With Christmas fast approaching, I wanted to highlight some books about Santa himself! Russell’s Christmas Magic by Rob ScottonIn this delightful story, Russell (a sheep) is preparing for Christmas when he sees Santa crash land. Russell fixes up an old car to be Santa’s new sleigh and thus saves Christmas. The illustrations are fun, unique,…

It’s that time again – time for a new author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids! For December we are featuring Jan Brett, who has an amazing assortment of books!!  Featuring mostly animals, Brett has books on so many different topics!!  We’ve been checking out a few of her books at a time over…

Royal is not great with identifying his letters yet so we’ve taken a real focus on the ABCs.  I was inspired by Bath Activities for Kids to bring the learning into the bathtub! Using foam sheets, I cut out some letters and a few objects that started with the letter M:moonmailbox and mailmountainmoustache The boys…

With Hanukkah quickly approaching, I thought some books about the holiday would be appropriate. We are not Jewish, but I do enjoy teaching my kids about other holidays and traditions. Make sure to check out 3 Dinosaurs for more Hanukkah book suggestions!!   Hanukkah Moon by Deborah da Costa. This book is specifically about Rosh…

Baloo is getting to the age where he needs to be learning more words surrounding a topic or theme.  Since we’re working on reindeer this week I thought starting there would be great!  I didn’t want to just make some flash cards, but I thought color-by-number words would be very entertaining for him! After coloring,…

I’ve always thought glyphs were so cute and love that they tell a story about the person doing the craft.  The boys are really into Rudolph and reindeer right now, so a reindeer glyph seemed like the answer!  I made up a quick printable so everyone can make their own reindeer glyphs!  It’s available for…

In book 6 there is only one completely new word, so I decided to do a small review instead.  I chose a few words, mostly from week 5, and used them.   In my pack you will find Fun with Shapes, color by letter, Dot the Word, Find the Same, Word Puzzles, and an extra…

This past week I have been busting my butt getting this Reindeer pack done and ready to be downloaded!  And I personally think it was worth every moment.  I’m very excited about this pack! I tried to add a lot of new things to this pack.  There are more alphabet activities, more math, more sorting,…

We love working through thematic units and really getting involved in a theme. Of course, the best backbone for any themed unit is a good book! Sometimes I find it very difficult to find good books about a certain theme so I thought I'd start compiling lists. Every Thursday I will choose a new theme…

Tomie dePaola is the author of the month for the Virtual Book Club and we couldn’t be more thrilled.  We’ve had the opportunity to read countless books from dePaola and have loved every single one of them. Most recently we checked out Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile.  Bill is a crocodile and Pete…

Time for Book 5!   In my download there is word shape matching, color by letter, dot the words, find the same, and word puzzles! Go here to download Set 1 Book 5! Be sure to check out the other bloggers and snag their printables too! In Lieu of Preschool 3 Dinosaurs Rockabye Butterfly This…

It’s time for Book 4 already!!  It wouldn’t be Monday if I wasn’t thinking about BOB Books!  We are already up to Book 4 of Set 1!     In my download there are word shape matching, color by letter, dot the words, find the same, and word puzzles! Go here to download Set 1…