Counting On and Back with Trains
Unlike a lot of children, my kids don’t get that excited by trains probably because our back garden backs onto…
Virtual Book Club for Kids
Skip Counting 2’s with Madeline
Growing up there was one story that I remember reading that captured my imagination and I wanted to be just…
Llama Llama Patterned Pajamas – pre-writing activity
Learning to write is one of the hardest things, it’s a learnt mechanism, when you can write you no longer…
Chicka Chicka 123 – Multiplication Trees
In the last month of the 2014 – 2015 Virtual Book Club for Kids we’re focusing on books by Bill…
Muffin Printable Math Game based on If you Give a Moose a Muffin
Last year as part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids we explored the book If you give a mouse…
Mouse Count – number lines and number order
It’s time for this month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids post, and this month’s author is Ellen Stoll Walsh. Of…
Pete the Cat – White Shoes literacy activities
Bring the book Pete the Cat; I love my White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean to life for preschoolers by creating this simple literacy based activity for them, working on letter sounds, colours and name recognition as well as basic fine motor and scissor skills.
Planting a Rainbow
One of our favourite Gardening Books is Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and this time of the year it…
Mo Willems nut free alphabet cookies – Duckling gets a Cookie
Mo Willems is fast becoming one of our favourite authors and I am delighted that we kick off this…
Minibeast Play dough – Giles Andreae Mad about Minibeasts
One of our favourite books by Giles Andrea is Mad about Minibeasts illustrated by David Wojtowycz it’s full of fantastic…
Homemade Scratch Art – Draw me a Star by Eric Carle
It’s time for another Virtual Book Club for Kids and this months author is my all time favourite children’s author…
Rainbow Fish Sight Word Scales
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a favourite book of ours and as the feature author this month in the…
Paper Plate Monkey For Toddlers and Preschoolers to Make
This months Virtual Book Club for Kids has the featured author Paul Galdone and I’ve loved searching for his books…
If you give a mouse a cookie math game
The Virtual Book Club for Kids author this month is Laura Numeroff and we have chosen the book If You…
I Spy Game and Telescope Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers
It’s fun to incorporate a craft and a game together and as this months Virtual Book Club for Kids we’ve…
Straw Blown Family Tree Activity for Preschoolers
Welcome to Animal Adventure week of the Virtual Book Club – today we’re sharing a craft activity to go with…
Sun Prints – A Foggy Foggy Forest
It’s forest week and apart from The Gruffalo our other favourite forest book is Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharrat…
Chalkboard emotions – Virtual Book Club for Kids Jez Alborough’s Hug
This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids author is Jez Alborough – unlike many of the Virtual Book Club for…
Garden Book Based Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
We love being inspired by books and creating our own activities and crafts based on them aimed at Toddlers and…
Vegetable Prints and DIY Shadow Matching Game
Welcome to In The Garden week with the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp – don’t worry if you haven’t signed…
Bug Week with Virtual Book Club Summer Camp
It’s been a fun Bug week with the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp Bug Week – hosted by Kristina at…
A very busy spider web
This week we are Bug crazy as part of Week 1 of the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp – if…
Little Blue and Little Yellow Colour Exploration
This months Virtual Book club for kids author is Leo Lionni and we’ve chosen 2 books first I’m sharing our…
Virtual Book Club for Kids – David Shannon
It’s Virtual Book Club for Kids time of the month again and this months Author is David Shannon – this…