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Play - Geronimo Stilton Follow the adventures of Geronimo and his friends. Guide Geronimo through the labyrinth! Special edition: «Unexplainable theft at the museum!!!» Jumpin’ jiminy! The terrible villains from the Rat Band know that I’m on their tails... The Fall of Rome - Ancient Rome for Kids Rome - Kingdom, Republic and Empire together - lasted about 1200 years. Rome ruled all around the Mediterranean and large sections of Europe and Southwest Asia. Yet in the end, the problems grew too great and the Western Roman Empire fell. Why did the empire fall apart? There is no one single reason, but was instead a series of problems that grew too large to solve. One problem was that the empire grew too large to govern.

375 Free eBooks: Download to Kindle, iPad/iPhone & Nook Download 800 free eBooks to your Kindle, iPad/iPhone, computer, smart phone or ereader. Collection includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including works by Asimov, Jane Austen, Philip K. Dick, F. Words to the Wise: Aesop's Fables Interactive Book The Aesop for Children interactive book is designed to be enjoyed by readers of any age. The book contains over 140 classic fables, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and interactive animations. "Aesop's Fables"—also called "the Aesopica"—are a collection of stories designed to teach moral lessons credited to Aesop, a Greek slave and story-teller thought to have lived between 620 and 560 BCE. Aesop's fables are some of the most well known in the world and have been translated in multiple languages and become popular in dozens of cultures through the course of five centuries. They have been told and retold in a variety of media, from oral tradition to written storybooks to stage, film and animated cartoon versions—even in architecture. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today.

100 Day Activities  All About Me **Camping picture is shown, more themes available below** Print the page of your choice. Print the directions. Choose the difficulty. For beginners use the one step directions. For older children use the two step directions and for the oldest children use the three step directions. 10 minute toilet roll shakers Last week my daughter came home from pre-school showing off a fancy toilet roll shaker she had made. She danced around the house shaking it with a huge smile on her face for quite a while. My youngest daughter goes to the same pre school but is in a different class and didn’t get to make a shaker, so quite understandably she was green with envy. Fights ensued and I’m sure you get the picture without further details.

42 Splendidly Creative Homemade Musical Instruments With the weather turning chilly, we are finding ourselves inside more often. More indoor play, reading, art, and far more crafting too. In fact, I am trying very hard to pick up knitting once again (and when I say once again, I mean from when I was about 8 years old).

Homemade Musical Instruments Crafts for Kids These homemade instruments and noisemakers are for the most part quick and easy to make and based on simple recycled materials. Kids can make a fantastic kitchen band of their own, or perhaps use them to ring in the New Year with style? A popular old-fashioned noise-making toy, the Chinese drum (rattle) is twisted in the hand so that the beads bounce of it and make a noise. With practise you can get a good rhythm going! These homemade cymbals are perfect for younger kids to make and play in their own kitchen band! Musical Instrument Crafts for Kids: How to Make Instruments Like Drums, Flutes, Kazoos, Bells, Rattles, Guitars, Activities for Children Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Musical Instruments Crafts for Kids to Make Bang Bang ... Toot Toot ... Shake Shake ...

Purim Noisemaker The noise maker or grogger is a classic Purim prop used during the reading of the Megillat Esther (Book of Esther) to make noise every time the name of the evil Haman is mentioned. The reading takes about 1/2 hour, and during that time children who are old enough to come to the reading must sit quietly so that everyone can hear every single word of the story. So listening for Haman’s name gives everyone a reason to pay attention! Supplies Plastic cups, any size, clear works well too! Making a Magic (Drinking Straw) Flute Maybe my kids are weird but both of them love using drinking straws. So we had all the supplies we needed on hand for this little craft – nine straws and some clear tape. When I told my son we were making a flute, he was super excited. His classroom teacher is getting married and has been sharing details of the ceremony. “You know what the only instrument being played at her wedding is, Mom?”

For ESL English Language Learners "The story starts out simply enough: Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade--he wants it so bad he can taste it. He's been practicing all summer, running in the fields around his farmhouse until he collapses in a sweat. Then a tomboy named Leslie Burke moves into the farmhouse next door and changes his life forever. Not only does Leslie not look or act like any girls Jess knows, but she also turns out to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. After getting over the shock and humiliation of being beaten by a girl, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay.