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I'm Carla,

an early childhood teacher and reading interventionist turned stay at home mama to my crew of three ages 9 and under! Every day I see evidence of His grace and it's my heart to encourage and inspire yours! We have the sweetest times of learning and playing around our kitchen table. We'd love for you to join us!
Hi I'm Carla

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All About Apples
Carla Snipes

Sewing School: Apple Bunting

This sewing project was a perfect second step for us! We made scrunchies for our first project and followed it up with this fun bunting! It was perfect for our apple themed week! (It would also be a fun back to school decoration you can store for years to come!) Getting Started To get started you’ll need a few things: 1/8 of a yard of  3 different fabric designs (I chose to use cotton because it’s an easy fabric to work with but you can choose something different if you’d prefer.) White Thread 1/4 inch ribbon (any color of your choice, I used red) Fluff stuffing 1 page green felt 1 page brown felt Don’t forget to fold your fabric before cutting. To begin, you’ll cut out the apple shapes from your fabric. Make sure to fold the fabric in half and then cut out your pattern. This will give you both sides of your apple shape. I chose to use pinking shears to cut the apple designs. This will not only keep the fabric from fraying as much but will also give a cute, rustic sort of look! Pinking Shears aren’t necessary but they do give an added touch

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All About Apples
Carla Snipes

September 2023 Collection

September 2023 Collection September is always an exciting time of year. Summer has officially come to an end and most everyone is ready to welcome fall with open arms. We’re ready for all things football, apples, and cozy days at home! These ideas inspired the creativity for this month’s collection. You’ll find resources to enrich and review skills from homophones to beginning writing and more! I can’t wait to share all I created for the Learn + PLAY Club this month!  One of my favorite parts of the Learn + PLAY Club is that when you join you get immediate access to not just new releases but every single resource I’ve ever written (and there are a lot) at no extra cost!  Here’s a look at what I’m releasing for September 2023!  click here to learn more about joining the club FAQ about the Learn + PLAY Club Here’s a look at what September holds: Retelling Apple This cute reading activity is perfect for all those fun Fall books you’re pulling out this month. The file includes two different types of retelling apples. The first has prompts for Title, Characters, Beginning, Middle, and End. The second has prompts for Title,

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Carla Snipes

Kids’ Treehouse Project Part 2

Saturday was forecasted to be one of the hottest days all summer. Of course, we didn’t know that when we planned this project, nor did we check the temperature before getting started Saturday morning. Thankfully, it was a comfortable temperature for a few hours in the early part of the morning and the tree house is primarily in shade. That helped a lot! As we got going with the second part of the main structure, we decided to make a change. We realized that although our initial plan to wrap around the smaller tree could work, it would require more materials. We figured we could conserve by creating a wrap around set of stairs instead. https://everydaylearnandplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2725.mov I set up my camera to capture our work on a time lapse and it’s so fun to see hours of work condensed down to a 30 second clip. We decided to use staircases and railings to make the treehouse more accessible and safe. (Even our dog goes up to the top now- haha!) https://everydaylearnandplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2727.mov By this time in the morning, everyone was all hands on deck offering to help or to share words of encouragement and enthusiasm! We ended up treating a low

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