Make fruits and veggies fun! • Dog Food, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers • an assortment of fruits and vegetables • paint • paper plates • paper Read Dog Food with your child (if available). In this newest creation by authors Freymann and Elffers, you find fruits and vegetables cut and arranged to make all kinds of dog “sculptures” […]
Help your child to make her very own daily newspaper. • newspaper • art supplies • builds vocabulary • promotes social awareness Look at a newspaper with your child. Talk about the different sections, such as sports, weather, and entertainment. Point out how headlines look different from articles. Find one or two articles and pictures that interest her and […]
Hats On! Show off your style — make a unique hat. • tissue paper (various colors) • masking tape • Miss Hunnicutt’s Hat, by Jeff Brumbeau • grocery sacks (optional) • markers (optional) Miss Hunnicutt’s Hat describes one woman’s determination to wear her unusual but favorite hat in honor of the Queen’s visit to her town. As you progress through the […]
 1. Raising a Reader: Read aloud to your children every day. Effective storybook reading is an interactive process. If we wait until after reading to discuss the story, we are missing out on valuable literacy opportunities. When you precede the reading by inviting predictions and personal connections, you are creating context for the reading.  Taking […]
  Just in time for Sesame Street’s big 40th anniversary, KOCH Records and Sesame Workshop are proud to present the Sesame Street: Old School – Volume 1 music collection, a collectible reissuing of three early Sesame Street albums. This new CD collection features three classic albums – “The Original Cast Record”, “Big Bird Sings”, […]
Hundreds of schools across the country celebrate reading by participating in National Young Readers Week each year. This is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut® and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Set aside as a special day to recognize the joys and benefits of reading, […]
Kidlet has already been exposed to the idea of states of matter. We’ve talked about solids, liquids and gases for a while now, done experiments with water, ice, gelatin, and so on. I created this folder to review, and to quiz him on his understanding of states of matter. The labels for the envellopes came […]
Kid friendly friday is hosted at I Blame My Mother. Check out this weeks linky to see the projects and ideas that other mom’s have posted! I think that making book marks is a great activity for kids. We’ve done it a number of times over the years. It lends itself to many different themes […]
