Our Flag – 4th of July
Flag Day is on June 14th so I wanted to read a book with my son about flags and the importance of Our Flag. I found a Little Golden Book by Carl Memling titled Our Flag. This is a great book that gives history on the changes of the flags of the USA. I find this book a great one for kids of all different ages. The pictures are bright and colorful. The text is simple and easy to follow. The explanations on each page are brief, but are still able to tell a lot about the history of ...
The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
When I was pregnant with our daughter, I had a friend give me the book The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart. Right away I was caught up in the illustrations by Christine Davenier. When I got home that night I had to read this book. It is a longer story which would be great for the older ages. My daughter, who is now 1, will not sit through the entire reading of this book. Along with the length, the language is a little harder to understand for the younger ages. Gerry, "The ...
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
We have all heard a lot about bullying and the effects it has on children and adults. I wanted to find a book that would reinforce what bullying is, and what role we play in bullying. That's when I found the book Llama Llama and the Bully Goat. I loved the illustrations in this book along with the great lesson it gives. It is about a llama and his day at school with a bully who is a goat. It talks about what to do when someone is bullying you or a friend, and how the teacher ...
The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores
I grew up reading many of the Berenstain Bears books. I fell in love with them as a kid and wanted to share these with my children as well. Over the next few months I will be reviewing 1-2, each month, of the Berenstain Bears books. I hope that your kids enjoy these books as much as mine did. I know my son really enjoyed the book this week which is titled The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores.
How do you get chores completed at your house? How do you incorporate this ...
The Night Before Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is just around the corner and I have a great book for you to read with your kids. The Night Before Mother's Day is such a fun book. This is not the first The Night Before books that we have purchased for our house. Stay tuned next month for another.
During the book, The Night Before Mother's Day, a dad and kids get Mom out of the house so they can prepare surprises for her for Mother's Day. What's great is that all of these surprises can be done by your kids. I know ...
The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners
We are excited to be sharing the book The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners. I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel I shouldn't need to continue to remind my child when to say "thank you" and "please". No, I don't need to remind him every time, but frequently. And, what about manners at the table, or at a friends house? This is a great book to read with your children. We all need a review of what good manners are, and why they are so important.
After we read the book ...
Pancakes For Supper
While at the library my son saw the cover of the book, Pancakes For Supper, and wanted to get it right away. It has a picture of a HUGE stack of pancakes. Pancakes For Supper was a fun book to read. This is a story about a little girl who gets bumped out of her parents' wagon. She flies through the air and lands near a variety of wild animals. Each one threatens to eat her, however, she offers different items of clothing to each of them. For example, she offers her blue coat to the ...
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
I'm sure you have all heard of the book I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. But, have you heard of the book I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie? When we went to the library to find a couple other books, we ran across this book. I had not heard of this book before, so I was excited to take this home to read it with my son.
I found this great printable to go along with the book I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. I wanted to do something a little bit different so we ...
The Gingerbread Man
This weeks we are excited to talk about the book The Gingerbread Man. This is another classic book that is many of us have grown up reading. The story is about a woman who wanted to do something nice for her husband because of all the hard work he does around their house and yard. So, she decided to make a Gingerbread Man cookie. Once she takes the cookie out of the oven it comes to life and run out of their house. The cookie runs past different animals telling them "you can't ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This weeks book is an all time favorite, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We fell in love with this book when K was just one. It is a cute story about a caterpillar who is very hungry and eats all these different things, but gets sick. In the end only one leaf makes him feel well enough. It's always fun to have my kids guess what is going to happen throughout the book. Have your kids tell you what happens at the end of the book, and then read to see if they were right. The illustrati...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...) is such a cute book. K loved reading this book over and over. The story starts with a boy eating cookies outside his house. Soon he sees a mouse and want to share his cookies with it. The mouse eats the cookie and then asks for milk, of course the boy gives him some milk. The little mouse continues asking for things, and the cute little boy continues to give him what he would like. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is written well by ...
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
We are so excited to introduce the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk. When we asked friends and neighbors if they had heard of it the majority said "no". This is a great book because, I feel, it promotes creative thinking. There is repetition that not only engages the children, but it makes it easy for them to respond. There are different shapes and pictures, but in the end what are the shapes? Read this book and find out!!
One thing we enjoyed doing was going out on a cloudy day. ...
