Get your Monday started right with a back to school freebie for your classroom!

We are so excited about our Back to School is a Hoot kit we decided to give away a couple freebies to start your Monday off right! Many of you will be headed back to the classroom in just a few short weeks. Some of you are probably already working hard getting things cleaned up and organized in your rooms. Well simply sprout would like to give you a couple freebies to use to start your school year off right.Just right click and save the image below....

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Mommy & Me Mondays: Learning on the Go

Let's face it.  We're on the go a lot these days, and sometimes precious moments spent with your children are in the car, at the grocery store, or sitting at a ball field.  Thankfully life doesn't keep us at home, but instead challenges us to get out there and experience things.   Recently I found myself for the first time taking my son to a doctor's appointment with me.  Oh he's been to plenty of his own, but this was my appointment. ...

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Teachers head back to school in style with cute classroom decor kits from simply sprout!

We have been hard at work over the past few weeks designing away trying to create the perfect classroom designs to bring your learning space to life! My favorite part of starting the school year was the chance to recreate my classroom design. I would get giddy the moment I saw Wal-mart start to set up for back to school. The colorful folders and composition notebooks were enough to send me overboard with ideas for a colorful new classroom design......but...

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We made it to 20,000 views! Let's have a giveaway!

We were so excited to hit 20,000 views we decided we should celebrate........We are having a giveaway!Enter to win one of these two back to school printable kits for the classroom. Enter below to be one of our winners! Winners will be announced Saturday night!Please leave a comment below telling us your favorite kit......Back to school is a Hoot or Lotsa Dots. a Rafflecopter giveawayIn order to be one of our winners you must be a follower of Simply...

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A Little Note: Free Lunch Note Printables

Here's a little note to let you know that we're busy bees around here!  We're working hard behind the scenes to get some classroom design and organizational ideas ready for the start of the school year.  Amanda has been brainstorming and writing, and Marcy is designing away.  To see a sneak peek of some of our back to school designs check out our Teachers Notebook site.  We wanted to leave you a sweet note (or a few) to let...

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Lil Sprouts Book Club: Living Sunlight

I'll be honest, it's hard for me not to judge a book by its cover.  This one, Living Sunlight How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm, keeps my bad habit going.  It's beautiful inside and out.  The authors and illustrators do a wonderfully poetic job of teaching young readers about the amazing role of the sun, and what it brings to our planet.  Children will be enthralled at the power of photosynthesis,...

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Mommy & Me Mondays: Painted Apple Lunch Bags

It's hard to believe that the start of another school year is just around the corner.  We're excited to team up with our friend Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living for a Back to School Bash of ideas.  Over the coming weeks Ashley will be featuring some of Simply Sprout's ideas for getting in school spirit, and not breaking the bank, before the first bell rings.Today we are showing you an easy craft to do with your kiddos in preparation for the...

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Backyard Olympics: Closing Ceremonies

We've had a great time this week sharing some simple and fun Olympic activities for you and your kids to enjoy.  It makes us happy to see children learning, creating, and playing.  To wrap up your festivities make some medals with your athletes.  We used the top of a food container, covered it with aluminum foil, and taped on some ribbon.  Nothing fancy, but it made our Olympians feel special!It's tradition that national flags...

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The Competition Continues

Look at that form!  An Olympian in the making!  Our next Backyard Olympic events are fun for all ages.  We continued with the straw javelin throw.  I pulled out some kid sized straws and had our littlest athlete count out four of them for me.  The older competitor practiced her fine motor skills by taping them together.  It was a load of fun watching them run and try to throw the straw javelin.  This picture is...

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Let the Games Begin!

I know you don't see many top notch Olympic athletes compete in a skirt and flip flops, but hey this is the backyard kind!  After reading and talking about different sports that were once in the Olympics, and some that we'll see in the next couple of weeks, we started with the Paper Plate Discus Throw.  If you haven't tried it before, paper plates aren't the easiest to throw.  This made for a great mini science lesson on air resistance. ...

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