Not sure what to do with the kids this weekend?  Take a look at these FREE events courtesy of Keeping Cents to keep your child entertained and learning without breaking the bank:

AC Moore – Saturday 1-3pm, Free Make & Take American Girl Crafts Paper Posies. Recommended ages: 8-12.

Bank of America is hosting a Free Museums On Us day March 5th & 6th. If you are a Bank of America cardholder you can take advantage of this deal! There are over 100 locations across the US. Go HERE to see participating Museums, Zoos, Science Centers, Botanical Gardens & more in your area. Then present any Bank Of America Card!

Borders – Saturday 2pm, Read Across America: Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss with story time, games, crafts and more! Best for ages 6-10.

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Saturday 1-3pm, Free Demo: Yudu Screen Printer.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday 11am-3pm, Free make-your-own Mardi Gras Mask!

Michaels – Saturday 10am-Noon, Free Make-It Take-It Ribbon Flower and Custom Invitations Demo. Embellish your wedding day with handcrafted ribbon flowers and invitations. Adult craft only.

Michaels – Sunday 1-3pm, Fine Art Event Make-It Take-It: with purchase of fine art canvas. Paint your own personal masterpiece. Ages 12+ welcome.

Pottery Barn Kids – Saturday, 10am-Noon & Sunday Noon-2pm, Live Peter Rabbit Appearance at Select Stores! Enjoy classic stories and take pictures with Peter Rabbit.

The Home Depot – Saturday 9am-Noon, Free “How-to Workshop”: build a #20 The Home Depot Race Car!

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.

Hampton Roads Locals:

Tabernacle Baptist Church is hosting a Creation/dinosaur exhibit w/speakers the rest of the week. Saturday is family day! The site is www.dinomight.us. Tabernacle is in Va Beach on
Whitehurst Landing Rd. Thanks, Ginger!

*Make sure to call your local store to confirm participation!

 

Not sure what to do with the kids this weekend?  Take a look at these FREE events courtesy of Keeping Cents to keep your child entertained and learning without breaking the bank:

AC Moore – Saturday 1-3pm, Wilton Cake Decorating Basics Demonstration!

Barnes & Noble – Saturday, Free Cup of Coffee when you have a bookseller give you a guided tour of the NOOK Color.
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How to to rejuvenate all of those broken crayons you have around the house

Materials:
broken crayons
oven
cupcake/muffin pan

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Gather all of the broken crayons you have in the house.
3. Spray muffin pan with PAM or line them with foil liners. (I used my oldest pan for this in hopes of having an excuse to replace it, but the crayons don’t stick so no such luck for me!)
4. Divide crayon pieces among the spaces in the pan on your preference. You can put similar colors together, seasonal colors together, primary colors together, etc.
5. Put pan in the oven. Check every 5 minutes to monitor if they are melting. Everyone’s oven is different so time will vary.
6. When crayon pieces are completely melted, remove from the oven and allow to cool. If you are in a rush, you can put them in the fridge or freezer.
7. Pop out of pan and color away with your new crayons!

Educational Usage:
1. Discuss with your child different states of matter and how the crayons went from a solid, to a liquid, and then to a solid again.
2. Discuss the blending of the colors and how different colors can combine to make new colors.
3. Use this activity to help your child review steps in a process. They can retell you the steps orally, they can draw the steps, or write them down.
4. Discuss how this activity is an example of recycling. Talk about other things that can be recycled and the benefits of recycling. Have your child draw, list, or tell you other ways to help the enviroment.

Not sure what to do with the kids this weekend?  Take a look at these FREE events courtesy of Keeping Cents to keep your child entertained and learning without breaking the bank:

AC Moore – Saturday 1-3pm, Free Plastic Canvas Bookmark Make & Take! Fun for kids and adults.

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Saturday 11am-1pm, Free Demo: Cricut Cake Machine.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday 11am-3pm, Free Presidential Briefcase: make a flag-shaped tote.

Michaels – Saturday 10am-Noon, T-shirt Event: Turn a T-Shirt into a Tote Bag with purchase of a T-Shirt! Ages 12+.

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.
*It’s always a good idea to call your local store to confirm participation!

Looking for fun, educational & frugal activities to do with your child?  Mom on Dealz will provide you with weekly activities to keep your children learning while you stay on budget!

This is an activity I did during center time in the classroom and the kids LOVED it!  It can be adapted for just about any subject but I am giving directions for early literacy skills. 

Letter/Sound Fishing

Materials:
**fishing set from Dollar Tree
**glue/tape
**10-15 paper clips
**paper/scissors
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Anyone know a child that does not like to discuss the books they read? Or do you know a child who is having trouble with numbers or colors? Then these activities are for you! Not only are they learning games, they also involve physical activity AND they are frugal!

Materials:
Beach Ball-You can usually find these at the Dollar Store for $1
Markers

Directions:
1. Label each color of the ball with a different story element (title, setting, characters, problem, solution, etc).
2. Read a book with your child (make sure the story has the elements- some preschool books do not).
3. Play a game of catch! When your child catches the ball, have them look at the words their hands are touching when they catch. Then have them choose which element of the book they want to tell you. For example: They catch the ball and their hands are touching title and setting. They can choose either to tell you the title or the setting of the book, or both!

Modifications:*For Math: Label the ball all over with numbers. Your child can add, subtract, or multiply whatever numbers their hands land on. In the case of my 2 year old, he is working on number recognition so he just tells me the numbers he “catches”.

*For Color recognition: Simply have your child tell you the colors the “catch”. You could also label the colors for them to recognize the color names as well.

*For Science: Label the ball with the steps of the scientific method. When your child catches the ball, whatever step they “catch” have them explain what it means. Example: They “catch” hypothesis so they should tell you that a hypothesis means a guess.