Do you love fun and silly family activities? My kids were cracking up last week as I reminisced about the footy pajamas I got every year for Christmas . . . with butt flaps. Remember those? (Super classy!) That’s why I decided to include the jammies idea in a Christmas mad libs type letter. It’s a free printable and should be […]
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Mad Libs: The Game
If you’re a family that loves games and word play, then you’ll want to check out Mad Libs: The Game. We think it’s a blast! Mad Libs: The Game In Mad Libs: The Game, players are dealt word cards. Each word card has the word in as many part of speech variations as possible […]
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Kids do need to learn grammar, especially the parts of speech. Here are some fun ideas for teaching and applying parts of speech in a writing workshop. In my summer writing workshop, I had kids ages seven to ten. Find and Sort Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives First we looked for cool words in magazines. I modeled this […]
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