Welcome to Read. Explore. Learn! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books.
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My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:
A very busy king/father tosses a quick kiss good night to his son as he heads to the bath to clean off the grime of the day. The kiss he throws misses his son and heads out across the kingdom. A brave knight is sent to retrieve the kiss and bring it back to the palace. The kiss flies around the kingdom settling bear, wolves, and dragons down for the night as it travels. When it is finally caught and brought home, the king reads all who were touched by the kiss a good night story.
What did we do with the book?
Created Cards to Send to Exchange Partners
We are participating in the Fantastic Five’s Valentine’s Day Card Exchange. I had JDaniel decorate puzzle cards I found at Hobby Lobby. Yes, I took the easy way out having him put these together. I thought the children receiving them would like them better than one covered with our artwork.
Letter Recognition
I attached a magnet to the end of an old fishing pole my sister Michelle gave to JDaniel. He had fun fishing for the letters of the alphabet on hearts with paperclips attached to them.
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You did so many wonderful activities to make the book come alive! I especially like the fishing for letters game. What a great way to make learning fun!
Ann
Your VDay exchange sounds fun, and cute Valentine too! I’ve never seen that book, but it looks like one my oldest son would love!
Very cute!! I love this book 🙂
Making school Valentines are so much fun! They bring back so many memories when I was little. I’ll look the book up- thanks for the inspiration!
That sure looks fun! I haven’t heard of that book. I will see if my library has it. I wasn’t thinking, so we didn’t do valentines. We did Teddy Bears. Have a great weekend!
That book is one I totally need to investigate- it sounds great!
I posted a link to a blog post I did quick about a great site for March – Dr Seuss….it’s his birthday March 2nd and in case anyone is looking for a unit study and TONS of worksheets and printables….they are there! Great site! I love it!
I love that book! I found it back when the boys were so little they still hadn’t figured out how to read normal books, and so now it’s all taped back together.
Those color-it-yourself Valentines are really neat. I bet both my kids would like that book about a runaway kiss!
What a very fun time 🙂
I can’t wait to check out some of these sites. I am always looking for fun things to do! I am going to see if I can find that book at the library. It sounds like a good bedtime story!
Just hopped by from the mom loop on blog frog to check out your site! I love it! As a mom and an educator, this is a great resource! Thanks for sharing and I can’t wait to read more! HOpe you can stop by my blog and say hi!
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You always find the CUTEST books!
What a cute extension of that story, and I just love how the kiss traveled the kingdom. 🙂
PS. Are you going to Type-A again this year?
Great book and follow-up activities! My kids (and students when I had a school) always loved fishing for Valentine letter hearts! The Valentine’s Day card exchange sounds like a great way to make Valentine’s Day extra memorable. Visiting from Mom Loop!
Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com
What great ideas! I love the fishing game, I’ve done this with my boys and they loved it.
That book sounds great. Bears, wolves, and dragons. I know my boy would be in!
I think I get some ideas from your posts to use for my little grandson, lol !
Oh my children are long past the age of reading books for children. I did used to love to read them Miss Rumphius and Roxaboxen when they were young though. Oh and Oh Were They Ever Happy was a favorite as well…but I don’t recommend doing any activities from that book as the children painted the house for the parents.
One of our favorite bed time stories! Maybe we will read it tonight…
The book sounds wonderful, and the craft sounds like a perfect tie-in.
Love your blog! Visiting from Quirky Momma, I’m your newest follower 🙂