Spring has Sprung – Introducing the Monsters Ed Online Store

Posted on 02/09/2024 by Momma Jo

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Spring has sprung here in beautiful, sunny South Africa and in celebration of the new season, I’m introducing a new weekly segment here on Monsters Ed called “Monster Monday Printable Madness” where I share printables from my online store. Suitably, this week’s printable is the Preschool Mega Pack, Spring has Sprung!

This preschool pack contains 21 pages with the following activities:
– 2 Number Puzzles
– 2 Do-a-Dot Letter Pages
– Concertina Name Book
– Colouring in Booklet
– Number Recognition Booklet
– Shapes Booklet
– Colour By Number Page
– Matching Activity Sheet
– 4 Counting Posters (1-10, 1-20, 1-50, 1-100)
– Dot Painting
– Matching Cards
– Shadow Matching Cards
– Size Sequencing Activity
– Complete the Pattern Activity
– Pre-writing Skills
– 2 Jigsaw Puzzles (9 & 16 Piece)

Introducing the NEW and IMPROVED Monsters Ed Online Store! My TPT store has been live for a few years and I’ve, honestly, neglected it. On 1 September 2024, I relaunched the improved store with BRAND SPANKING NEW printables! I will be sharing, or highlighting if you will, a new printable every Monday from now on and the Store Page will be updated every day for the next while with new printables. WATCH THIS SPACE!

Totschool: DIY Fine Motor Skills

Posted on 08/02/2013 by Momma Jo

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Pixie is 17.5 months old

Pixie is a very demanding toddler and I often find it difficult to get anything done. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only momma who sometimes struggles to keep a demanding toddler busy when you want to cook, clean or just drink a hot cup of coffee.

I came across THIS on Pinterest and thought I’d give it a bash and see if Pixie likes it.

What you need:
Small feta cheese container, cleaned and dried
Mini pompoms (I started off with 10 and now we have about 80 all together for this activity),
Scissors and patience.
Directions:
Cut a few holes into the lid of the feta container big enough to push the pompoms through.
Pop the lid back on and show said toddler how to push them through and viola!

Happy toddler content with keeping herself busy 🙂 Pixie has been at it for over an hour now 🙂 I just keep taking the pompoms out of the container for her. She is sitting on the floor next to me right now as content as can be 🙂

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See more Toddler resources HERE

Christmas Activity Packs

Posted on 19/12/2012 by Momma Jo

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This year we are travelling 12 HOURS to my Mom and Step-father’s game farm for Christmas with the extended family. I decided to make Koko, Fifi and my cousins 2 kids little activity kits for Christmas eve. Noo is with his father this Christmas, hence there not being a kit for him.

Colouring Pencils, Stickers, Foam Sheets (the boys have blue and the girls pink) and Santa and Snowman marshmallows

Reindeer Food Peom, we’ll be making this on Christmas eve with the kids and they’ll be sprinkling the reindeer food outside so that Santa can find us since we aren’t at home this year.

Pipe Cleaner Candy Canes

Roll & colour Christmas tree

Nativity writing sheet

Foldable gingerbread house

Christmas Letter Mazes, each child has a different letter.

Christmas Tree Template

Nativity Emergent Reader

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See more Christmas themed school resources HERE AND Christmas resources HERE

Funschool Update

Posted on 15/11/2010 by Momma Jo

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So the last few weeks have been crazy here, I haven’t had much time to blog. So here is a quick update in pictures of the fun things the kids have been busy with lately.

I made the little kidlets a “house” using a Pooh Bear blanket and the clothes horse. They spent hours playing in there

Koko painted our little wooden table blue. It washed off, fortunately

We had a field fire next door (not so much fun school, but definitely educational). Pappa Steve stood on a chair and fought the fire that was raging against our boundary wall

Fifi got a glitter hat for my BFF’s daughter’s Mad Hatter birthday party

We went to another friend’s little girls Hello Kitty themed 1st birthday party

The kidlets went from swimming in our little splash pool to having full reign of our neighbours pool during the week. My kids are real water babies, especially Noo and Fifi

Fifi got a new swimming costume and matching hat, she picked them out herself

Koko fell asleep while playing Gran Turismo on the PS2

We went for our monthly breakfast at Wimpy. Noo hates waiting for food, LOL

I bought Fifi a Barbie teaset only to realise once we got home that it actually said Beautify. You’ve gotto love China knock offs

Noo got a new haircut

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Halloween

Posted on 14/11/2010 by Momma Jo

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We do not, generally, celebrate or take part in Halloween, however, this year Pappa Steve let me buy an orange pumpkin to carve. I have always wanted to carve a pumpkin so this was quite a treat for me.

Noo helped remove the guts, Koko and Fifi weren’t to thrilled with the idea of sticking their hands in there, LOL. I made the hole a little to small, but so we live and we learn.

Our finished product, not bad for our first attempt. Pappa Steve was so impressed he has said I can do them every year now. Jack had an honorary spot at our front gate (Note that none of the other houses on our street had any Halloween decorations)

I’m thinking next year I’m going to arrange a trick or treat here in our neighbourhood for all the kiddies and get everyone dressed up.

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The first puppet show – The princess and the dragon (Inspired by Shrek)

Posted on 30/09/2010 by Momma Jo

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The boys had be assemble the Puppet Show “Theatre” as soon as we got home and put on a Shrek inspired Princess (Noo) and the Dragon (Koko) skit ending with the dragon eating the Princess, LOL.