Looking for inspiring and engaging books to read as a family this Christmas? We have compiled a list of what we consider to be the best Christmas books for kids! Â From babies to tweens, these books will captivate our kids…
First published May 2011. Updated 2019. I’ll be honest. I was never a huge fan of wordless picture books as a teacher and I’m not really sure why. Perhaps it was because I was too concerned with the “nuts…
This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring the book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. In all honesty, I cannot remember ever reading this book before now! If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading this book, it is about…
Disclaimer:  I am not a speech pathologist. This post is written solely on the observation of language development with my three children as well as some developmental background in my early childhood education courses. Animal Sounds For Toddlers I am convinced…
I’ve been keeping a secret from you all for the last couple of months…I’ve been working tirelessly on a brand-new eBook titled I Can Teach My Child to Read:  A 10-Step Guide for Parents. I am so excited to announce…
After sharing my tips for choosing a good children’s book last week, I thought I would introduce you to the Caldecott Award. If you’ve been around Children’s Literature at all, you’ve probably heard books referred to as “Caldecott Winners” or…
There are a few wonderful things about this activity. First of all, it teaches left-to-right orientation, which is an important pre-reading skill. Secondly, it is great for the relationship between a sound (phoneme) and its corresponding letter (grapheme). Finally, it’s…
We’ve all been there…we walk into the Children’s Section of a bookstore or library and are completely bombarded with thousands of books. How in the world are we supposed to choose a good book for our children? What defines…
Guest Post by Julie of Make, Take, & Teach After your child learns the letters and sounds of the alphabet, the next step in learning to read is learning sight words. Being able to recognize sight words is…
These little boogers are fun for kids of all ages! There are so many fun ways you can use this puppet glove: Â color recognition, one-to-one correspondence, songs, and monster-tickles…just to name a few! All you need is a gardening glove…
This was a super-easy activity for Big Brother that combined fine motor skills and alphabet recognition. I was pleasantly surprised how much Big Brother took to this activity…he really enjoyed it and needed very little assistance. I just reused the…
After our Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sensory Tub, I thought it would be fun to do more sensory tubs inspired by some of our favorite children’s books! The Are You My Mother? Board Book is one of Little Brother’s…
Somehow during the blog transfer, this post was deleted. So I thought I would post it again since it was one of my first posts! It made me kinda sad watching it…Little Brother was so tiny! Has your baby ever…
I just love Eric Carle. His books are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers…bright and colorful with simple story lines. Little Cloud is a fun, simple, and utterly adorable book that we recently checked out from our local library. After reading…
Do you remember making these as a child??? Talk about some girl scout camp nostalgia! I love this activity because it is fun for all ages! Young children will enjoy playing with the cups while older children will enjoy learning…
Guest Post by Julie Hi! I’m Julie from over at Breezy Acres Farm. I am a wife to a graphic designer/photographer husband and mom to two preemies. Ori, age 2, was born at 33 weeks and Calla, age 1, was…
After making the Toilet Paper Roll Books last week, I started thinking about ways that I could reuse my paper towel rolls too. After pondering for a while, I finally came up with a fun word family interactive activity…
We stumbled upon this adorable fable at our local library. Big Brother has wanted to read it over and over and over again! The story starts out with the little squeegy bug, who was having trouble finding his place in…
