This months author is Karma Wilson This is one of my favorite authors for kids books. You have a lot of repetitive words and great characters. My favorite books by her is Hogwash! (Wilson, Karma). Do you have a favorite book by her? Here are some of the books you can read by Karma Wilson…
This is a great activity for kids to do. It is a smple pumpkin themed window that is loads of fun to make. You can set this activity up really easy. Plus it great for the fall or autumn for kids learning about seasonal changes. For this months Poppins Book Nook theme was seasonal. We…
For this months Virtual Book Club we read The Foggy, Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt. We loved how the pages looks and how much fun they were. What you need to make your Shadow Painting baby oil white copy paper foam paint brush black paint tray Oil on the Paper They put baby oil on…
This months theme is Seasons! I love the many different season there are. The seasons are always fun to see. I’m looking forward to this themes. What is your favorite season? I think mine always will be spring when everything is going from winter dark and white to colorful and green. I can’t wait to…
This months author is Nick Sharratt. This is another new author for me. I always love when we have new authors. You never know what book you will find that your kids will just love. If you have suggestion please let me know. Here are some of the books you can read by Nick Sharratt…
Get your kids moving and doing with this classical Wheels on the Bus Gross motor! We read Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus Board Book. This has been a great book to read at our house. We have loved the book. You never know what book your kids will just cling on to….
This month for the Virtual Book Club, we read Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? Board Book (World of Eric Carle) by Bill Martin Jr. I love how the books repeat and you learn some fun reading in them. These type of books have been a favorite at our house for some time….
This months theme is School! There are so many different books about school. I love the series about an There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!. You never know what book you will like. Do you have a favorite book about school? Here are some school books that you can check out. Yes,…
With the start of September we start a new set of Authors for the Virtual Book Club! If you did not join us last year you can join this year. We have a whole new set of authors for the year! We start with Bill Martin Jr.. I love a lot of his books. The…
This is hands-on learning for Jack and the Beanstalk! Learning is always more fun when you add some hands-on with crafts and gross motor. For this months book we did Jack and the Beanstalk. I love the many different variety of this story, but the classic tales of it are just as fun. We learned…
For the book club we read Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. This is a fun books about counting to 10. It was fun to watch where the dots all went. Counting in this book is fun and imaginative. We will be reading this book for a while to come. What you need for this…
This months Poppins Book Nook is Fairy Tales. We are very excited about this one! There are so many great books it will be hard to pick just one! Do you have a favorite fairy tale book? I happen to love the story of Sleeping Beauty. Growing up my dad must have read it to…
If you missed July, August is a new month! Plus the last of a year of Virtual Book Club as well! August’s author is Donald Crew. Yet another new author for us! I am going to be busy looking and ordering at the library again! Do you have a favorite book you can recommend to…
For the Poppin Book Nook we read If You Want to See a Whale. It is a new book out. We loved the other book by this author And Then It’s Spring about spring. When we saw it we had to get it! The books is about a boy wanting to see a whale and…
For the Virtual Book Club we read Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough. It is a cute book about two teddy bears that are lost and are mistaken for the wrong one! We laughed and enjoyed the book. We did a simple activity to learn about sizes large and small. What you need: teddy bears…
We just LOVE ocean and beach books at our house. We could read them for ages it seems like! That is this months Poppins Book Nook! This months Poppins Book Nook is Beach & Ocean theme. This is a great theme for the summer. Do you have a favorite book? Our favorite Ocean book is…
If you missed June, July is a new month! July’s author is Jez Alborough. Yet another new author for us! I am going to be busy looking and ordering at the library again! Do you have a favorite book you can recommend to us? It is always nice to find a new book to read….
For the Poppin Book Nook we read Along a Long Road by Frank Viva. It was a fun book about a ride along with a bike. We really enjoyed the simple scenes and fun interactions. What you need: black paper, white squares, pencil and white crayon. First they drew the buildings using the white crayons…
We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. We read Ice Cream: The Full Scoop by Gail Gibbons. THis is a great summer book for kids to read. You learn a lot about ice…
This months Poppins Book Nook theme is Travel/Transportation. The girls are looking forward to seeing a few new books around about this theme. I hope to find some great new ones. My youngest loves everything about cars and trucks. Yes, I know I have three girls. That does not mean they can’t love cars and…
If you missed our May’s Virtual Book Club for Kids, June is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Gail Gibbons! There are so many books by her that I love! It will be hard to pick just one book. I think we will be looking for books that we have…
We have a lot of dinosaur books at our house. We have been doing dinosaurs for years now. Not as much as we were, but still a decent amount. There are a lot of different types of dinosaur books. This Popping Nook Book Club this month we read Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No….
This month we read Swimmy by Leo Lionni. This is a favorite book at our house. They girls did not want any of the other books for this activity. We read through several new books but came right back to Swimmy! What you need: paper with fish drawn on it, lids, and paint red &…
This months Poppins Book Nook theme is Prehistoric/Dinosaur! Yes as you can imagine we have a lot of dinosaur books at our house. I’ll have to pick just ONE book out and that can be hard! Remember you are not limited to just pictures books for this. I encourage people to find lots of different…
If you missed our April’s Virtual Book Club for Kids (like we did), May is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Leo Lionni! We happen to love the Book Swimmy! The girls have read if over and over! So this month we will be looking at new books of his….
This month for the Popping Book Nook we read The Wizard Next Door. The girls liked this book. It was about a neighbor who is a wizard but only one boy sees it. What you need: paper, math or numbers on paper, crayons, fish foam stickers, tissue paper baby blue, glue, and scissors. They did…
I’ve joined another Virtual Book Club for the girls. This one is call Poppins Book Nook! Every month I and several other blogs will be posting about a subject. This give lots of different books that people could do! I did not get a chance to announce about it last month. I got busy and…
If you missed our March’s Virtual Book Club for Kids, April is a great time to join up. This month we are doing David Shannon! He is another new author for me. I have seen his books at the library. So we will be checking out a lot of them soon! Here are some of…
New this month is the Poppins Book Nook! It is a monthly book club with themes! I’m sorry I did not get it annouced before the first post! I’ll do better next month! This month’s theme is Knights, Princess and Castles! There are so many fun books for this theme. This month we read The…
This month for the Virtual Book Club we read The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson. It was fun to talk about where the whale and the snail went. Everything they saw on their journey. We pointed out what our favorite parts where. Rose liked the drawing on the board at school. Mary liked…