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Top 10 Ways to Cook with Books with your Kids!

Easy Recipes for Kids for Popular Children's Picture Books

Head to the kitchen with these easy recipes for kids to make inspired by popular children's books! Read a book and cook, for hours of fun and learning in the kitchen with your young chef. Here are our top picks of ways to cook with books! One of my favorite things to do is to bring my kids into the kitchen for some fun with cooking, especially when we’re on a break from school! We work together to make all sorts of things from baked goods to even main dishes. I love watching ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading, Recipes Tagged With: Book Activities, Book Extensions, Book List, Little Hands That Cook, Recipes, Summer, Summer Reading, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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DIY Gruffalo Inspired Mouse Costume Headband

Mouse Headband Tutorial inspired by the Gruffalo

Costumes and pretend play are a great kids activity to make books come to life. They can pretend to be the characters in the story: acting out the events in the book or creating their own story with the characters. These interactions with the text build vocabulary and literacy connections. This post contains affiliate links to books. This month, the virtual book club is reading books by Julia Donaldson. Our house adores the Gruffalo and we have made a Gruffalo Apron ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Costume, grade school, Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, Literacy Connections, mouse, Sewing, Virtual Book Club

By Kim Vij

Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids to Make

Muffin Recipes for Kids to Bake

Head to the kitchen to enjoy these easy muffin recipes for kids to make! A recipe collection of 30 muffin recipes your child will LOVE! Easy Muffin Recipes for Kids One of the first things you can have your child make in the kitchen with you is muffins. Typically they are simple recipes and require just a little bit of stirring. Bake for a short period and then the MAGIC happens and you can enjoy a delicious muffin together. Why teach young children to bake ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cooking with Kids, grade school, Muffins, prechool, Recipes, toddlers

By Kim Vij

Exploring Courage, Resilience, and Knowledge: Book Reviews for Read Your Word 2025

Children’s books have the power to inspire, educate, and empower young readers by introducing them to stories of courage, resilience, and discovery. In this collection of book reviews for Read Your World 2025, we explore stories that celebrate perseverance, cultural identity, scientific curiosity, and the strength found in community. Let's see what are the latest releases of multicultural children's books... Disclosure: I received the following books to review as a gift as a Book Review ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Book Review, Diversity, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Read Your World

By The Educators Spin On It

How to Make a Gruffalo Dress Up Apron for Creative Storytelling

Gruffalo Apron for Pretend Play

Make this super cute Gruffalo inspired dress up apron for Halloween or pretend play and learning. When you interact with a story through re-telling, children develop stronger vocabulary and understanding of the characters and plot - strengthening their reading! Learn how to make this Gruffalo Dress up Apron to surprise your favorite Gruffalo fan! Aha aho Whose APRON is this and how did it go? I am so glad you asked because I wanted to share. It is so cute - why not make a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book Activities, Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, Sewing, Virtual Book Club

By Kim Vij

Mouse Counting Activity Inspired by the book Mouse Count

Mouse Count Activity with Lids for Preschoolers

Here's a playful way to recreate the story Mouse Count with your child and sneak in a little mouse count activity with math too using everyday items. This adorable book Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh creates an opportunity to learn about counting and also working together as a team. This post contains affiliate links to amazon  For this activity Ellen Stoll Walsh for our featured book activities for Virtual Book Club for Kids. She's the author of several book but we've ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math, Reading Tagged With: Author Study, Ellen Stoll Walsh, grade school, Kim, math, mouse, Mouse Count, Preschool, Virtual Book Club

By Kim Vij

If You Give a Moose a Muffin Activities

If You Give a Moose a Muffin Activities for Kids

Explore fun and educational activities for kids based on the children's book If You Give a Moose a Muffin. It includes muffin-themed literacy, math, and art projects, along with muffin recipes. Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read more about these links in my disclosure policy. If You Give a Moose a Muffin Activities Muffins are one of our favorite recipes for our Little Hands That Cook with Books ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: grade school, Kim, Muffin Tin, Muffins, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Mouse Count Activities for Kids

Create a mouse craft with your child inspired by one of our favorite picture books, Mouse Count! This activity focuses on fine motor skills and retelling the story as you create it. Amazon affiliate links used  Let's have a little fun with a snake and some mice!  I invite you to join along with the book Mouse Count by Ellen Stohl Walsh.  She has written a few adorable Mouse Books which I think are essential to any children to read!  Counting, Colors, Shapes they are the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Animals, mouse, Mouse Count, VBC Summer Camp, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By The Educators Spin On It

Strawberry STEM Challange : Growing Strawberries with Kids in the Garden

Strawberry STEM Challenge, learning science, technology, engineering, and math in the garden with kids. BUDGET FRIENDLY STEM Activity

Welcome to the Strawberry STEM Challenge. Getting kids in the garden is a great way to make learning fun and authentic (on a budget!). There will be plenty of opportunities to experience science, technology, engineering, math, and art – with this week of learning activities all about growing strawberries with kids! Best for grade school children, but easily adaptable for preschool and PreK too! The Strawberry STEM + Art Challenge was designed to help parents and teachers teach ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, STEM Tagged With: Amanda, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Preschool, STEM, strawberries

By The Educators Spin On It

Orange Strawberry Jam Surprise Muffins

Orange Strawberry Jam Muffin Recipe

These Orange Strawberry Jam Surprise Muffins are the perfect treat to make with and for kids. The sugar zest on top creates a crunchy finish, a delicious contrast to the soft jam surprise middle. Muffins are my kids' go-to recipe to make and eat. They are so versatile and make great breakfast and snack options. My 8 year old can now make the batter on her own. Even the 2 year old can't resist pouring and mixing. He insists that no one else can fill the baking cups. Here's our family ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Cooking with Kids, grade school, Little Hands That Cook, Muffins, Preschool, Recipes, strawberries

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