This month we read Swimmy by Leo Lionni. This is a favorite book at our house. They girls did not want any of the other books for this activity. We read through several new books but came right back to Swimmy! What you need: paper with fish drawn on it, lids, and paint red &…
We love the book Jump, Frog, Jump! The girls have loved it since Rose had it first read to her in preschool. Since then we have gone through 2 board books and at least 3 paper backs of the book. This activity also goes great with the Pond Pack. What you need: Pencil or something…
Do you visit your library? We do some times once or twice a week! During the summer we might go as often as every day. It has been a source of joy for the girls. We have a lot of books in the house for the girls to read and look at, but the library…
This months books all came from the library! The girls found that they really like these books. Finding new books is always fun. This months finds include: America, dinosaurs, and animals. Coming soon is a post about using the library. It is a great resource to use for everything! See Me Run (I Like to…
This week was reading fun bug books! There were lots of fun and different books we read. I can’t believe another week has gone by for this month! It is going by so fast! How did your reading go? For us it went great. I got in more reading than I had expected. We read…
Mary and I read the book Exploring Flowers (First Step Nonfiction: Let’s Look at Plants). It was all about flower and what they do. It an easy read. After we read the book we looked at the dot marker page and explored the parts of the flowers we had learned. What you need: Flower Dot…
I love to take the girls to the Butterfly Place. They love it there. I did a trip review of it last year.. We have taken two trips this year already. Both trips we saw and did different things. You never know what you will see on a trip there. Out first trip we saw…
The first 5 days of the Reading Challenge have passed. How have you been doing? The girls and I have been enjoying doing a little extra reading. We read spring and baseball books this week. Plus started back into reading chapter books. The girls enjoy having books read to them. I also encourage them to…
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…
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 read the book Hooray for St. Patrick’s Day! (Lift-the-Flap, Puffin). After we finished reading the book we look through again for all the clovers we could find. They girls liked seeing them all over in the book. What you need: paper plate, green paint, and paper. First we talked about what we were doing…
Here are the February books I found and really liked. Some are new and some are older books. It is always fun to see new books! Which ones do you like the best? Red Car, Red Bus by Susan Steggall is a great book about cars and colors. You can learn cars and trucks along…
Potty has been going on for a bit in our house. One of the first things to talk about is that everyone does things differently. Each of my girls have been completely different with potty training. I know people that do it in 3 days and all goes well. I tried that this last time…
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…
Looking for some fun dragon books to read. You can learn about dragons in many different ways with this book. And they work great to read at any time. Here are some of the dragon books that helps inspire the Medieval Pack. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Dragon Books to…
If you missed our January’s Virtual Book Club for Kids, February is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Dr. Seuss! This is a favorite at our house hold! Here are some of the great books you can read by Dr. Seuss. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s…
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….
If you missed our December Virtual Book Club for Kids, January is a great time to join up. This month we are doing David McPhail! This is a new Author for me. I’m looking forward to seeing what books I can find! Here are some of the great books you can read by David McPhail….
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. Here is what we found this month….
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 winter activities on the site. I was asked to do a round up of the winter books that I’ll…
We celebrate two holidays: Christmas and Hanukkah. It has become something fun to look forward to! The girls love having both! It has not always been easy to balance it all out, but something fun no matter what. Here are two books that cover this subject: My Two Holidays: A Hanukkah and Christmas Story and…
The books this month a lot come from looking at Christmas books we wanted to get this year. I hope that you can enjoy them as much as we have and will during the holiday season! Yum Yum!: What Fun! by Mara Bergman and Nick Maland is a great book about two kids and a…
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 Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon for the Virtual Book Club. The girls loved reading Chopsticks after having read Spoon. What you need: yarn, pom poms, chopsticks of various kinds, pick up sticks, containers and plates. We tried to use the chopsticks. They pulled them apart. I showed them how you…
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…