Book Extensions Archives - The Educators' Spin On It https://theeducatorsspinonit.com Learning Games and Activities Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:58:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-site-icon-32x32.jpg Book Extensions Archives - The Educators' Spin On It https://theeducatorsspinonit.com 32 32 The Ultimate List of Book Activities for Kids https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/ultimate-list-of-book-activities-for-kids/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +0000 https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/?p=55284 The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children’s books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do! Grab your favorite children’s book and let’s READ! At The Educators’ Spin On It, we’ve been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly […]

The post The Ultimate List of Book Activities for Kids appeared first on The Educators' Spin On It.]]> The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children’s books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do!

Grab your favorite children’s book and let’s READ!

At The Educators’ Spin On It, we’ve been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly Plans for many years! These have made quite a collection of popular children’s books and book extensions to do with them.

They are now all available in one spot in this ultimate list of book activities for kids.

These books and activities are perfect to use for these popular book events:

You’ll find a variety of popular children’s books and many of your favorite children’s authors including Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, Julia Donaldson, Laura Numeroff, Mo Willems, Mem Fox, and more.

Are you a member of our Virtual Book Club for Kids? Why not, it’s free! Join today!

100+ Picture Book Activities for Kids

This collection of popular picture books for children shares our top picks for books and book activities to go along with them. Individually this guide shares with you 100+ books as well as several themed book lists for you to explore and read with your child.

We’re not alone in our love for these children’s books, you can find many of them on lists like 100 Children’s Books to Read in a Lifetime from Amazon Editors or 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers from NPR.

Child reading in a tent

These featured books were my children’s favorite in our home with my 3 children as well as in my Kindergarten classroom year after year. We put together fun book activities to go along with these popular books for tons of un and learning inspired by BOOKS!

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Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type  by Doreen Cronin

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Corduroy by Don Freeman 

The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds 

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

The Easter Egg by Jan Brett

Five Little Pumpkins  by Dan Yaccarino

Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown Wise

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

The Gruffalo by Julie Donaldson

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

Hopper by Marcus Pfister

How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow  by Monica Sweeney

If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

It’s Mine by Leo Lionni

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert 

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves  by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Maggie’s Chopsticks by Alan Woo

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Mouse Count by Ellen Stohl Walsh 

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

No David by David Shannon 

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon

Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Shubh Diwali! by Chitra Soundar and Charlene Chua

Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman and Sylvia Long

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Time for Bed by Mem Fox

Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Touch the Art: Make Van Gogh’s Bed by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo

Toy Boat by Randall de Seve

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

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

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Weezer Changes the World by David M. McPhail

Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough

 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Wooden Camel by Wanuri Kahiu

mom reading christmas book to children with santa hats on

Christmas Themed Book Activities

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth 

Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht

Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Merry Christmas, Mouse!  by Laura Numeroff

Children at library for summer readying

Themed Children’s Book Lists

Adult reading books for children

Books by Month

Take these book extension activities to create your preschool lesson plans and picture book activities for kindergarten. Many of these stories we included as part of our after school activities at home.

100+ After School Activities for Kids
Join our free Virtual Book Club for kids featuring weekly themes, books and activities for kids ages 2-5. Includes weekly planners just for you and your child!
Easy Recipes for Kids for Popular Children's Picture Books
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Here’s how to make your own.

This post contains affiliate links

This month we’re featuring Freight Train by Donald Crews for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. It’s a colorful and bright book that is inviting to babies, toddlers, preschoolers and even grade schoolers based on the extention activities you create. This activity just take 4 materials from around your house to create , a little bit of time to create and then you have your own train!

One of main focuses of this activity is to just play and have fun with the concept of a train with your child. Be creative who can the passengers be? They just might inspire a train story of your child’s own. Allow older kids to “create” their own train cards by using their engineering skills too.

Paper Train Tutorial for Kids

Freight Train by Donald Crews

To start this book themed fun with the Freight Train be sure to read the story together. As you’re reading discuss the various styles of trains and colors. This is one of those books that your child will quickly pick up and start to read on their own as well building confidence in their reading abilities.

Once you’ve read it a few times it’s time to create a TRAIN!

Materials

  • Colorful Cardstock or Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Tape
  • Stuffed animals or plastic animals

Directions for Train

Create your own paper train using paper by folding in the sides on the paper on each side evenly. Approximately 1 inch worked best of our paper that was 81/2 by 11 inches. For little hands you can start the fold and have them help you push it down. For bigger kids let them experiment to create.

Once folded unfold the paper to expose the fold lines for your child. Have them cut on the line on two sides of the paper to create a place to fold the extra paper behind.

Fold paper in on each side to create the side of the train. Then tape on the interior and exterior for stability.

Cut out black circle for the wheels of your train cars and attach with glue. Perfect task for little hands to practice fine motor skills.

Now it’s time for creative play with your trains!  Find some special stuffed animals to ride in your train cars to retell the story!

There are so many fun ways to play with these little paper train cards that you’ve created from cardstock. We add stuffed animals to our for playtime. You could sort things by color just like the book or even create a number or alphabet train too.

Let your child discover a variety of ways to play with trains to move items.

Train Themed Games and Activities

I’ll be sharing MORE ideas soon for Trains to go with Freight Train. Here are quite a few more for a Train Themed Preschool Week with your child.

Donald Crews Virtual Book Club for Kids Activities

Now go check out some creative ideas that have been created by the Virtual Book Club Bloggers this month for each of the three books by Donald Crews !

Activities to Go Along with Freight Train

Activities to Go Along with Ten Black Dots

Activities to Go Along with Truck

Your child may also enjoy these activities…

The best collection of train books for kids including train themed fiction and non-fiction books
Building a Moving Polar Express Train Ride with Preschoolers

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The post Top 10 Ways to Cook with Books with your Kids! appeared first on The Educators' Spin On It.]]> 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 how it builds their confidence and their love for a variety of food.  

There are so many benefits to cooking with your kids. Reading, Math, Science, Healthy Eating Habits, and even Geography are all happening in the kitchen while you’re cooking. 

It’s even more fun when you include books in your plans that inspire you to make recipes together that bring books to life!

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Here are my “Top 10 Ways We Cook with Books”!

1. Growing in the Garden

Encouraging your kids eat vegetables and fruits from your own garden is the easiest way to get them to try new things. Find books that are themed around growing vegetables and fruit!

2. Discovering Animals

Choosing to create a recipe about a character from a book can be tons of fun!

3. Traveling the World

We’ve written an entire series called Around the World in 12 Dishes that you could spend the whole summer doing!  Each country we select books to read about the country and then choose which dish we’ll create. 

Here are some of our favorites. 

4. Celebrating Holidays

Any time there is a special occasion we turn to books to learn about it and to see if we can make something special for the holiday. You’d be surprised how creative your kids can get!

5. Planning a Party

Getting your child involved in party planning can make your special occasion so much more meaningful and memorable. Cakes, snacks, beverages, there are lots of ways to include them. 

They could even write out the menu and shopping list to build literacy in the experience.

6. Learning the Basics in Cooking

There are a few tasks that every child should experience in the kitchen.  Baking a cake, cookies and bread are my top picks.

7. Learning About Food Groups Nutrition

We’ve shared an entire series on the Food Groups that we’d love for you to use during your summer!  Each food group has a list of books to use and learn with.

8. Let’s Make a Snack

Books can inspired snacktime with the ingredients you choose or the shape you make them in. A ball can become a beach ball or a moon, a coffee cake can become a Grufflo crumble, you never know. A few sliced apples or cucumbers can make wings or a bird or a sun on a plate.

Smoothies can combine all sorts of ingredients for a special magical potion, you get the idea the ideas are endless.

9. Learning to Read in the Kitchen

One of my biggest tips is to label things in your kitchen! Whether it’s a menu, a recipe card or even the tools and foods you’re using. You can always have them reuse the labels in their play kitchen too. 

Having your child surrounded by print will help to build confident readers and awareness that print has a purpose.

10. Making a Main Dish

Once your child has mastered the basic levels of assistance in the kitchen it’s time to encourage them to create a Main Dish. Look for recipes with minimal ingredients and procedures precooking. Casserole and Crock pot recipes work well for this. Then it’s off to read a chapter book while it’s cooking.

Plant some seeds and start your own food source in your garden. Here are a few tips for gardening with kids. You can read this book to get started…. Right This Very Minute: A Table-to-Farm Book About Food and Farming by Lisl H. Detlefsen

Where to start?

The first author I would start with is Laura Numeroff! Cupcakes, Cookies, Pancakes and Muffins are all pretty basic items to make with your kids and even come in boxes forms so you can focus more on following directions.

Need more inspiration for Cooking with Kids in the Kitchen?

BONUS! We share ideas we find on our Cooking with Kids Pinterest Boards by The Educators’ Spin On It

Plus we have a few other favorite Pinterest Boards for Cooking with Kids we’d like to share with you to follow!

There you have it, My Top 10 Ways to Cook with Books!

Anytime during the year, they are easy to use too but now you have more than 10 Recipes and Books to use EACH WEEK during Summer Vacation OR for your very own Cooking Camp!

What are you going to Cook with a Book?

Want more ideas for your child to learn to cook? Try these kid friendly recipes…

70+ Delicious and Easy Recipes for Kids to Cook
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Polar Bear Costume Headband for Kids

Make A Polar Bear Costume Headband

Materials Needed for Polar Bear Costume Headband:

  • White, and black felt
  • Thread
  • Needle
  • Scissors

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 adults) head. Straight stitch the headband to fit.

5. Wear, PLAY, and learn!

Polar Bear Headband Tutorial for Kids

For More Polar Bear Activities for Kids:

Click the image or the link to take you to the Polar Bear themed educational activity here at The Educators’ Spin On It.

Polar Animals Preschool Activities

Polar Bear ABC Dot-to-Dot

Must Have Polar Bear Books:

Costume headbands are great for story retellings which strengthen children’s story comprehension and understanding the concepts presented in the story. Re-telling the story also provides an opportunity for children to use and practice the content related vocabulary: enriching the learning.

polar bear books and activities for preschoolers

Purchase a polar bear picture book or check one out from the library and encourage your child to act out the story. Here are some of our favorites.

Buy on Amazon with affiliate links:

Here’s a look are our favorite Polar Bear Books for Kids!

Need Some More Costume Headband Characters to Play with Try one of these:

Mouse Costume Headband

Owl Costume Headband

Cat Costume Headband

Duckling Costume Headband

Bunny Costume Headband

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JOIN US FOR THE NEW 2024-2025 VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB

BOOK ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS

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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?

Print the Activity from Virtual Book Club for Kids

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.

Join the Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook 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/

JOIN US NOW FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR 

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

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FALL IDEAS FOR PRESCHOOLERS INSPIRED BY BOOKS

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.
(JOIN THE 2024-2025 BOOK LIST)

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 

Holiday Ideas for Preschool Inspired by Children's Books #eduspin

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

Winter Ideas for Preschool Inspired by Popular Children's Books

JOIN US NOW FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR 

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

Spring Ideas for Preschool Inspired by Popular Children's Books

JOIN US NOW FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR 

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
Sign Up for our Book Themed Newsletter

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!

Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas on Mondays
Join the Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group

JOIN US NOW FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR 

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The post Join the Virtual Book Club for Kids 2015-2016 appeared first on The Educators' Spin On It.]]> The Virtual Book Club for Kids is excited to launch our year!  We have hand picked some of our favorite classic books to feature this year with you.  Each of our Virtual Book Club for Kids Bloggers will be creating activities to share with you on.  Are you ready to join us?

Just discovering our virtual book club?  Join the 2016-2017 Weekly Virtual Book Club Here.  SIGN UP for our Book Activities Newsletters for the latest book themed ideas.

Virtual Book Club for Kids 2015-2016
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2015-2016 Virtual Book Club for Kids Calendar

Here’s the Calendar for the Books this year for the Virtual Book Club for Kids for the 2015-2016 School Year!

SEPTEMBER Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
OCTOBER Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
NOVEMBER  Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
DECEMBER no featured book this month so we can choose all of our favorite holiday books
JANUARY The Little Engine that Could by Watey Piper
FEBRUARY The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
MARCH The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
APRIL Corduroy by Don Freedman
JUNE The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
JULY Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
AUGUST  Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.

You can DOWNLOAD a FREE printable 2015-2016 book list here 

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How To Participate in the Virtual Book Club for Kids: 

1. Start by locating the book for the month and read it with your child sometime during that month!  Leave a COMMENT on this post committing to join in all year long! 
Most of the books we are featuring can be found at your local library.  I have provided Amazon Affiliate links for your ease as well if you want to purchase the books and add them to your home library or school library.
2. Try out one of more of the featured activities shared by our Virtual Book Club for Kids co-hosts with your child.  Activities will be posted on the 1st of each month so you can access them all month long.  
We will be s haring all of the featured activities on our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook page so that they are easy for you to find.  If you haven’t “Liked” or Facebook page be sure to so you don’t miss the activities and fun. I will also be linking to each activity here on the 1st of each month.
3. Post a photo or tell us about a featured book inspired activity YOU DID with your child using the featured book on our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Page or in the comments here on our blog.  Feel free to email us too.
4. (OPTIONAL) Create your own book-inspired activity using the featured book and either share it on your blog and share a link with us, or if you don’t  have a blog, just share a photos with us on our Facebook Page. 
 
5. (OPTIONAL) Create your Mommy and Me Book Club featured the Virtual Book Club Books.  
Get together with friends and read the book each month and then do book-inspired activities together.
Virtual Book Club for Kids Announcement for 2014-2015

Book Themed Lesson Plans for Kids

Each book we will feature activities for varies areas of focus for learning with your child.  Think of it as a lesson plan for the book for FREE.  Here are the following areas we’ll share…
  • Alphabet
  • Name Activity
  • Numbers
  • Sensory
  • Cooking
  • Science
  • Colors
  • Pre-Writing
  • Movement
  • Shapes
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If you would like to get to know the other Virtual Book Club for Kids co-hosts for 2015-2016 just click on the links to their blogs below to learn more about them! Their sites are great preschool and toddler learning resources!

 Virtual Book Club for Kids Co-Hosts

 
Looking for more book lists and book themed activities ? Here’s the past 3 years of Book Clubs!   
Book Themed Lesson Plan Ideas from the Virtual Book Club for Kids. Join the fun this school year!
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The post 2 Ingredient Orange Juice Frosty Drink + Math, Writing, and Literacy Connections for Kids #SundaySupper appeared first on The Educators' Spin On It.]]> My kids love playing outside on hot summer days. We try to keep them hydrated as much as possible. This 2 ingredient orange juice frosty drink is a great way for them too cool off and make themselves. It is the perfect 2 ingredient recipe to make on a TOO HOT summer day!

Orange Juice Frosty Drink with 2 ingredients

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Learning Objectives:

  • Math: Following 3 step directions and measuring using standard forms of measurement.
  • Writing: Participate in shared writing experiences and create an opinion piece.
  • Reading: Make personal connections with stories.

Orange Juice Frosty Drink Recipe: Math in the Kitchen

I know this recipe may sound super simple, but my family begs to make Orange Juice Frosties at least 3 times a week. It is a great way to lower their sugar intake (the ice waters the orange juice down) and add more fluids. It is also an easy measurement activity for kids.

If you want to add a little more to this frosty beverage, add in a spoonful of Greek vanilla yogurt.

Ingredients Needed:
2 cups of your favorite Orange Juice
1 cup of crushed ice. (1 1/2 cups if using cubed)

Directions to Make 2 Ingredient Orange Juice Frosty Drink

1. Measure the ingredients.
2. Pour the ingredients into the blender. (there is less mess if you add the ice first)
3. Blend for 1 minute or until the drink is frothy and the ice is all blended. There should be no large ice chunks.

Pour into kid-friendly cups and enjoy!

2 Ingredient Orange Frosty

Literacy Connections:

READING

Sure most of us can hop inside a cool air-conditioned building when it is hot outside, but what are some other ways to cool down on a hot summer day?  In this story, Wet Dog is OH so HOT.  He goes through the neighborhood trying to stay cool: sticking his face in the car washes watering hose, sitting near a lady fanning herself and misting roses and ends up in the lake next to a wedding party wearing fancy clothes.  

In this delightful rhyming picture book, wet dog is trying everything to be cool.  My kids can relate and always get a giggle out of this book. It is the perfect read when we have just come in from a bike ride and made our Orange Juice Frosty Drinks to cool off.

WRITING

After reading, talk about ways that you can cool off on a hot summer day.

Make a group List

I wrote a list on a piece of paper as the kids made their suggestions

  • Go in the pool
  • Take a cool bath.
  • Make a paper fan.
  • Drink and icy orange drink.
  • Play with ice and water.
  • Splash in a lake.

Journal your favorite
Write down your favorite way to cool off on a hot summer day.

Encourage young writers to draw their pictures while you write down what they say.
Let older children write a paragraph explaining how they cool off in more detail.
I usually draw and write along side them as this is a great time for me to sneak in a little bit of creativity into my day as well.

Make a book
If you have several pages, assemble them together and create a homemade Our Favorite Ways to Cool Off book. Put a piece of construction paper on the top and bottom and staple the sides. Snuggle in and read it together.

5 Ingredient or Less Recipes

For more 5 ingredient or less meals from the Sunday Supper Team, check out this list of over 45 recipes.

Drinks

Appetizers and Snacks

Main Dish

Side Dish

Desserts

Sunday Supper Movement

Join the #SundaySupper conversation on twitter on Sunday! We tweet throughout the day and share recipes from all over the world. Our weekly chat starts at 7:00 pm ET. Follow the #SundaySupper hashtag and remember to include it in your tweets to join in the chat. To get more great Sunday Supper Recipes, visit our website or check out our Pinterest board.

Would you like to join the Sunday Supper Movement? It’s easy. You can sign up by clicking here: Sunday Supper Movement.

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I am extremely excited to once again participate and assist in hosting Multicultural World Book Day, where bloggers around the world are sharing a multicultural book and activity that you can do along with the story.

We received several books in the “I See the Sun” series from Satya House Publishing to share with you.

I see the Sun, Books for Raising Global Kids

Author Dedie King in Russia

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I See The Sun Books for Raising Global Kids

We are always looking for ways to bring more Russian into our every day! My husband was born in Russia and we are trying to raise global-minded children. Imagine our delight when one of the books we were sent for MCBD was about Russia!

“I See the Sun in . . .” is a series of bi‐lingual picture books, each focused on one country and one day in the life of one child with a story told from the child’s perspective.

This series would make a great addition to a class library.  Each book includes a glossary of unfamiliar words and an overview of the country. The books can be used to facilitate discussion about other countries, different alphabets, foods, and activities. The daily life routine of each story allows children to recognize the similarities as well as the differences between their own daily
life and the culture of another place

Each book provides a unique introduction to the culture, family life and language of one particular country in a way that is age‐appropriate and sensitive to the true environment.

Each country represented in these books is one in which the author has spent a considerable amount of time, not merely as a tourist, but immersed in the culture and living with families who have opened their homes and their hearts to her.

Each book has been professionally translated by a native of the country and researched and vetted independently for authenticity and accuracy. The illustrations are collages created from original photographs, drawings, and materials such as wallpaper and fabric.

Activity to Accompany Books for Raising Global Kids

READ

I encourage you to purchase or check one of these books out from the library and read it with your child.

TALK

Discuss the similarities and differences in your home life and the life of the child in the story.

MAKE

Then make your own I See the Sun book for your family. Print a story template here:

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About the author: Dedie King was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal in the mid‐1960s. She taught school in Kathmandu and in the village of Bandipur. During her two years there, she also traveled in other parts of Asia, including Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. Dedie also has a longtime interest in education and different ways of perceiving the world. She has a Masters of Education and besides teaching in the Peace Corps, she has taught elementary school and children with learning disabilities. She helped start and administer a parent co‐operative preschool and founded a newsletter for health and education resources for parents in Massachusetts. Dedie’s interest in writing books about different cultures is to bring awareness to young children of both the sameness and the differences of cultures around the world.

About the illustrator: For more than thirty years, Judith Inglese has been designing and fabricating ceramic tile murals for public environments. She has been commissioned to create ceramic murals for all manner of public spaces, including libraries, the National Zoo, elementary and high schools, pediatric and adult healthcare facilities, senior centers, town centers and nonprofits.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day

The Multicultural Children’s Book Day team hopes to spread the word and raise awareness about the importance of diversity in children’s literature. Our young readers need to see themselves within the pages of a book and experience other cultures, languages, traditions and religions within the pages of a book. We encourage readers, parents, teachers, caregivers, and librarians to follow along via book reviews, author visits, multicultural booklist, and visit the huge multicultural book review link-up that will occur on the MCCBD website 1/27/15.

Visit The Multicultural Children’s Book Day website on January 27th to view multicultural book reviews, giveaways and more!

A Special Thank You to MCCBD’s Organizers:

Children’s reading and play advocates 
Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom

A Special Thank You to MCCBD’s  Hosts:

Africa to America, All Done Monkey, Educators Spin on It, Growing Book by Book. InCultural Parent,  Kid World Citizen, Mama Smiles, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Sprout’s Bookshelf

A Special Thank You to MCCBD’s  2015 Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsors: Wisdom Tales Press, Daybreak Press Global Bookshop, Gold Sponsors:  Satya House,  MulticulturalKids.com,   Author Stephen Hodges and the Magic Poof, Silver Sponsors: Junior Library Guild,  Capstone Publishing, Lee and Low Books,  The Omnibus Publishing. Bronze Sponsors:Double Dutch Dolls,  Author Richa Jha,  Rainbow Books,   Author FeliciaCapers,   Chronicle Books   Muslim Writers Publishing , Author Icy Smith.

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For even MORE books for raising global kids and activities, check out this year’s book reviews and activities for Read Your World: Multicultural Kids Book Day!

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I remember on my first trip to India all I wanted to do was purchase a few story books to bring back to my students that were based in India or even a traditional Indian story.  I searched high and low through quite a few markets and never found them. I was so disappointed. Not only for me but for the publishers who weren’t willing to publish books that reflected an entire nation that I didn’t see in the books I was picking up and this was in the central markets of New Dehli one of the biggest cities in the world.

When I look at the bookshelves in stores here it’s hard to also find books that reflect various cultures and I’m sure you are concerned about this for your own child too. It’s important that traditional books our children are asked to read at school reflect diversity in the illustrations and text to reflect the modern world.

Celebrating Multicultural Children's Book Day

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This month we’re participating in Multicultural Children’s Book Day on January 27th!  TODAY!  Wisdom  Tales Press sent me a book to review for this special day that shared diversity.  The book is called The Dreidel that Wouldn’t Spin: A Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah by award-winning author Martha Seif Simpson illustrated by Durga Yael Bernahard.

In true holiday spirit this book shares with us what how important it is to find the true meaning of Hanukkah and I venture to say it reflects to other holiday spirits as well. As we hurry along in holiday expectations including a visit to a toy store it’s important to stop and reflect on the true spirit. This is a beautiful holiday story about the joy and happiness of  Hanukkah through the eyes of a toy store owner and one special dreidel.

I love the expressions on the toy’s faces as the toy shop owner reacts to two children who insist on owning it only to discover it wouldn’t work for them. The vibrant colors on the dreidel make me want to try to spin it to see if I know the true spirit of Hanakkah which one special boy at the end discovers.

The author includes a useful appendix that explains the meaning of Hanukkah as well as directions on how to play the dreidel game. Perfect for families wanting to add diversity to their own bookshelves and toy shelves too. Would be fun to host a playdate and provide all the guest to take home their own dreidel or even at a lesson at school. I found a few on Amazon that seem reasonable below.

The Dreidel Game! Colored Plastic Dreidels, Medium, 10 Pack (Instructions Included)

Wooden Dreidels – 2 pack 

Book Extensions

We extended the book by creating our own watercolor dreidels that were inspired by the beautiful illustrations in the book and the featured coloring page below.

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  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Coloring Sheet
  • Video Book Trailer
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day shares a terrific list of Diversity Book List for Kids

#ReadYourWorld Twitter Party

The Twitter Party! Join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party on Jan 27th 9:00pm EST. Use hashtag:#ReadYourWorld to win 10 book packages! This Twitter Party is hosted by Co-Founders Mia Wenjen (@Pragmaticmom) and Valarie Budayr (@JumpIntoaBook1). You can review the Twitter Party Prizes on the MCCBD blog here.

Co-hosts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day include: Africa to America, All Done Monkey, The Educators’ Spin on It, Growing Book by Book, InCultural Parent, Kid World Citizen, Mama Smiles, Multicultural Kid Blogs, and Sprout’s Bookshelf.

The Multicultural Children’s Book Day team hopes to spread the word and raise awareness about the importance of diversity in children’s literature.  Our young readers need to see themselves within the pages of a book and experience cultures, languages, traditions, and religions within the pages of a book.  We encourage readers, parents, teachers, caregivers, and librarians to follow along via book reviews, author visits, multicultural booklist, and visit the huge multicultural book review link-up

Celebrating Multicultural Children's Book Day

{Click here} to check out 100+ Activities featuring Books with Diversity!

Sponsors of Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Sponsors are:

Platinum Sponsors: Wisdom Tales Press, Daybreak Press Global Bookshop 
Gold Sponsors:  Satya House,  MulticulturalKids.com, Author Stephen Hodges and the Magic Poof 
Silver Sponsors: Junior Library Guild,  Capstone Publishing, Lee and Low Books,  The Omnibus Publishing. 
Bronze Sponsors: Double Dutch Dolls, Bliss Group Books, Snuggle with Picture Books Publishing, Rainbow Books, Author FeliciaCapers, Chronicle Books, Muslim Writers Publishing, East West Discovery Press.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is also partnering with First Book to offer a Virtual Book Drive that will help donate multicultural children’s books through their channels during the week of the event. We want to help get diversity books into the hands of kids who most need it and now we have a way to do it! The Virtual Book Drive is LIVE and can be found HERE.

They are also collaborating with Children’s Book Council to highlight wonderful diversity books and authors on an ongoing basis all year.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Mission

Multicultural Children’s Book Day mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries.

Mission: Despite census data that shows 37% of the US population consists of people of color, only 10% of children’s books published have diversity content. Using the Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Mia and Valarie are on a mission to change all of that. Their mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these types of books into classrooms and libraries. Another goal of this exciting event is create a compilation of books and favorite reads that will provide not only a new reading list for the winter, but also a way to expose brilliant books to families, teachers, and libraries.

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The post Chapter Book and Activity Packages for Adventure and Nature appeared first on The Educators' Spin On It.]]> Get kids EXCITED about reading! Make Chapter Book and Activity Packages with these 4 Ideas. Grade school children need to be reading EVERY SINGLE DAY!  Yes, every day. We need to read with them and to them. They also need to read on their own.

AND, it is important that they have activities to extend their reading and make better connections with literature.

Get kids excited about reading by building a chapter book and activity package!

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Parents and teachers often struggle to keep up with speed readers and can easily get discouraged with reluctant readers. The LOVE BOOK Chapter team is here to help with some amazing literature and activity connection ideas.

To read more about LOVE BOOKS, stop by this page.

Chapter Book and Activity Packages:

Here are 4 fun ideas from our Chapter Books Love Books Participants…

The Adventures of Chatterer The Red Squirrel Chapter Book and Activity Package

Book: The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton Burgess

Activity:

“For our package I sent the book: The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton Burgess (One of our family’s favorite series of books). I included a couple of simple activities related to squirrels. There were instructions for making a squirrel out of origami, Some Squirrel paper dolls, how to draw a squirrel, How to make a squirrel out of leaves, and a little squirrel game to make out of an egg carton.

I know we were only supposed to include 1, but we  had fun putting it together and they were all so simple, that I just included a few!”

Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher Chapter Book and Activity Package

Love Book Package Creator: Teach Beside Me

Book: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcherby Bruce Coville

Activity:
Enter the world of magical dragons with the book, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville. Jeremy unexpectedly finds himself to be the caretaker of a dragon egg and he must be diligent in order for the baby dragon inside to hatch! To go with this fun and adventurous story, we decided to have our exchange partners hatch their very own dragon egg!

Using a few simple ingredients, they create an egg made of soap with a surprise in the middle!

Dinosaurs Before Dark Chapter Book and Activity Package

Love Book Package Creator: To The Moon and Back

Book: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborn

Activity: The book we picked was ”Dinosaurs Before Dark”, by Mary Pope Osborn, the first book in one of our favorite chapter series … Magic Tree House! We included some paper bookmarks and miniature dinosaur toys in our package. I thought of a three different activities that go along with the book for them to choose.

The first activity is to make Dinosaur bookmarks … and then place the bookmarks in other books that they own featuring places they would like to travel (just like Jack and Annie find in the Magic Treehouse).

The second activity is to take the toy dinosaurs outside and re-create different scenes (or new ones) with them.

The third activity was to make their own DINO MATCHING GAME using the bookmarks, toy dinosaurs, and information from the book.

How to Train Your Dragon Chapter Book and Activity Package

Love Book Package Creator: Play Dr. Mom

Book How To Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero by Cressida Cowell 

Activity: My daughter has been reading series “How to Train Your Dragon.” She likes making up stories about the main character Hiccup and the dragons. To encourage her imagination and creative thinking, I thought it would be a great to have her start a dragon figuring collection.  

I included the dragon and the book in a cute bag.

Love Book Package Creator: Amanda at The Educators’ Spin On It

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Even MORE book and activity ideas!

Chapter Books for Girls with Activity Ideas for LOVE BOOKS exchange
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20 Children's Books and Book Activities

Chapter Book and Activity Packages for Girls

Magic Tree House Activities

20 Children’s Books and Activity Ideas

These books and book activity ideas are for parents and teachers of babies and toddlers.

Meet the Board Book Team and Preview the First Activity of the Exchange!
Building a LOVE BOOK Package for Babies and Toddlers
Book and Activity ideas for Board Books

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