More Good Reads

Loved this book. If you have liked any of the other books I have posted about I really think you will enjoy this. Click here to read more about it. For the younger crowd Abby and I would both like to recommend Little Mouse's Big Secret. Such a sweet story with great illustrations.

Now I am in a book slump. Any suggustions????

Bear Fun

Well the snow and ice have given Abby and I both a week off school. It is like Christmas break take 2. I have loved almost every minute of it.

Most of you know that I spent several years teaching kindergarten. Because of that, I have about 12 plastic storage tubs in my attic filled with fun things for 5 and 6 year olds. I pulled out the Winter tub a few days ago and Abby was excited about all the Bear things she found.

We made Bear Biscuits.

Stuffed and sewed a grocery bag bear.

We have also have read several bear books. Here is one of our faves.
Have you been snowed in this week? What are you doing to pass the time?

A Few Good Books - by Abby

The Gruffalo is a book about a little mouse that tricks lots of animals. He is a smart little guy.

The Gruffalo's Child has a little gruffalo in it. He is so cute and I love him so much. The mouse scares him in this book and that is not nice. You could get these books at the library. They have lots of books at the library.

Can you keep a secret?

I recently bought Abby a couple of books for Christmas that I am so excited about.

The Lion & The Mouse is a beautiful wordless adaptation of an Aesop fable. Abby has a thing for lions so I think she will really like this one.

How to build an A comes with a bag of foam shapes so the child can make each letter as they read along. Abby does not have a thing for the alphabet, so I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one. :)

Have you done any shopping yet?

Kids in the Kitchen

I wanted to share a couple of kids cookbooks with you this week. Pretend Soup is a great cookbook for the preschool age. The recipes use very simple pictures that make it very child friendly to read. We just checked this book by Paula Deen out from the library. There are several recipes in here I want to try. I think this would be a great one to own when Abby is a little older.
Do you have any favorite kids cookbooks?


For more Kids in the Kitchen ideas head over to A Little Fun With Me and Lu.

Scanimation

I just have to share a new author we found recently. These books use a technology called scanimation and it is the coolest thing ever. As you move the page the image gives the illusion of motion. So, so cool. They are sturdy also, so even the littlest readers can enjoy.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway. Only two days left.

Time For A Giveaway

In honor of my blog's first birthday I would like to host a give away. Two lucky winners will get a copy of one of these Barefoot collections that include a storytime CD.

Here is how to enter: leave a comment telling me which book you would like to win. If you have a blog and would like to be entered in a second time, blog about the giveaway and leave another comment letting me know. The contest will end Sunday at midnight. Good luck.

Good Reads...

We have found some real treasures at the library this past month.

The OK book by Amy Rosenthal the child in this book is ok at lots of things but has big plans of being great at something someday.

If I Were a Lion by Sarah Weeks the mother in this book calls her little one "wild" and sends her to timeout. Can you guess why I was drawn to this one???

Abby learned to whistle this past week. So it was the perfect time to introduce her to this classic.

Yoga

Abby and I spent the morning doing a little yoga recently. I got this book from Barefoot and it is a great introduction to simple yoga poses.

This little cutie is much more flexible than her momma. :)

For more kid friendly ideas click here.