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May Book List for the Virtual Book Club for Kids

May Featured Books at the Virtual Book Club for Kids

Get outdoors this month of May with fun books about butterflies, pond life, ocean life and more.  We’ve hand picked our favorite books for preschoolers to share with you and your child to our May Book List!

May Books List featured at the Virtual Book Club for Kids

I’m excited to share with you our book list for May with the Virtual Book Club for Kids.  5 Weeks of books filled fun as we close out the preschool school year.  To take a peek at all of the books we’ve shared this past year you can visit here Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids .

Last month we had a lot of fun with our April Book List

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May Book List for the Virtual Book Club for Kids

May 1 
Theme: Butterflies
Featured Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

May 8
Theme: Space
Featured Book: How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

May 15
Theme: Pond
Featured Book: In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

May 22
Theme: Ocean
Featured Book: A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

May 29
Theme: Shapes
Featured Book: Mouse Count by Ellen Stohl Walsh

Get outdoors with this May book list with fun books about butterflies, pond life, ocean life and more with fun book themed activities for preschoolers.  Print the list below so you can go get them from your local library or grab them a your favorite book store for classics to add to your child’s book collection.  I’ve included easy shopping list for you to Amazon in the post below.

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May Books List for Virtual Book Club for Kids 2017 for Preschoolers

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May 1 Butterflies-The Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric Carle
May 8 Space-In the Small, Small Pond by Oliver Jeffers
May 15 Pond-In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
May 22 Ocean-A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
May 29 Shapes-Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh 

Did you know that we have a facebook group for participants of our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids? Join 6000+ Moms, Grandparents and Preschooler Teachers as we enjoy reading the books together and sharing activity ideas for each of our Preschool Themes.

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Hard to believe that summer is almost here!  We’re thrilled to announce that we’re hosting our 4th annual Virtual Book Club SUMMER CAMP.  3 Weeks full of fun for your child and a private facebook group for our campers to connect with your Camp Directors, including me! A perfect answer to what to do this summer with your child in your own home with your own schedule.

 Learn More about Summer Camp HERE.

Summer Camp for Kids at home for ages 18 months to 8 years old

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Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Sue Ready says

    May 6, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    I enjoyed reading your themed weeks for May with lots of good ideas. I also belong to MCCBD Facebook group.

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