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Learn to speak, listen and think in a new language using the Berlitz Method!


I have always wanted to learn a new language but now that I’m no longer in school, I wouldn’t even know where to start. That’s where Berlitz comes in!

Berlitz offers a variety of adult language programs, featuring the Berlitz Method. The Berlitz method is a highly effective, conversational style of instruction immerses you in your new language and makes learning fast and easy. The  instructors are native-fluent speakers who focus on the practical grammar and vocabulary you’ll use in real-life situations.

Berlitz offers a wide variety of programs to fit any schedule like:

  • Berlitz Total Immersion
  • Private Instruction
  • Semi-Private Instruction
  • Berlitz Small Group Instruction
  • CyberTeachers by Berlitz
  • Berlitz Virtual Classroom

Some of their most popular languages include, English, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian, French, Japanese and more!

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Craft: Baked Cotton Balls

Baked Cotton Balls Broken Open

These Baked Cotton Balls are probably the most fun the Bee and I (and Auntie B) have had with a craft.  Ever.  They combine Finger Painting, Baking, Smashing, and Mess Making, all in one easy to clean up activity!

Baked Cotton Ball Ingredients

 Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups water
  • Food coloring
  • Cotton Balls (I used one of the 100 ct. ones I’ve gotten from Target.  We could have done probably 200 cotton balls, instead of 100)
  • Baking pan
  • Cooking Spray or Baking Mat

Baked Cotton Ball Stirring Colors

Directions

  1. Mix Flour and Water in bowl until smooth.  
  2. Divide into as many bowls as you would like colors.  We found 7 worked out about perfectly.
  3. Add food coloring and stir.
  4. If your munchkin is old enough, you can give them the 3 primary colors and let them figure out what Mixing colors make (this is the Bee, figuring out that Green and Red make Brown)
  5. Coat cotton balls in “paint”
    Because Mama likes to stay clean, I coated mine with the spoon we used to stir
    My sister and the Bee went to town mixing with their hands.Baked Cotton Ball Messy Fun Excited
  6. Seriously Fun!   Even Clean Freak me got into it!
    (Although I was behind the camera, not in front of it!)
    Baked Cotton Ball Before Baking
  7. Place Completely coated cotton balls on baking tray sprayed with Pam.
    I honestly wasn’t sure what the aftermath would be, so I purposely chose my oldest pan,
    and wasn’t willing to risk my Baking Mats (although the “paint” peeled right off the sprayed cookie sheet)
    Baked Cotton Balls Baked
  8. Bake Cotton Balls at 300 Degrees for 45 minutes to an hour. The colors will change slightly, but they still look cool!  Baked Cotton Balls Smashing
  9. After done baking, smash with hammer.  

If your kids are old enough, let them do this, or give them a play hammer.
This was a VERY therapeutic part of the project.
Especially seeing how far I could get them to fly across the room!

Baked Cotton Balls All Smashed Up

Baked Cotton Balls broken open!

The Cotton Balls are hard and crunchy on the outside, and still soft and silky on the inside!

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DIY Magnet Board For Your Kids!

 

Here’s a fun little pinterest inspired “Did it myself!” magnet board I made for my kiddos last Christmas! I was looking for an educational/busy activity for a gift rather than spending loads of $$ on toys with a life span of 3 weeks. This was perfect! Easy, affordable, AND educational. I enjoyed putting it together and actually wrapped it on the wall and everything! To make it, I bought an oil drip pan from the Walmart automotive section for about $10 and wiped it down really good with some 409 and let it dry. I’ve heard you can also purchase them at auto part stores for around the same price. I already had a set of alphabet flash cards so I didn’t need to purchase those but the ones below are similar. I ordered the wooden letters (which work MUCH better than the plastic ones because the entire back of them is magnet, so they stick better) on Amazon and then purchased some rubber cement from my favorite store in the whole wide world, Walmart. I then lined up the flash cards where I wanted them, glued them on and let them dry! Easy peasy. Lastly, the hubs used his power tools and anchored it to the wall with some heavy duty screws so it doesn’t move.  My kids love it and play with it all the time. It’s been on the wall since Christmas and still going strong! Speaking of Christmas, only 118 days to go! :)

 

Oil drip pan from Walmart… $10.00

Alphabet Pocket Flash Cards… $2.99

Melissa & Doug Magnetic Wooden Alphabet… $9.11

 

 Hours of noise fun and mess entertainment for your little ones… PRICELESS! :)

 

Seriously though, this oil drip pan idea is AWESOME! If you wanted to make it super simple, you could totally skip the flash cards and just make it a fun magnet board! Here are a few more super cute magnets you could try out!

*Amazon prices are subject to change at any time.

 

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Christmas Worksheets for Kids

Get Free  Christmas worksheet downloads from School Sparks. I am going to get some for my son to work on during our holiday travels. If you have a young learner snag this free ebook for them.