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Pumpkin Pie Playdough
With Halloween just around the corner, pumpkins are on the mind. We’re going to try this fun recipe for Pumpkin Pie Playdough!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Learning Activities
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Summary:
I love, love, love this book!! The lowercase letters decide to climb the coconut tree. But when all the letters get to the top, the tree can’t hold them all and CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM, they all fall down! But, all their adult friends (uppercase letters) [...]
Fun With Books: The Kissing Hand
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is the perfect book to read at the beginning of the school year when young children are a little hesitant to leave home.
The Kissing Hand
Summary:
Chester Raccoon doesn’t want to go to school; he wants to stay home with his mother. She reassures him that everything will be fine… because [...]
Fun With Books: Ice Cream Fun!
Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop (Curious George, No 23)
by Margret and H.A. Rey
Summary:
Our favorite monkey is at it again!! This time he wreaks havoc in an ice cream shop!
Activity Ideas:
Visit an ice cream shop, like the one in the book. Talk with your children about the different flavors, cones versus cups, how [...]
Fun With Books: Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Summary:
The King of Didd announces that he is bored with sunshine, rain, fog, and snow, and tells his magicians to add some variety to the weather. As a result, large piles of sticky oobleck fall throughout the kingdom, covering everything. The king soon regrets his wish, but since his [...]
Fun With Books: Mrs. Wishy-Washy
Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley
Summary:
Cow, Pig, and Duck find some mud and think it would be a lot of fun to play in. But along comes Mrs. Wishy-Washy ready to wash them. "'Into the tub you go.' Wishy-washy. Wishy-washy." Nice and clean. But as soon as she leaves, what do those mud-lovin' animals do?! You [...]
Fun With Books: Earth Day
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Summary:
This beautiful picture book tells of the life of the author's Great-Aunt Alice, now called the Lupine Lady. When she was little, Alice told her grandfather that she wanted to do as he did: go to far away places and live in a house by the sea. He told her that [...]
Fun With Books: Butterflies
Eric Carle is one of my favorite authors. I especially love this book:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Summary:
A tiny caterpillar pops out of his egg one morning and is very hungry. He eats through all kinds of food, only to end up with a stomach ache. He then eats through a leaf and feels [...]
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