After reading the book Immi’s Gift with my girls, I immediately thought of a craft that we could do as a book extension. We would create our own necklaces, just like in the book. Using salt dough and cookie cutters, my toddler, preschooler, and elementary-age daughters made their own unique craft creations. First we mixed […]
Little Gorilla Craft
Letter G was the letter of the week, and we read Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein. This is a cute book about a little gorilla who is loved by everyone in the jungle, but when he starts to grow big, he isn’t sure if everyone will still love him. We made a craft to […]
ROAR!
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards Summary: A little lion cub just wants to find someone to play with but all the animals get scared away. A cute animal counting book that young children will enjoy. After reading the book (multiple times), we pulled out our play jungle figures. We didn’t have […]
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
My little girls love Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!My 2 yr. old loves to quote, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” in her best parent voice. It makes me smile when she says this. 🙂 With a little help from a Barrel of Monkeysand Dora Dollhouse Furniture,we recreated the story and practiced […]
Making Snow
Snow–my kids are always in awe of the first couple of snowfalls. The first one this year was no exception. The older kids pulled out the scissors and paper and taught the little ones how to make snowflakes. The window in our homeschool room is adorned with their handi-work, and it makes me smile. For […]
