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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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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

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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

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Polar Bear Costume Headband for Kids

Learn and play Polar Bears with this cute, easy to sew Polar Bear Costume Headband for Kids! Make A Polar Bear Costume Headband Materials Needed for Polar Bear Costume Headband: Directions How to Make a Polar Bear Costume Headband: 1.  Cut the pieces out of felt. 1 white headband piece 3 inches wide. 2 black eyes and a nose. 2. Place the polar bear's facial features on.3. Straight stitch in like colors around the eyes and nose. 4. Measure around the child (or ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: arctic animals, Book Extensions, Costume, Literacy Connections, Polar Animals, polar bear, Preschool, reading activities, Sewing, Winter

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Indoor Play Activities; Winter Learning Activities and Crafts

indoor play activities for cold winter days

Cold weather and snow on the way, here are some indoor play activities to help you survive. We're sharing our version of The Educators' Spin On It Survival Guide for Indoor Cold Winter Days. The forecast calls for extreme cold in much of the USA and other places around the world. Although I am a huge advocate for playing outside in all sorts of weather, there are times when it is NOT SAFE for outside play.   When schools are canceled due to extreme cold temperatures you need a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: grade school, indoor play, Parenting, Preschool, School Ages, Winter

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Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim Vij shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing all kinds of easy kid crafts, activities, recipes and even travel ideas for families!
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