3 learning activities: Angry Birds, Scholastic Book Clubs, and Dice Stamping

Here are three educational finds of the week for me! All of these I saw on Pinterest! If anyone needs an invite, let me know.

First up: From mrsgilchristclass.blogspot.com

Use those extra (or your child's) Scholastic Book Order Forms and laminate them. Then have the child do a little scavenger hunt: find 3 books that are non-fiction, circle 4 books that you would like to read, find 2 books with an animal as the main character, and so forth.

I love hands-on activities like this that promote reading and literature! Not to mention, this activity costs you NOTHING.

From housingaforest.com

Dice stamping to create math sentences! Another more hands-on approach vs. just a worksheet. Guess who will be buying a package of dice next time they are at the dollar store?

Finally, drum roll please....

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This site has lots of activities for using Angry Birds in the classroom (or at home *wink*). I just bought the Angry Birds card game for my son for Christmas and am excited to give it to him! This site also has writing activities/prompts for using with Angry Birds. Love bringing something FUN and current in the classroom for the kids!

Linking up here:
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5 Giveaways That I Want To Win

We all love a good giveaway! I've entered five lately that you might be interested in also.

1. One in particular at Two Classy Chics has me really crossing my fingers to win! But you have to hurry, it ends Sunday! They are giving away a $50 gift card to Educational Insights.

2. Or you can enter to win other giveaways at Two Classy Chics. I entered this one, the alpha catch game (from Educational Insights!). Isn't it cute?

Enter here!

3. Klutz books. I used to want these as a kid. Now that I have kids of my own, they are still popular and Two Classy Chics is giving away THREE of them. Wouldn't winning make your Christmas shopping easier? They would make great gifts for your kids, nieces, grandkids, neighbor kids, etc.

4. Never heard of this game before but it sounds cute! The Double Duel Sound-Alike game. Yep, being given away by Two Classy Chics. This giveaway uses rafflecopter and is easy to enter!

5. Don't have a need for education/children's products? Everyone needs a snack, right?

I've been wanting to try these Popcorn Indiana Chips. Have you had them yet? I haven't bought any but am hoping to win the giveaway for them! If you want to enter too you can do so here.
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That is all for now folks! Enjoy entering those giveaways and have a good weekend. We're having company over and making smores! Yummm!