kindergarten Archives — Thrifty Mommas Tips https://www.thriftymommastips.com/tag/kindergarten/ Travel, Health & Family Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-thrifty_logo_header-32x32.png kindergarten Archives — Thrifty Mommas Tips https://www.thriftymommastips.com/tag/kindergarten/ 32 32 77340857 Praying Mantis Life Cycle Games Activity Booklet https://www.thriftymommastips.com/praying-mantis-life-cycle-games-activity-booklet/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:21:00 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=36149 What do you know about the praying mantis or the praying mantis life cycle? It is at once one of the creepiest and also one of the coolest bugs going. That’s why I thought it would be fun to share this praying mantis life cycle games booklet with you. Post may contain affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission via purchases made. There comes a point in every elementary school curriculum when they teach life cycles of animals, plants, humans and insects too. So, whether you are doing remote learning, or in person school this crazy pandemic year, you can probably use this educational booklet to supplement learning. So, what do you know about the praying mantis or the praying mantis life cycle? Have you ever seen one up close? Praying Mantis Facts When they clasp their forelegs together, they look like they are praying. They are named for a greek word mantikos which means prophet. The females sometimes eat their mates. They are cannibals. Did You Know? These quirky insects have two eyes and only one ear. While a few gardening companies and smaller outfits sell mantids as insect control for your garden, they are not actually that beneficial. Mantids do not discriminate and will eat all of the bugs in your garden, even the helpful species. There are many cute garden accessories though that look like praying mantis insects but less creepy. LOL. Get this set of metal insects for the gardener in your life. They are super adorable. There are over 2,000 species of mantids. Mantids are not native to North America, but a few of the varieties were introduced to areas of the US, such as New York and Philadelphia. Interested in learning more about the Praying Mantis? Here are a few recommended resources. Are you a homeschooler? Get this kit to help bring this lesson to life. It’s perfect. Praying Mantis Life Cycle Kit and Toys This cute kid’s insects book works too. There are several praying mantis books available. Just determine what age level you are looking for. Finally, we also love this one….Praying Mantis Book What’s in the Book? The first page is a Glue the Pieces to the Page Puzzle.  Page 2 is a sweet little maze – help the praying mantis find his way through the maze to the mare. Spelling and Trace the Letters to learn some new words like nymph. (great tool for nurturing early literacy) Page 4 is a Self Correcting Puzzle. Use the scissors to cut this out and help reinforce hand eye coordination and fine motor skills too. By the time the kids are done this praying mantis life cycle booklet, which is pretty simple, but also educational, they will understand a lot more about this curious insect. Download the full booklet here:

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]]> 36149 Junior Kindergarten Graduation Poem https://www.thriftymommastips.com/graduation-poem-for-small-people/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:06:00 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=1552 Updated – one of my kids is starting university in September so when this sweet junior kindergarten graduation poem popped up in my memories this morning, I almost cried with how sweet this memory is. Also, seems like maybe five years ago and it’s been almost 12 years!! This Junior Kindergarten Graduation Poem came inside the booklet that my daughter’s teacher helped her prepare this year cataloguing all of her Junior Kindergarten achievements. Kindergarten Graduation is Special Kindergarten graduation is a special and emotional time for MOMs and DADS too. This year we are extending our daughter’s school at the private preschool where she started when she was 2 1/2. So she will do senior kindergarten there too and then the hope is that she will follow her sister to French immersion public school. I adored this graduation poem and thought you might too. The author is anonymous. Here it is: Junior Kindergarten Graduation Poem, by Anonymous Children are like balloons with a message inside. They start out small and we inflate them with something of ourselves. As we pour our lives into them they spread sunshine, give joy, brighten the days of grandmas and grandpas and cheer up the sick. They remind us of being young and that life is fragile. They celebrate living! When discouraged, they are like a balloon that deflates. A simple openness allows us to refill them.. with hope for the future, and a feeling that they are special. Their enthusiasm is like a balloon carried on the wind With never-ending energy, they sway and drift. It’s then that they need our loving guidance, without too much pressure that would cause them to burst. The time comes, sprinkled with tears and joy, when others are able to read the message we have written on their hearts. So we let go of our precious balloons..not the end..but truly the beginning!   Pin This Pin Version of the Poem for Later – >   Isn’t that Adorable? This actually makes me teary reading it every single time. Have older kids? Heading to university or college soon? My oldest girl wrote this Getting Ready for University post recently. Talk about time flying!!

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