2016 has come to a close, and we have read loads of books that we loved! Each book we find is one that we have grown to love over the time we read it. Each month we look for books. A lot of our books we find at the library. We love going to the…
Every month we always pick out our favorite books to share with you. Why do I always do this? Because you never know what fun book you might find to read. Plus not all picture books are for preschoolers. Picture books are good for reading a long time. Every month we look at the picture…
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!…
My girls are always looking for bookmarks for their book. We can never have enough of them. We love changing up the bookmarks with each season. My girls asked for some Christmas themed ones. It is always nice to just be able to print a bookmark when we need one. Plus kids love changes in…
What you still read picture books to your girls? But your oldest is in 5th grade now! Yes, we all read picture books. A lot of picture books are perfect for older kids. Plus even older children can learn from the stories. There are many projects you can do with a book beyond the preschool…
One thing I love about the summer is the summer reading that our library has. It is fun, and my girls have just loved doing it. Now that we are in school and they are reading the same stuff they read during the summer but always seems to be twice as hard to get them…
If you have not guessed by now, I LOVE bookmarks. They are fun to have and use, and we are always looking them. I also love to create themed that my girls want to use as well. My youngest is very much into all things transportation. She loves playing with cars and planes. We are…
Kids are always looking for information on their favorite subjects! One subject we do a lot with is DINOSAURS. I’m always shocked at how much they want to learn. Plus giving them fun ways to learn the information is nice as well! We have been in love with bookmarks at our house! It seems I’m…
We are always looking for different bookmarks to use. We have been using them more and more. I’m always printing a bookmark to use. I love now that we can change them up when we want. My girls all have favorite themes they enjoy. The seasonal changes are nice as well. We love Halloween at…
Every month we love to look for picture books. Yes, even my 11-year-old looks and reads picture books. There are so many different levels of books kids can read. This month my girls each picked one book they liked, and I picked out three that I liked. A lot of these came from our library…
The Grand Canyon is one of the great wonders of the world. My girls and I had a wonderful time visiting the North Rim! This was really something to see and learn about. I love taking my girls to new places to see. This was part of our summer trip and they loved it. Plus…
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…
Finding new books to read is always something fun for us! It has become a challenge to see what new books my girls can find that they really like. We have a favorite author this month and some new one as well. This month was a mix of a bookstore, art museum, and library for…
We are in full swing with summer reading here! That means almost daily trips to the library for books and fun! I love our local library and all they offer for the summer. Plus reading helps prevent the summer slide! It is a great way to get kids to keep up their reading skills by…
This month’s Virtual Book Club book is The Rainbow Fish. It is a favorite at our house. We have loved this book for a long time. One part I like about the Virtual Book Club is that I’m challenged to come up with something new each month for a book that we know or love….
Every month we love looking for new books. There are always books coming out and it is fun to read them. We go to the library every week. It helps us look for different books or to have books pointed out to us as well. It has been tons of fun just looking for the…
As the years have come and gone we have loads of books that we have just loved to read. But one set of books my girls have all liked are the Elephant and Piggie Books by Mo Willems! Each of my girls has just LOVED these books. They have been fun to look for as…
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…
One part of that has changed over the last few years is what are reading and doing. We have progressed to reading bigger books and series! My oldest is really into animals right now. She has been reading several animal series that she has loved! I thought this would be fun to share some of…
We totally love Mo Willems books at our house! They are some favorites for sure. I was excited about Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems for this month’s Virtual book Club book. If you had not guessed, we love dinosaurs at our house and have for years. Today we have some…
We read loads of books at our house. Every week we go to the library and pick out new books. Every week we come home with 20 to 30 new books. It is often hard to pick out just a few of our favorites from the month. This month is a mix of library and…
Spring is here and it is time for some more updated Weekly Reading Charts. This time, we have the chapter book and book bag. We really have enjoyed having the different options to pick from. I like that I have a wide range of charts to use with my girls. Plus it is nice to…
Every month we look forward to finding new books. It has become something my girls look forward to. When we go to the library now, they are looking for the new books on the top of the book shelves. They sometimes ask what books are new this week to the librarians. I have found that…
Peter Rabbit is a favorite story at our house. We have been reading the stories at our house for a long time. I loved all the activities from this month’s Virtual Book Club. I always love all the different activities everyone comes up with. Each activity is centered around the story of The Tale of…
I love looking for books and so do my girls. We have a fun time looking for new books every month! A lot of the books we pick out come from the library. WE make it to the library at least twice a week sometimes we make it more. I have a good relationship with…
Ponds has been a favorite theme at our house for a very long time and Jump, Frog, Jump! has been a favorite book for as long as I can remember. It was one of the books my oldest came home from school and just had to read and I just had to get. It was…
Dr Seuss books are some of our favorites at our house. Every year we do something with at least one of two of the books. The Cat in the Hat is this months Virtual Book Club Book. I love the rhyming and learning you can do with Cat in the hat. I’m sure we have…
Each month I head out to look for fun books to read with my girls! I love finding new pictures books to read with all three of them. Yes that does include my older two girls that could read most of the books on their own. They still learn from me reading to them and…
Groundhog Day is a fun theme to do in late January and early February. We always look forward to doing activities around it. There are so many fun activities that you can do. We had a ton of fun with the Groundhog Day Pack last year. Every year I look to see what new books…
I’ll be honest this month’s Poppins Book Nook theme: Countries Around the World, is not really one I have explored with my girls. I had to head to the library to look at books for the theme. It was fun to look through the books and see what there was. I was surprised just how…