A super simple and fun firework painting that you can do with kids of all ages. And this is a great firework painting for the Fourth of July, New Years and even the Olympic! This firework painting is a fun painting idea that is a fun activity for kids who love fireworks but might not…
Painting with cookie cutters is a super easy activity for kids. You can use stars and flags to do this painting with red, white and blue paint. It is super easy for kids of all ages, and they can have fun doing the activity as well. Plus you can do this for Flag Day, Fourth…
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…
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…
One of our favorite Dr Seuss books to read is the Lorax. We have read it almost every year. We love the story and the truffula trees are so much fun. We have a simple and easy to make truffula tree art activity that kids of different ages can make. Torn paper makes a great…
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…
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…
I think that finding new books to read is TONS of fun and my library loves when we visit because we are always taking home bags full of books to read. Plus it is fun to see what books my girls will pick out. Every month we are on the look out for new books!…
Every month is a new challenge to find new books! We are always reading pictures books. Yes, EVEN my 10-year-old reads pictures books. Reading of any kind is important. Plus not all pictures books are at the same easy reading level. All books have different degrees in reading level. It is fun to have a…
The first summer with no summer school? I was panicking. Both the teachers and I knew my oldest needed to be reviewing and relearned materials from the school year. I took several deep breaths and started working on a basic plan for the summer. I made several themed sets and worked on a small summer…
An email recently asked me about the book finds that I do every month. They asked if we went to the library every week. I said Yes, we go to the library every week! We don’t miss a week and sometimes we go twice a week. I was asked why we go. We check out…
Each month we always look for new books to read. We explore the library, bookstores, museums and gift shops for book ideas. It is fun to see books my girls and I find. Their ages has them always pick out different books than I think they would. I never stop looking for fun books to…
We just love reading books and every year we work on looking for new and different books. Today I have some of our favorite colors books. I find that learning about a subject multiple ways is always fun. Each of these books is a book that we have liked and read many times. I also…
Each month my girls and I always look for fun new book finds! We are never let down with all the fun books we find. We look in bookstores, museums, and libraries. It is fun to go through and see what new books we can find. This month is a collection from the library and…
I’m very excited once again to be a part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids for 2015-2016. My girls have really enjoyed being a part of the book club. There is a great line-up of books for this year. I know that they pick the books out with great care. I’ve never had a…
The girls and I enjoy being a part of the Virtual Book Club. We have been doing it for a long time. The girls always look forward to seeing what books we will be doing. At the end of the year I thought I would round up all the activities and introduction posts from the…
I’m very excited about August’s theme. There are so many books that have been made into movies. It will be hard to pick just one book. I really like that each month we always have fun books to explore. I thought I would share some of our favorite books that are movies. We have included…
We have hit a new season and it is time for more Chapter Books are reading! We have had tons of fun looking and finding new books. Humor seems to be a big hit at our house. We love reading those style of books. This set has animals, humor, dinosaurs, fairy tales, and detective stories….
It is a fun time again. Our author for this months book club is Leo Lionni! There are so many fun books of his to read. This is also the second time that he has been featured for the Virtual Book Club. One of our favorite books is by far Swimmy. We had so much…
We are in a new year and a new set of Poppins Book Nook themes! We start out with our first theme of weather! I’m so excited about this one. There are so many great books to explore with weather! You can get a lot of different books by season as well. One fun weather…
These books are a collection of stuff that we bought and books we got at the library. We love looking for new book. There are always fun books to read. This months we had some favorite authors with new books for us to read and some new authors for us as well. Pete the Cat:…
Every year I challenge myself to read at least 50 books. Yes, that is about 1 book a week right now. With a little leeway for 2 weeks. I also during that reading want to make sure that I’m going everything I can to also learn new things. This year I added a few parenting…
We have been learning about the Nativity. We have been reading books about it. We are sharing an easy Paper Roll Nativity that we put together and used with the book Itsy Bitsy Christmas: You’re Never Too Little for His Love. I love this story because it is about how the king that was visiting…
I love this months author Eric Litwin is a favorite at our house. We just love the first three Pete the Cat books and we read them often. I think they are some of the most read books at our house. It did the Pete the Cat themed pack because they loved it so much….
My girls had a hard time to pick what book they wanted to do. We have all three books but they liked The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? (Pigeon series) the best. We read this book over and over. I love how it turns out. The books with Pigeon in them are always fun to read!…
This months theme of What Will I Be When I Grow Up? is a great theme for kids! There are always books and ideas for learning about different jobs and things they can be. This is a great time to do some pretend play and have fun. There are some places you can can explore…
Early Reader Books are important to have, but also important is to make sure they are the right reading level for your child. We have several different early reader books that we like at our house. These are ones that I have found work really well. They build good early reading skills. They also are…
This months Virtual Book Clubs Author is Mem Fox. She has fun and creative books! When pulled out my sheet to look at the author for this month I did not recognize the name at all. I was surprised that I did have one of her books. It is Time for Bed, which we read…
We continue our Dr Seuss week with another fun activity we did this week! My girls just love Green Eggs and Ham. It is the most read book at our house right now. My middle learned and memorized the pages so she could read it. I decided it was time to challenge what she did…
Every month I look forward to finding new books. I always find a few that are more fun than others. We have been doing reading and dinner and lunch. It has made the time more fun. This month was all books we found at the library. I enjoyed each of the books and some we…