Cookie Cutter painting is an easy Hanukkah craft that almost any age can do! You have fun cookie cutters and paint and stamp away, painting a fun picture with the cookie cutters. You can talk about Hanukkah themes and Hanukkah words while you are painting. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah crafts and…
Jungle animals happen to be a favorite at our house. And we love the Tigers at Twilight because of the tiger theme. And the other animals you explore. This jungle writing printable is a great way to explore 6 animals from the book and can also be used without the book. You can write about…
As my girls get older, they need bookmarks for books now. Sometimes, we have two or three different books they are reading. I made these to give them something fun for the fall season. And who says bookmarks have to be boring and we love using these! You can start using bookmarks they have longer…
A fun plain animal writing activity for the bison or buffalo. That goes great with any plain animal theme or with the matching book or any buffalo learning We enjoyed making our buffalo painting and thought it would be fun to do some writing about bison. You can work on writing facts and poems with…
Ocean books are a favorite at our house and we love reading the books and talking about the ocean fish. The Watercolor Fish is a great painting idea to go with the book Swimmy. And kids of different ages can do this craft and paint their own fish from the story. And painting inside cookie…
Dot markers are a great way fine motor activities. And spring trees and flowers are great for spring. This free spring dot markers has a spring tree and flowers for kids to work on fine motor skills. You can have fun using these as fine motor centers for kids. These work great for kids in…
We enjoy different kinds of watercolor painting. Cookie cutter painting for all seasons, and kids can have fun with this painting. The clover watercolor painting is perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day. And kids of different ages can make this painting. Cookie Cutter painting is simple and easy, making a great collage of watercolor clovers. And…
Snowflakes are great for kids to paint and this is an easy process art where kids can have fun painting with snowflakes with cookie cutters. You can explore different sizes, count the corners on each of the snowflakes, and make a great winter art project. We have included links to some of the products and…
The Magic Tree house Books take kids to amazing places. And the Titanic is great for kids to learn about. You can learn about the size of the Titanic and the people who were on it. The books are great history lessons for kids. They introduce history topics in unique ways. You can read Tonight…
There are so many great summer sports and I love that you can have fun doing them! I have a few fun gross motor activities that kids can do with the Hour of the Olympics or with the Summer Olympics. Okay, really any time during the summer they want! But it goes great with learning…
A fun dot marker printable to use with the Olympics. It has five rings for kids to dot and learn the colors of the Olympic Rings. You can have fun working on fine motor and colors at the same time with this printable. We have included links to some of the products and resources we…
One of my favorite parts about the Magic Tree House is that we travel and learn about the history and new things. This time we head to China. There were so many fun ideas in the book about Ancient China but we thought the idea of the bamboo books was amazing. Today we are showing…
There are so many great themes in the Magic Tree House books! I love that you cover a wide range of them so that kids don’t get bored. You can in the old west and then suddenly you are in Africa with safari animals! It is always fun to read the book and explore the…
Each new themed in the Magic Tree House books is so fun to explore. We are having a blast with it. With this book, we enter the wild west. I love this since I great up in the west and my family lived there during this time. It is fun to explore that with my…
I love doing picture books with my girls even when they are older. It is a great chance for us to practice reading aloud skills. Plus there are so many stories that you can learn about in the books. You have historical, fiction, non-fiction and more! These are all great areas to explore. You can…
We are having a great time reading the Magic Tree House books. It is always fun to do activities for them. We went with an old favorite at our house gross motor! This is a fun way to get moving while reading. And this book had loads of movements in it. So have some fun…
I love that there are always new picture books to be found. We have always been on the search for new things. We love having different books to read and learn about. You never know what book you might find is a new favorite. We look for books at bookstores, libraries or anywhere we go….
Picture books can teach us so much about the world around us. They are great for giving kids a view they might not normally have. Each month we look for books that we like or look interesting. It is fun to see what my girls pick out for their favorites or just something different to…
There are so many ways to learn with chapter books. I love that you can be flexible with them. We have been loving doing the Magic Tree House book activities. Today I have a fun sorting activity with nouns and verbs. This is a great way to explore more about the words you are reading….
If you could not guess by my blog’s names we love dinosaurs! We have always loved them. Years later we are always looking for ways to explore them. We have even gone out of our way to go see dinosaur dig and dinosaur museums. This spring we went and saw some of the dinosaurs at…
Several years ago I was apart of several book clubs that you could do with kids and we loved them. A lot of them were preschool and tot based and my girls outgrew them. It was a sad time for them and me. But we progressed into chapter book reading and I love reading chapter…
Every month we look for pictures books. I even have my older girls look for them. It is always interesting to see what they pick out vs what I would pick out. You never know what picture book will appeal to kids of different ages until you look. I believe that pictures books can be…
Every month it is fun to look for books. And this month my girls are bringing home some of their favorites from the library for me to read with them. I love summer and getting to read loads of fun picture books. It is always fun to find a favorite we have always loved or…
I love that a huge part of our June is the start of summer reading. That means loads of books to read and looking for the new picture books and other books to read. We always look for new picture books. You never know what picture book your kids will love until you open it…
Summer is here and we are always looking to do something different at our house! This year we are doing some reading challenges to help with the summer. Every summer we try and read as many books as we can. It is fun and the girls and I love it. To help with some of…
I love the time just before summer starts. We are always looking for new books to read and it is a great time to check out new picture books. Picture books can be great for many different ages. And they cover great themes. I know that was certain picture books that really got my girls…
For a lot of us, summer is already here! It is amazing how fast the year goes by. I know that I start thinking about summer reading and what we are doing each summer. I’ve made several reading charts over the years. I love using them and they can help some kids with their reading….
Pictures books are great learning tools at many different ages. You never know what a child might find in a book they want to know more about. My middle has always loved space but her love of space started with books. I encourage my girls even my 13-year-old to look for picture books they might…
Every month we look for new picture books. Sometimes we find old favorites and other times we find new ones we just grow to love. We still love looking at picture books. We always have a mix of books and where we find them. Some are on trips to different places and others might be…
Every month we always look for fun picture books. They are great to read at any age. Plus you can always learn from them. You will find silly books, history books, wordless books and more. We are always looking for the next favorite book to read or collect at our house. We end up with…