Magnets are something my girls love to play with at our house. We have been looking at books that have experiments about them. Our library recently added a STEM section with TONS of new books that are STEM-based. We have loved having these books. The girls wanted to explore some of the experiment books. There…
For this pirate theme, we have been doing the Build Up Summer Learning Week 1 Pirate. We have loved doing pirates this summer and loved several of the books. Pirates are a theme I think do well for boys and girls. The Chalk Pirate Flag Craft is a great addition to the pirate activities on…
In college, I took a class on outdoor literature and loved it. Part of the class was getting out and exploring areas in the great outdoors. There are lots of great books on the outdoors. Which is perfect for this months Poppins Book Nook Theme: The Great Outdoors. In the class I learned lots of…
Folktales are a lot of fun to learn about. There are so many to pick from. My girls really liked the Little Red Hen. Our activity this month for Poppins Book Nook was for this folktale. What I like about the story of the Little Red Hen is that you learn that you have to…
Traffic light fun while learning the words stop and go. Explore the book while learning some early reading activities. We read Go! Go! Go! Stop!. We just LOVED this book. It was fun and a great way to be interactive as well. This is a great way to learn about what stop lights do as…
Every month is always a fun theme. This months theme of Planes, Trains and Automobiles is very fun! My youngest LOVES all things to do with transportation! She would spend hours having me read books about it. Plus then play with them. It is going to be hard to pick just one book for this…
This month’s Poppins Book Nook was Presidents. There are many ways to look at this. We did read several books and enjoyed them. But we saw one that we just had to read. It is called I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World). This is a series of books about ordinary people who changed…
The theme for this month could not have come at a better time. It is a great time since we have several past US Presidents birthdays this month. There are so many books you can explore for the presidents. You can read books about all the presidents and learn fact about each one or you…
This month for the Greek Myth theme for the Popping Book Nook we went about things very differently. We have been doing crafts and activities for the books and this time we did a field trip after reading our book: A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology: The Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, Monsters, and…
This months theme is Greek Myths! I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. The girls and I have talked about it some! We have an ideas of the books we might be using. Do you have a favorite Greek Myth that you love? I have several that I love. I always like…
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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…