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!…
I’m excited about this the Wild West theme this month for the Poppins Book Nook. There are so many different books to explore about it. I know that you can always find something fun and interesting to read about the Wild West. I know that I will have a hard time picking a book about…
This whole week we have been learning about apples. This is one of the activities that we did with our Apple Theme. Apple is one of our favorite themes for the fall. You can always do something with them. So many activities are fun and easy to do. This apple tree is super easy to…
It is time for another introduction to the next Virtual Book Club Author: Mo Willems! I have to say he is a FAVORITE at our house! He has very fun books that are great for all ages and fun to read over and over! Plus selection of new authors for the 2014-2015 year. This is…
August was a month of getting back to normal. We made trips to the book stores and libraries and we loved it! Nothing like having a few things normal, like finding new books to read! It was fun to read all the different books. There are several new books and some old books as well….
This month the Community helper Pack came out. It has been loads of fun to use. We really loved the books we have been using for it. So we pick a book from that to use for our Poppins Book Nook activity this month. We decided to use the book Whose Tools Are These?: A…
The Fremont Indian State Park is a small museum and collection of petroglyphs and pictographs information off I-70. It is a fun stop to go to with information about the Fremont Indians that lived there along the Clear Creek Canyon. They are named for the explore Fremont who went through that area. You have lots…
I’ve been excited about this one for the last month. The girls picked the book Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) for this months author Aliki. This is a great fall book as well. We loved learning about different parts of history for corn. While on vacation this summer we…
Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is a great aquarium in the Salt lake City Area! The over all trip was great and we loved how easy it was to find. You are going to find a wide range of animals to see. They have a water tunnel to walk through, penguins, Utah animals, and South America….
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…
Once again we are at a new author for the Virtual Book Club for kids! This is always fun to pick out books we might like to read. This months author is Aliki. At first I thought I did not have any book or have read her books. While traveling this summer I realized that…
This month is different these are some of the books we found on vacation. These books were in libraries that we visited or places we went to. It has been a fun month and I hope that you enjoy these books! It is always fun to find new books. Mouseton Abbey: The Cheesy Treasure Hunt…
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…
This summer we are doing some different reading. I’m doing some reading of chapter books for the girls. Plus exploring new chapter books for my daughter who just finished second grade. We all looking at the books and tried to pick out a few different ones to read. There are so many new and different…
The new Virtual Book Club for Kids author is Giles Andreae! She has great rhyming books. They are lots of fun to read. I’m looking forward to finding new books of hers! I love exploring the authors each month. I find that I look for those books and look for new books by the author….
If you read my introduction this month, the book we picked would not surprise you. We went with a book about Walden Pond. The great outdoors is something we have talked about a lot these last few weeks. We are getting ready for our summer of enjoying the outdoors as much as we can. The…
Each month we look book finds at the library or the store. We always have fun with this. It is something fun to do and we love it. This month is a combination of library and store finds. Don’t be afraid to ask at the store or the library what new books have come in….
Reading ia a big part of our summer and we like to keeping track of our summer reading. This year we need to keep track of the minutes read for my oldest and books per day for the younger girls. There are two different Free Weekly Summer Reading Charts. These Weekly Summer Reading Charts have…
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…
Eric Carle has to be one of my favorite children’s authors to read. We can read his books over and over and enjoy them every time. Do you have a favorite Eric Carle book? The girls each have a favorite book. For about 2 years I read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?…
Every month we look for different books. We always find new books each month. This months books are some fun ones, there is a wordless book, mommy book, bedtime and book with just 2 words. These were all library finds! I always encourage people to use the library! We love the library and I think…
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…
It is time for the Virtual Book Club again. This time we have a fun green yarn sheep craft to go with the book we picked for Mem Fox. This is a fun hands on craft that goes really well with the book. It was hard to pick just one book for this author! We…
The blossoms on the trees is one of my favorite parts of spring. The girls and I made some fun Spring Blossoms to hang in our windows at home. Before we started this activity we read a few books one of which was Seasons by Anne Crausaz. I just love to read that book. I…
Folktales are a this months Poppins Book Nook Theme. I really like how many different Folktales there are. Folktales are also hard to distinguish from fairy tales. It is a story passed down and often has a moral to the story. There is often no fairies or magic in them. It is also an oral…
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…
Look for new books to read to you kids? Check out April 2014 Book Finds! You are going to the wordless books, over coming fears, finding what is different and books with humor in them. Each month we are always looking for new books. You never know what book you are going to find. This…
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…
With Earth Day coming up we have been doing some fun tree fine motor activities. I thought I would post a few that my youngest did the other day. 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…
For the Virutal Book Club For Kids we read The Cow Who Clucked. I found this books to be a long to fun. You can explore the sounds that each animal makes. It is fun to pause for the kids to say “Cluck, Cluck” for the cow. For this activity, since we are doing the…