but top scorers also stand a chance to win cash prizes. Open to both Eye Level members and non-members, this competition provides young learners with an opportunity to shine in mathematics, no matter their starting point. ELMO’s comprehensive approach ensures students of all levels benefit from the experience.
In 2024, ELMO registration runs from October 1st to October 31st, with the competition taking place from November 23rd until 24th November, nationwide.
Interested students may register here and they can choose the venue they are convenient with. Eye Level members are charged RM30 while non-members will be charged RM50.
With over 60,000 participants from more than 15 countries, it promises to be an enriching experience. Whether your child is looking to challenge themselves or gain valuable insights into their mathematical ability, ELMO offers an exciting opportunity to grow and succeed. Register today and let your child showcase their math skills globally.
This school holidays, you can explore this site and do some of the fun activities with your child to encourage creative storytelling and writing. Here's what we love about the site.
We love the writing worksheets for kids especially the creative writing prompts. I bet the kids will have a lot of laughs with those
We love the adjectives, verbs and adverbs list. These will be useful for kids to help them along especially if they struggle with the right words to use in a story whether written or verbal
Parents and educators will find the lesson plans and classroom posters useful
Younger kids may enjoy the Fill In The Blanks Story guides. All they need to do is fill in the blanks when prompted to come up with a quick story while older children can use the story prompts to tell their story
There is a section on "How To Tell A Story" which is excellent for parents/teachers as well as students. You can brush up your story telling skills or organize a fun group storytelling for your family or students
Check out this creative writing and storytelling resource for kids. You will find plenty of storytelling ideas here. Big thanks to Super Easy Storytelling for the images above. You can download all of the above and more from the site.
We've been writing a number of exam oriented posts. Time to do a turnaround and write something fun instead.
Today, we'd like to share 6 fill in the blank type of story makers for very young kids. These are great for young kids who love to write but need some help in the form of prompts. There are many other creative story writing sites for older kids. The ones here are for younger kids. All they have to do is fill in the blanks with a word when prompted such as a noun, adjective, name etc and then click create and see their story unfold. It is fun and easy.
I think what most kids would do is fill in the blanks with ridiculous ideas and words just to see what silly story they can come up with but that's fine too. That is all part of the fun!
Here are 10 fill in the blank story makers where all kids have to do is to fill in the blank with words when prompted and then with one click, they can see their story unfold. It will help to improve their vocabulary and increase their interest in stories and reading.
These story makers will help your child create adventure stories, fairy stories, science fiction stories, sports stories, space stories. Some of them are text while others are a game with pictures, sounds and backgrounds you can pick.
1. Story Maker from British Council is excellent for this. Kids can make a fairy story, a horror story or a science fiction story with the story maker.
2. The Seuss Ville Story Maker is fun too with background and characters from Horton Hears A Who. Your story comes with music too.
3. PBS Kids helps you create a sports story with word prompts, 27 prompts to be exact.
4. Readthon has a 30 second story maker to help you make a short story in 30 seconds using their Story Maker Game.
5. Using Madlibs from Kids Spirit dot com, you can make your own funny story by filling in the blanks.
6. From Space Place, you can write your own zany space story. This one has better prompts and won't allow you to enter if you have the adjective or noun etc. wrong. Not only will you have the fun to become the author of your very own adventure story, you will learn a thing or two about meteorites, black holes and more.
7. In Vocabulary.co you will find story blanks,a making stories game that allows you to create a story by filling in the blanks. There are plenty of other language and word games there too.
8. Pinky Dinky Doo helps the young child to pick on a picture to add it to their story and the read aloud button helps reinforce learning. The story comes with audio and visuals making it more interesting for the very young child.
9 Carnegie Library gives you items, backgrounds and prompts in the forms of questions to help you along. This is slightly more than just fill in the blanks as kids will have to type out the story based on what they select.
10 Smokey Bear gives you fill in the blank prompts for your child to create a forest story.
Getting your child to go through these will not only be fun, it might just create a new interest in him or her in reading or writing. Have fun!
If you are teaching kids math, read this post for some ideas for some math games and activities to make learning math fun for kids.
Kids can have fun with Math
Fun Math Games, Interesting Math Activities, Printable Math Games. There are many sites you can use to teach your kids math. I will review some of the ones I think are the best for teaching kids math in a fun manner.
Math need not be boring or hard. It can be fun. Make use of these resources to help your children learn math quickly and easily. They won't even realize they are learning.
Math Songs for Kids on YouTube - These math songs are sure to get kids tapping, singing and dancing along while they learn math.
One of the best way to learn anything is through songs. Somehow the retention and message gets through quickly especially if the song is fun and catchy and the child likes to listen to them over and over again. Repetition always helps retention. Kids learn fast through music and songs in a fun manner. Songs and music make learning math so much more fun!
Besides math songs on YouTube, here are some other fun online math resources for kids to learn math.
Cool Math 4 Kids
Cool Math for Kids age 3 through 12
This site is the place to go for Cool Math Games for kids from age 3 up to 12. There are so many math games here you won't have time to go through all of them! The games are suitable for pre-school children learning pre-algebra right up to grade school kids learning fractions.
You can also get free printable math flash cards here. With game titles like Snorzees, Civiballs 2, B-Cubed, Abducktion etc kids can definitely be assured of having fun while learning math. I like the Monster Mind Reader Math Game.
Cool Math
Cool Math Games for kids aged 13 to 100!
This is another site from the Cool Math Network of Websites. Suitable for kids aged 13 and up to 100, the math games are sure to keep kid coming back for more math.
Besides the games, you can get free Math Lessons, Math Practise, and have access to a Math Dictionary and other reference. It is a very nice and cool place for kids to learn Math.
There are many other interesting math sites in the Cool Math Network of websites. I especially Finance Freak, where teens and even adults can learn Money Math. I like this saying on the site "A fool and his moeny are soon parted.... Don't be a fool, be a freak!" hence the name, FinanceFreak.com. Cute tongue in cheek humour.
Learning Games For Kids .com
Printable Math Games for Kids
You can find plenty of Printable Math Games for kids on Learning Games For Kids .com
This site is very user friendly. The free online math games can be easily found according to different grades and levels, starting from Kindergarten Math, moving up to 1st Grade Math, 2nd Grade Math, 3rd Grade Math, 4th Grade math up to 5th Grade Math plus you can also find Addition Games, Subtraction Games, Multiplication Games and Division Games easily and quickly.
Primary Games .com
Telling the Time Games, Shape Games and More
This site called Primary Games .com was created by a teacher. I find the Math Games suitable for young children.
Here you will find games about telling the time, money games, shape games, and other puzzles like tangram and sudoku for young kids.
Kids Math Games Online .com
Math Puzzles, Memory Game, Logic Game, Problem Solving Games, Quizzes and more
Kid Math Games Online is another excellent resource for free Math Games and Activities. The popular games here include addition games, subtraction games, online Sudoku, online board games, probability, percentages, angles and more.
I like the free classic board games like checkers, chess, backgammon and dominoes as well as the evergreen logic games including mastermind, tic tac toe and rock paper scissors. These are classic games that all kids should know. Now they can learn it online interactively.
This site is yet another excellent resource for kids to learn math. Thumbs up for it!
Maths Zone of Woodlands Junior School
Interactive Maths Games and Activities From Woodlands Junior School Maths Zone
Woodlands Junior School, a primary school in England with students from 7 to 11 years, has a good educational site for children. It includes an Interactive Maths Zone for kids.
The Maths Zone is categorized into the following Maths Categories:
1. Number Skills
2. Shape and Space Skills
3. Data and Probability
4. Measure Skills
5. Maths Investigations
Besides These Online Math Games And Sites You Can Use the Abacus to teach Math - Mental Math is a useful lifelong skill
An abacus is a great way to teach mental math through visualization. Check out the 3 Online Chinese Abacus or Suan Pan from our earlier post.
You Can Also Teach Math with Board Games
You can use Board Games to teach kids about simple counting, addition and subtraction as they go back and forth the board or about counting money for games like Monopoly
The classic monopoly game is not just a game. It teaches kids about counting money and investing.
My kids who are 7 and 9 love to play monopoly. They love to buy and sell properties, build houses and collect taxes for properties or land that they own. As they throw the dice, they quickly learn addition, they learn to count fast when moving along the board. They learn to count and get the correct change when buying land etc. Board games like the monopoly is a great way of teaching kids about math without them even knowing it! Tangrams - Tangram puzzles are great for teaching kids about shapes
The old ancient Chinese Puzzle called the Tangram has 7 pieces. Legend has it that an old Chinese man dropped a square tile and broke it into 7 pieces with straight sides.
A Chinese Tangram Puzzle is a good and fun way for teaching kids to recognize shapes and sizes. It also improves spatial reasoning.
Not only that, an adult will be captivated by the limitless possibilities you can create with these puzzles as well. Animals, objects and people of all shapes and sizes. This is a wonderful Math Game for kids.
Do you like Math?
Well, perhaps you will find Math fun after checking out some of the resources on this post.
Cross Stitch Projects Are Excellent First Sewing Projects For Kids Because They Are Easy To Sew And The Results Are Lovely. This Post Talks About Some Simple Yet Adorable Cross Stitch For Children.
Simple Cross Stitch Projects For Kids
You can introduce young kids to crafting by teaching them the art of cross stitch. Even very young children can cross stitch. Here are some great cross stitch for kids sites and cross stitch patterns for kids and beginners.
My son did this "I Love You" cross stitch pillow in the picture when he was 6 years old in preschool.
Cross Stitch resources in this post are perfect for kids and adult beginners too. They are fun, colorful and most of them come with all cross stitch materials supplied. Also included are themed cross stitch kits for Christmas and Valentine's Day. A First Cross Stitch Kit Should Be Colorful And Come With Everything, Material, Embroidery Floss And Needles.
Cross Stitch Bookmarks are a good easy project which you can start your child on while a cute framed up Cross Stitch Will Surely Light Up Any Child's Room. Your child will feel proud of his needlework.
Tips for kids doing cross stitch
Start slow then build up to more complicated projects
I learned this mistake from my kids. My boy had come home with his own cross stitch project from preschool. It was made from one of those all-in-one cross stitch kit. My girl wanted one too but I didn't have a cross stitch kit. I took out a flower design from one of my cross stitch books which I thought looked rather easy. It was not!
My girl could not follow the instructions. She didn't know which way to sew and which way to cross. In the end, she got frustrated. The project also took too long. It is still sitting somewhere in our craft cupboard uncompleted.
It was a bunch of flowers with shading. I learned that for kids cross stitch projects you must start slowly, with basic stitches only, no shading or other stitches, just straightforward colors, not too many colors, and the pattern must be big and easy to follow.
Kids Counted Cross Stitch must be small enough to be completed in a few short sittings so that kids don't feel frustrated. If they can complete it within a few sittings, they will feel pride in their work and want to do more. Then, you can move on to more complicated cross stitch projects for kids.
In the picture, you will see a cross stitch bookmark that was done by my son at 7 years old. Kids can make cross stitch bookmarks, cross stitch magnets, cross stitch cards, little cross stitch pictures or have their cross stitch sewn onto their own clothing to make it more fun!
Fine Motor Skills
Young kids get a lot of practice with their fine motor skills when doing cross stitch. They also learn patience and it improves their attention span.
Free Online Charts for Beginners and Kids
from EMS Cross Stitch Academy
I just love the EMS Cross Stitch Academy. They have beautiful free Cross Stitch Patterns you can access for free. There are many lovely free Cross Stitch for beginners and kids here. The best part is the charts can either be viewed online step-by-step or downloaded if you prefer.
There are many "firsts" Cross Stitch designs and free Cross Stitch Patterns here. First bouquet, First Mother's Day, First Motif and First Christmas. They are easy to follow yet beautiful.
People Theme Cross Stitch Designs Are Fun As A Kids First Project. There are many themed projects you can start with.
Cross Stitch Patterns for kids should be.....
1. Big and Easy to follow
2. Contain basic stitches only
3. Have few colors
4. Can be finished quickly
5. Fun, funny and bright
How to Cross Stitch
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
DLTK's Crafts for Kids site has many free cross stitch patterns and projects for kids. They are great for any other beginner too, not only kids.
Plus, they have framing or display suggestions for your completed cross stitch, which I like.
A Robot Is A Good Subject For Boys To Sew. Yes, Boys Can Sew Too! Choose themes that boys will like including robots, cars, space etc.
Get kids creative using cross stitch
You can make cross stitch cards, cross stitch bookmarks, cross stitch fridge magnets and many other simple cross stitch projects with kids. Start small with easy projects before building up to more complicated ones.
Free Cross Stitch Designs for direct download
by Alita Designs
Alita Designs offers Free Cross Stitch Design for kids for direct download. You can find cross stitch patterns for bears, flowers, clowns, snowman, Santa and rabbits here.
Animal Themed Cross Stitch Make Good First Cross Stitch Subjects Or Projects For Boys And Girls.
The pride of completing a Cross Stitch Craft
Kids Cross Stitch projects should be small and easy enough to be completed within a few sittings otherwise kids get bored or frustrated.
Big and Easy Cross Stitch Patterns designed just for kids
By Craft Designs for you
Craft Designs for you has easy and very big kids cross stitch patterns designed specially for children. The designs are big and easy to read using few colors of floss and only basic stitches. They are perfect for beginners.
A Teenager Just Starting Out Beginner's Cross Stitch Should Enjoy Rock Star Cross Stitch And Other Themes.
All in one Cross Stitch Kits
Many kids Cross Stitch Projects come in kits together with floss, material and frames and other stuff. These are great for the beginner who may not have ready Cross Stitch materials on hand and who may not require an entire floss of thread for small projects.
Children's First Cross Stitch Kit
Getting a Cross Stitch Kit is a great idea because it comes with everything you need for a small Cross Stitch Project for kids. Kids can make simple cross stitch projects like bookmarks, door hangers, fridge magnets and more.
Keep It Simple
Kids can do simple projects like Cross Stitch Bookmarks or Cross Stitch Magnets to keep them interested and allow them to complete a project quickly and easily.
Cross Stitch Magnet
Cross Stitch Magnet Kits are a great starter Cross Stitch Set for Children doing Cross Stitch because they are easy to complete and the results are attractive and can be used to decorate a white board in a study room.
Bookmarks Are Lovely Projects For Kids
Kids can make simple projects like a bookmark as their first cross stitch project.
Remember to select simple designs that are easy to complete. There are many Cross Stitch Bookmark kits available. However, some of them may be more suitable for older kids or an adult beginner at Cross Stitch.
A Cross Stitch Bookmark Is Great For Beginners Of Any Age
Christmas Holidays and Season is a Good Time To Get Kids Started on Cross Stitching - Christmas Cross Stitch Projects For Kids
Doing crafts like cross stitch to get kids to celebrate and get in the mood for the holidays or festivities is a great idea. Not only will kids enjoy the new craft, they will also get into the spirit of things and feel the holiday mood.
Sewing a cross stitch Christmas tree ornament is a very easy project for Cross Stitch beginners and make a nice decoration for Christmas. Kids will feel very proud of stitching one.
Cross Stitch Mini Projects for Kids
Festive Projects for Kids
With kids, you want to keep projects mini. It is very important to start kids off with a small age appropriate project.
Kids get frustrated quickly and they quickly lose their attention spans and interest if the project is too hard to complete.
Festive projects is a nice mini project for kids. It gets them excited about the celebration and it keeps them involve to make something for the house or as a gift.
For example as Christmas approaches, this is a good time to start kids off with a mini Cross Stitch Project with a Christmas theme.
They can sew a Cross Stitch Mini Christmas Ornament or a Cross Stitch Stocking if it is simple enough.
These fun Christmas mini cross stitch kits are cheap, easy to do and will look great as Christmas tree ornaments.
Kids can have fun sewing Santa, snowman, gingerbread house and mini nativity scenes using simple counted cross stitch kits with a Christmas theme.
If You Are Planning To Have An Activity For A Playgroup, Then Get A Set Of Simple But Matching Cross Stitch Design For Kids To Sew Together. It will be fun for the group and make the reluctant ones more excited about their cross stitch project.
Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments are usually easy to do. You can find many simple designs for beginners and children. As a Christmas craft project, you can get your child to sew a Christmas Ornament Cross stitch and hang them up on the Christmas tree, one for each child or one for each year.
Valentine's Day Cross Stitch Project For Kids and Beginners - I Love You - Valentine's Day Cross Stitch Projects
Another good time to start kids on cross stitching is during Valentine's Day. Kids can sew easy cross stitch designs for Valentine's Day and other holidays and celebrations. Just remember to pick, simple and easy designers that can be completed quickly before they lose interest in the project.
A Simple Heart Design Cross Stitch Is Just Right For A Valentine's Day Project and very easy to do.
Simple Cross Stitch with Quotes
Cross Stitch with Quotes on Them - Kids Quotes Cross Stitch Design is extremely easy and can be done in no time. Sew a simple quote, add a simple design, then frame it up. They are great for a kids room decor.
Kids Cross Stitch Project For Girls - My 1st Stitch Counted Mini Cross Stitch Kit with sweet colors and designs are excellent for little girls.
When choosing Cross Stitch Project For Girls, select those with a girly theme and with cute adorable cartoons with sweet colors in pink, purple and other bright colored floss. Flowers also make good themes for little girls.
Mandala Coloring for adults are the rage. Have you got caught in the adult coloring craze yet? Why not color together with your child? Here are some fun Mandala Coloring Pages for kids for your child to color together with you.
This one is from preschool activities. They've got some summer themed mandalas which include ice-creams, beach umbrellas, palm trees, beach balls and more to color.
Cute Online Games for Girls based on Girls Cartoon Characters and other themes for girls
Barbie, Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake, Disney Princesses, Dora the Explorer, Powerpuff Girls and more girls online cartoon character games are featured here.
Being a parent to children living in the digital age, internet gaming, online games, games on handheld devices and other gadgets are a norm. As a parent, I have to be the constant guide to my kids, so here are the mum-tested online games for my girl. Instead of letting her browse freely, sometimes I search for good girl games that may interest her. I will share them here with other parents with girls.
The links on this post link directly to the official sites for each of the girl's favourite cartoons. They point directly to the games section so you don't have to waste time searching for the games. Enjoy!
Girls Cartoon Character Games
Cartoon Characters are the best online games for girls because they can recognize and relate to them.
Fun and Games for Barbie fans
Barbie fans will surely love this site. Everything Barbie is here. Barbie Princess and Fairy, Barbie Fashion, Barbie Pets, Barbie Music and Dance, Barbie Puzzle and lots of Barbie fun for Barbie fans big and small.
Angelina Ballerina Games for Girls
Here are some Angelina Ballerina games for little Ballerina wannabes. With game titles like Dance with me, Dance to the Rhythm and Dress up Angelina. Besides these, there are some cool printables too.
Sanrio
Home of Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty is another character that little girls adore. Big girls too! Sanrio Town is the place to go for all Hello Kitty fans and that includes the big fan I have at home, my girl. Visit Sanrio Town for Hello Kitty fun and games.
Ni Hao Kai-Lan games for girls
from Nick.Jr.com
Another Nick.Jr.com favorite for girls are the Ni Hao Kai-Lan games. Ni Hao Kai-Lan's games are Chinese themed games for girls including the Ni Hao dragon boat race game.
Dora the Explorer Games
Dora the Explorer is great for inquisitive little girls who love puzzles and adventure!
from NickJr.co.uk
Little fans of Dora The Explorer will find plenty of Dora the Explorer games at Nick.Jr.co.uk. Of course Dora's friend Boots, the Map, and the Stars are featured in the games not to mention plenty of adventure and puzzles Dora style.
Strawberry Shortcake
Here is Strawberry Shortcake's Play Catalog featuring Strawberry Shortcake games for girls including the Fashion Show Game, How a Garden Grows Game, Berry Cool Beach Party Game and more.
Strawberry Shortcake
She might be tiny, but Strawberry Shortcake has a huge heart. Strawberry Shortcake likes to make delicious treats at her Berry Cafe for her friends in Berry Bitty City.
The Powerpuff Girls Games
from Cartoon Network
My girl can't decide which cartoon character she loves the most. I can tell from the cartoon she chooses for her cake. One year it is Hello Kitty. Next it is Powerpuff. I remember one year we had a Powerpuff cake for her birthday but most of the time it is Hello Kitty. She loved playing these Powerpuff Girls Games. These games are for girls with an adventurous spirit.
Other Online themed games for Girls
Besides Cartoon Character games, girls can play themed Games like dressing up games, cooking games etc.
Other Online Games for Girls
Besides girl's cartoon character games, all games love to play paperdoll and dressing up games like these.
Cool Fashion Games
Fashion Games for the fashion conscious little missy from MyScene
Paper Doll Heaven
Paper Doll Games, cute dollhouses, dolls, hair , make-up and makeover games.
Most little girls adore Disney Princesses.
Disney Princess Games
At Disney.com, girls can look forward to playing Disney Princess games like Princess Solitaire, Princess Jewel Match and Hidden Treasures.
I love a freebie, don't you? I especially love it when the freebie is a book. Books may be cheap when bought one at a time but you don't usually buy books one at a time especially if you have little bookworms at home who devour books. So, I am especially delighted whenever I can find free books for kids, even more so when the free books are in digital form (so they don't take up shelf space) and tablet friendly.
Credit: The Books Clipart I used for my poster is from Cliparts.co
Other icon pictures shown below are from the storybook sites reviewed.
Many of us read stories to our children before they go to bed at night using real story books but what about online stories? Do we spend time reading online stories to our children? Reading online interactive story books together with your child can be a fun experience. The best way for a child to enjoy online storybooks is together with the parent. Don't let online stories or apps become convenient baby sitters. Let them be a time for bonding, learning and teaching. Here are 8 great online sites which have amazing stories to listen and watch with your child.
Printables are fun especially printables that you can customize. Today, I'd like to share with you a wonderful site called DLTK with focus on their free calendars that you can customize. DLTK stands for the initials of the owner and her family. She has a whole list of kids sites, all of them wonderful for parents looking for printables and activities or crafts to do with their children.
I especially love DLTK's free printables because they can be customized. For example, you can customize the printable calendar up to year 2022! The calendar is also available in several languages. Here is the link to DLTK's Free Printable Custom Calendars.
Besides the year and language, you can customize your calendar with a clip art or cartoon of your choice. The graphics to go with your calendar is divided into several categories and themes including...
Animals
Holidays and Seasons
Cartoon Characters
Fantasy, Music, Princesses and so much more!
The holiday and seasons ones include Valentine's, Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc. Below are a few examples of the Holiday Calendars which I just customized from DLTK. Customization is very easy. Even your child can do it themselves.
To customize, you first have to select a monthly or yearly calendar. Then you choose the year and images you want for your calendar and pick black and white or color image. Choose the black and white if you want your child to color it themselves. You get to preview the image you have chosen. Then you click on "Create Calendar" and you can print it out immediately. Lovely!
Below are the sample holiday printable kids calendars for 2014 and 2015 which I created from the site. I made a Santa Printable Calendar For 2014. You can choose other graphics including Mrs Claus, Christmas tree, gingerbread man or elves. I also did a monthly Valentine's Day Calendar for 2015. I selected roses from a list of animals and flowers with hearts. Finally, I created a 2015 Calendar for kids using the Nursery Rhyme theme which was really unique.
I like the holiday and seasons themes for calendars because they help children learn to appreciate, countdown and feel the excitement for each holiday. I also like the nursery rhyme theme calendars there.
Please note that you may not print the calendars from this site. They are for illustration only. Please go to DLTK Free Printable Custom Calendars to customize and print your own calendar. You must also abide by their terms of service when you use their calendars. Do stop by there to read the terms too. While you are there, you can browse around for other printables like cards, bookmarks and more. I love that they can be customized before printing. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do.
DLTK's Santa Holiday Printable Calendar For December 2014
DLTK's Valentine Roses Printable Calendar For February 2015
Some time ago, my son had to do a school project on animals. He needed some animal facts printables.
We spent some time online doing research for his school animals projects. While we were doing that, we found some really excellent sites offering free animal printables in pdf format. I will share some of them with you here.
Orphan Bears Cubs
Image Credit: The above image plus all others on this post are from IFAW
Where To Find Articles About Animals? Here Are 5 Excellent Resources For Animal Fact Sheets
International Fund For Animal Welfare is committed towards saving and rescuing animals all over the world, not only animal populations but including individual animals too. I especially love their free e-magazine called World of Animals. Issues of World of Animals can be read online like any e-book and can also be downloaded for free. You can find the World of Animals magazine from IFAW at the Resource Center. Copies of these magazine about how animals are saved can also be downloaded in pdf format. This is an excellent resource for teaching kids to love animals. At the same time, you can also search the resource center for "Animal Fact Sheets". This will give you some printable fact sheets on mostly endangered animals.
Perth Zoo offers free animal facts printables on their website. The animal fact sheets in pdf format includes a fast facts section, a picture of the animal, a map, the description, diet, "in the wild", threats and a "Do You Know" section. Everything is in one page. Excellent for learners. The page is beautiful and perfect for kids learning about animals.
The World Animal Foundation or WAF organizes its printable Animal Fact Sheets on two pages in long paragraph format. These would be great for older students or kids as you get a lot of facts. Younger kids may prefer the one page printable type rather than one with long paragraphs to read. However, if you are reading with your child, then that is not a problem. All of the animal facts printables here are in pdf format.
The Canadian Geographic offers free printable animal fact sheets in pdf format as well. The fact sheets are organized in one page and classified under the following headings; Fast Facts, Physiology, Habitat/Behaviour and Range. It also includes a picture of the animal.
You also have an option to download the full collection of animal facts in print quality pdf files. The file size is 4.6 MB.
National Geographic Kids have lots of animal facts but not all of them are in printable pdf format. That is not an issue though. You can always do a printscreen. Kids from 8-12 can go to the section on Creature Features to find facts about animals which includes photos, videos and even audio of the sound the animal makes.
Older children from ages 10 and above can go straight on to this page on Animal Facts to find the numerous animals being featured. When it comes to selection of animals to read up on, you just can't beat National Geographic Kids.
If you are looking for facts about animals or articles about animals, I am sure you will find them on one of these sites. Together they provide a very comprehensive and excellent resource for anyone who wants to read up more about animals.
Since I am in the mood for creating free printable stuff for my blog, I decided to move it along and make a few free printable 2015 calendar for kids, both boys and girls.
They are full year 2015 calendar. I have not included any holidays in it as my blog readers come from all over the world, mainly the US but also India, Russia, Australia, France, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Singapore, Malaysia and more. So after thinking about it, I decided not to include any holidays so that everyone can use the free 2015 Kids Calendar.
Teaching kids how to use a calendar is a good way to teach them about the passage of time. It will help to teach younger kids about the days of the week. For older kids, it will help teach them to be more organized as you circle or tick off important dates like school trips, project due dates etc.
I created the 2015 Calendars in 3 designs. The first one is a bright yellow calendar so that it is nice and cheery for kids rooms. The top shows clip arts of children working and playing, something that every child should be doing all year round. Work hard and play hard. The clip arts are from Microsoft Publisher 2010.
Enjoy! If you like this page, please pin it. Thank you.
Free Printable 2015 Calendar For Kids
(Yellow)
Here is another kids timetable for the year 2015 which I created. It is in purple with a picture of a child standing on a pile of books. There are pencils beside the word 2015. As before, the clipart is from Microsoft Publisher. You can download the Purple Free Kids Calendar For 2015 from here. This one would be suitable or nice for a boy.
Free Kids Calendar For 2015
Purple
Since I did one for the boys, I decided to take it one step further and make a free printable 2015 calendar for girls, the princesses in your life. So here's one, in sweet pink and pastel yellow with a crown fit for a princess and a princess on the calendar in my attempt to create a princess theme Calendar for girls.
I've always enjoyed making cards, posters and calendars using all kinds of computer software and apps. However, it has never occurred to me to make a free printable to give away on my blog before. I guess there is always a first time for everything. I decided to make a free printable calendar for kids. Since it is coming to the last quarter of the year, it would not be practical to make a yearly calendar. A monthly calendar would be more appropriate. Since it is the end of September, I decided to make a free printable calendar for kids for the month of October 2014 incorporating a Halloween Design for kids to giveaway on my blog.
I used Microsoft Publisher to create this calendar. The Halloween Witch Cartoon on the October 2014 Calendar was hand drawn or rather finger drawn by me using my iPad and a drawing app. The iPad is a fantastic drawing tool.
Anyway, here it is. This is my very first free printable that I am giving away on my blog. It only took me minutes to do since I have got the graphics from the Halloween Greeting Card which I did for my blog last year. This is so much fun. I will definitely think of offering more free printables in the future. I hope you enjoy this one.
Download Link: Free Printable October 2014 Calendar For Kids (Halloween Theme) The file is in pdf format. If you have trouble printing, try the (Print Using System Dialog or Control + Shift + P) Option instead
Happy Mid Autumn Festival. The mooncake festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. That means in 2014, the mooncake festival or Mid Autumn Festival is on 8th September, 2014. Too bad this year, my girl will be having school examinations the very next year, so we won't be staying up playing with lanterns till late in the night.
Anyway, for those of you with younger kids, here are some excellent resources for some fun filled Moon Festival activities for children.
1. From British Council Schools Online check out the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival Resources and Education Pack. I particularly like the Design and Make A Mooncake activity for kids who like baking and the free Mooncake Box Template for kids who like designing.
2. From Childbook.com, check out the Chinese Moon Festival coloring pages. Plenty of cute designs to choose from here including mooncakes and teapot, family enjoying mooncakes together and Hou Yi & Chang Er and the Jade Rabbit. When you are on this link, do note that the Mid Autumn Festival Coloring pages is not the only activity you can find. Make sure you check out the Chinese Moon Festival Powerpoint Slideshow For Teachers. You can find the link to that just right after the Moon Festival coloring images. I recommend that you download it and watch it together with your child. The Mid Autumn Festival story featured in the slideshow utilizes the coloring images. After you watch the slides and learn more about Mid Autumn Festival, your child can color the Chinese Moon Festival graphics she sees in the slideshow.
That's it. I'm just going to review two sites this year because I think they are incredible and worth visiting. You may also like to check out : Teaching Kids About The Mid Autumn Festival.
Happy Mid Autumn Festival 2014 everyone!
Image Source: The greeting card shown was illustrated by the author for her Facebook Parenting Group
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