Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

You’re invited to join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids for themed book activities. We’re excited to be sharing with you weekly preschool books and activity ideas for the school year. It’s your own personal preschool lesson plan with books for you and your child for the school year. Are you ready to join along?

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Join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids

Since 2012 I’ve been cohosting the Virtual Book Club for Kids with my co-organizers Kristina from Toddler Approved and Cerys from Rainy Day Mum. This past year we went from monthly ideas to weekly ideas and we had so much fun we’re doing it again.  

Are you ready to see what themes and books we’ve selected?

As moms and former teachers we’ve selected our favorite picture books to go along with popular preschool themes that your child will enjoy learning about. Think of these are your own personal preschool lesson plans for each week with your child.

A Special Preschool Book Club Group Just for You!

To add some accountability and give you support, we have created a Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group where you can come and get activity ideas, get additional book recommendations, and share what you’re up to with your kids! The group will be closed and ONLY members of the Facebook group can see what is posted in the group.

Do you think you can join us?

Click HERE to join our special Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weeklyVBCforkids/

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Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

Here are the books and the themes we’ll be featuring for September and October.  We’ll release the rest of the year’s themes and books in our Facebook Group and to our Newsletter Subscribers. Sign up so you can get prepared to join the fun each week!

Here’s a look at past year’s Books and Themes…
CLICK ON THE THEMES to see each featured activity to go along with the BOOK!

Theme: Apples
Book: Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Theme: Leaves
Book: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Theme: Acorns & Squirrels
Book: Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

Theme: Farm
Book: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (A Click, Clack Book) by Doreen Cronin

Theme: Monsters
Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Theme: Pumpkins
Book: Five Little Pumpkins  by Dan Yaccarino

Theme: Witches and Potions
Book: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Theme: Bats
Book: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Participating in the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids

Each Monday we’ll be featuring a different children’s book by a favorite author and we’ll be sharing a themed activity related to the book.
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We are inviting YOU to not only read the featured book with your kids, but also try out a book related activity during the week and report back!

Our co-hosts will also share activities. You’ll be able to find all of them in our Facebook Group each week.

We’re picked some classic books to feature in our Virtual Book Club for Kids. Just click on the THEME to take you to activities inspired by each theme from our previous book club!

Theme: Bedtime
Book: Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anne Dewdney

Theme: Transportation
Book: Freight Train by Donald Crews

Theme: Ornaments
Book: Merry Christmas, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff

Theme: Gingerbread
Book: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

Theme: Reindeer
Book: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Classic Story 

Just click on each theme to take you to how to create these fun activities inspired by your favorite children’s picture books!

Theme: Bears
BOOK: Bear Snores On  by Karma Wilson

Theme: Snow
BOOK: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Theme: Pancakes
BOOK: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

Theme: Pets
BOOK: Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Theme: Valentine’s Day
BOOK: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Theme: Emotions 
BOOK: I Was So Mad (Little Critter)  by Mercer Mayer

Theme: Dr. Seuss 
BOOK: Fox in Socks (Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss

Theme: Dragons
BOOK: Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

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Theme: Rainbow
Book: A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Theme: Bunnies
Book: The Tale of Peter Rabbit  by Beatrix Potter

Theme: Eggs
Book: The Easter Egg by Jan Brett

Theme: Birds 
Book: Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman

Theme: Zoo 
Book: Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Theme: Community Helpers 
Book: Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha

Theme: Frogs
Book: The Wide-Mouthed Frog (A Pop-Up Book) by Keith Faulkner

Theme: Gardening 
Book: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

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Weekly Preschool Lesson Plans from our Virtual Book Club

Each week our VBC Cohosts will be sharing activity ideas for your preschoolers on their websites and in our facebook group.  You can sign up to receive these activities in our Weekly Book Club Newsletter too!

The activities will focus on the early childhood developmental skills needed for success in school.

• Alphabet
• Names
• Pre-Writing
• Numbers
• Shapes
• Colors
• Fine Motor
• Gross Motor
• Cooking
• Science
• Sensory

Everything you need to help your child get ready for Kindergarten and foster a love for books and learning! Let me know in the comments below if you’re joining us! I can’t wait to experience this with you and your child and get to know you more.  Happy READING!

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