Reading is something we all should be doing. Reading with out kids is very important. They learn a lot with reading. Over the next month the challenge from Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs is to read at least 30 minutes a day with your kids. Yes, I know that March was National Reading Month. I…
We read the book The Easter Egg by Jan Brett . We love the story of the different types of eggs. They all showed everyone personality and how everyone has different talents as well. No one needs to make the same type of egg. After reading the book we made tissue paper Easter Eggs. What…
Spring started on March 20th this year! Here are some Spring Reading Charts that are like the Summer, Fall and Winter Reading Charts! Each season so far I have challenged my girls to read 100 different books. Spring came much faster than I guessed it would. I was not prepared for how fast winter went…
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…
We read the book Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou. This is a fun book about how your grow flowers. We loved this book last year and still do this year. The girls wanted to read it again. I pulled it out of the Spring box and we had fun! After reading the book we…
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…
We love Gross motor and book activities and this is one of our favorite ways to get moving! Plus is is a fun Dr. Seuss Activity as well. So get up and get moving with reading the ABCs! You get more than 26 gross motor ideas for kids to do! Each page is loads of…
Each month I pick out books we found at the library or the books store that we all loved and let you know what they were. It is a fun process and has my girls always looking for new and different books when we go to the library. This month was exploring the new books…
I love adding gross motor and other activities together. And this is a great activity for counting, gross motor and fine motor all at the same time. This week we have been doing the Gross Motor challenge slightly differently. We have been using books. It changes up what you are doing and makes it fun….
Winter start on Friday December 21! Here are some Winter Reading Charts that are like the Summer and Fall Reading Charts! Each season so far I have challenged my girls to read 100 different books. I made these printables for them. So far Summer, Fall and now Winter is made. We plan on doing one…
This month we read Mossy by Jan Brett for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. Yes, I know she has a lot of Holiday books but I wanted to do one that was not holiday to show some of the different books she has! What you need: green construction paper, white paper, flower foam stickers,…
A fun menorah craft for kids to make for Hanukkah that has a great book that you can read as well. You can read the book and make this great craft. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah Crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we…
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. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah activities on the site. I have been exploring Hanukkah with the girls. It has been a great fun….
We read The Birds of Bethlehem by Tomie dePaola for the Virtual Book Club. This is a new book that just came out by Tomie dePaola. We made our own birds to watch over our Christmas this year. What you need: tissue paper of various colors, bird pattern on wax paper cut out, and glue….
What is a sensory bin? A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool. Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items. Thanksgiving Sensory Bin This Thanksgiving sensory bin has a…
There are so many great dinosaur books that you can read with kids. We load exploring and reading new dinosaur books when we can. We also like exploring new authors. So today we did a little of both a new dinosaur book and a new author (who quickly became a FAVORITE to read) for us…
If you missed our October Virtual Book Club for Kids, November is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Tomie de Paola! Here are some of the great books you can read by Tomie de Paola. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book club, here’s what you need…
Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story is a book that my husband found. The girls just love it. It was a story about a group of mice going on a space shuttle mission. The smallest mouse was chosen and loved space travel. We also learn about the real mouse that is was based after….
We read the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon. Then we took kitchen utensils and painted with them. What you need: paper, paint, and kitchen utensils. We started first with spoons. The girls used knives. The girls liked using the knife to spread paint around. Then they used forks. Rose and Amelia…
We read Peanuts: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The girls put the stickers in the book for the right places as we read the book. It was lots of fun! What we used to make the Finger Paint Pumpkins pumpkin template orange finger paint paper plate black crayon How we made the Finger Paint…
Today I’m guest posting over at Crayon Freckles! I did a craft that went with a books from last months books finds. It is The Sunflower Sword (Andersen Press Picture Books) by Mark Sperring and Miriam Latimer. So hope over to Crayon Freckles and check it out! Be sure and tell her hello while you…
If you missed our September Virtual Book Club for Kids, October is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Amy Krouse Rosenthal! Here are some of the great books you can read by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book club, here’s what you need…
We read Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Then we did painting with strawberries, blueberries and mud. What you need: 3 plastic bins, strawberries, blueberries, dirt, water, paintbrushes, spoon, potato masher, paper with shoes. Amelia smashed the strawberries. Rose smashed the blueberries. Mary mixed the mud. The girls painted their strawberry shoes. The…
We read Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman. The girls loved the story and the simple black white and red colors. It was a delightful story. We made yarn acorns. What you need: acorn cutout, glue and yarn light and dark brown. We compared the top and bottom of the acorn and the light and…
An easy fall tree craft that any age can do. We did this fall yarn tree that any age can do. It has red, yellow, and orange colors of fall! One of our favorite parts of fall is the color of the leaves on the trees. They are super pretty to look at as they…
We read Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Lois Ehlert . After reading the book we went and gathered leaves outside. We also picked up some pine cones. Then we made leaf art work. What you need: leaves, glue and paper. We went outside and gathered leaves. We compared the leaves…
We read Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert. Mary loved the great story about the squirrel and the girl. We had fun exploring the many different pictures in the book. What you need: squirrel cut out, tray, q-tip, white paint, black paint, paint brush, and paint holder. Mary mixed the black and white paint today….
A simple apple craft that is great for kids of different ages. You use an apple template and yarn to make this craft. And kids will have fun making their red apples, or maybe they make a green or yellow apple. The yarn apple craft is a great addition to the apple crafts on the…
Fall is almost here! Here are some Fall Reading charts that are like the Summer reading Charts! This fall I have challenged my girls to read 100 different books. I have made these printables to help mark their progress. For every 10 books, we read we plan on doing at least one writing activity. We…
Apple is a great theme for the fall. This is a fun and easy-to-do Apple craft and book learning for kids! Torn paper crafts are one of our favorite crafts to do! They are simple and easy. And the torn paper apple tree makes a great paper apple tree craft for kids! We have included…