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Read A Book and Explore Its Theme

October 4, 2014 By Deirdre

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Books are a tool that can help children build a foundation of understanding of a wide variety of concepts and themes. Children who have never visited a farm can see what it looks like and what they would see on one when you read a book to them. Children who have never experienced the desert and its plants can come home from school excited about seeing the biggest cactus in the world illustrated in a book. My son did just that this week when his teacher read a book to his class called Cactus Hotel .

This week’s The Sunday Showcase featured posts each include a fun book and then how the themes and concepts of that book were explored. Sometimes the activity they did was a craft, others played a game, created a learning tool, or made a sensory activity. In all the posts children had an opportunity to build or create a knowledge base on a concept or theme after someone took the time to read them a book.

After exploring the posts below, I hope you will read a book and explore its themes with your children.

Wugs and Dooey created an amazing sensory bin to go along with the book What The Ladybird Heard.

I love how Bits of Postivity has integrated children’s books into teaching children about hunger awareness!

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom has created a glow in the dark craft that goes along with the book Room on the Broom.

You are going to love Buggy and Buddy’s map and binocular crafts that were created to go with the book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt!

Frank Was A Monster Who Wanted to Dance looks like a fun book. Chicken Babies created a fun game to play after reading this book.

Go Away Big Green Monster! was read to children and then they created their own Big Green Monsters in a post by The Jenny Evolution.

Study at Home Mama has collected 10 awesome book exploration activities. They are really wonderful.

Handmade Kids art explored the book Spookley Square Pumpkin. What cute pumpkins the children created!

Sound exploring was done after reading the book The Magic Schoolhouse in the Haunted Museum in a post by One Time Through. The children look like they had a great time exploring.

Preschool Powol Packets created a croaking frog after reading the book the book Room on a Broom. What a cute idea!

Book-A-Day has created a round up of book and extension activities too. They are also amazing!

The paper chain skeleton created by rubberboots and elf shoes is super cute. They made it after reading the book Skeleton’s Hiccups.

You are going to love the sound box Cutting Tiny Bites created for kids explore after reading the book Click, Clack, Boo!

The Sunday Showcase is hosted on the following blogs:

JDaniel4′s Mom

Here Come the Girls

We each feature different posts that have linked up, so be sure to check everyone out! We’ll also be pinning our favorites to our Pinterest board.

If you are here for the first time please read this informational post on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas’ site for the full details. Anything kid friendly and/or child centered is welcome! You are welcome to share more than one post, but we don’t accept links for giveaways, shops, ordownloads for purchase, etc. They will be deleted.

Halloween Crafts and Activities for Kids

September 27, 2014 By Deirdre

You are going to love this round up of 100+ Halloween crafts and activities for kids. This post has the best Halloween ideas for kids you have ever seen. Oh! There are probably others out there, but these ideas shared on The Sunday Showcase link up last week are really awesome! I hope you will take a minute to check each of the them out. Please pin or share the ones you love with your friends!

When you have finished, looking these over please take a moment and link up your amazingly wonderful posts of the week that relate to kid’s crafts, creations or activities. I would love to come check them out.

Halloween Crafts and Activities

Tutus and Teaparties have created the cutest glitter spider. It would look so cool on your fridge or classroom wall.

If you don’t feel comfortable crafting a spider craft like this with your toddlers, Craftulate has created a step by step video tutorial on how to create some super cute Halloween crafts with spiders.

Capri+3 has to collect really amazing Halloween crafts and activities that feature ghosts, spiders, and pumpkins! You are going to want to check each of them out.

Fall Leaf Activities are featured in a wonderful post from Gift of Curiosity! I think they would be great for Halloween too.

Fun-A-Day took on the mission to find super owl related Halloween crafts and fall activities. They are all something to hoot about!

Halloween hand and foot print crafts are such fun! I just love the ones share in this post from Fun Handprint Art.

These no fuss Halloween crafts from Tutus and Teaparties are super cute and lots of fun. It looks like they like Tutus and Teaparties’ spider too.

A Little Pinch of Perfect has searched out and found 33 Halloween sensory play activities! They sure bring out the eerie coolness of Halloween.

We created a milk jug skeleton a few years ago. He has hung in a tree in our yard on Halloween night ever since then.

Some of the posts shared above are a part of the mega giveaway that I am also participating in. The giveaway is for over $2,000. Four winners will each win $500. If you would like to enter, here is more information on the mega giveaway.

The Sunday Showcase is hosted on the following blogs:

JDaniel4′s Mom

Here Come the Girls

We each feature different posts that have linked up, so be sure to check everyone out! We’ll also be pinning our favorites to our Pinterest board.

If you are here for the first time please read this informational post on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas’ site for the full details. Anything kid friendly and/or child centered is welcome! You are welcome to share more than one post, but we don’t accept links for giveaways, shops, ordownloads for purchase, etc. They will be deleted.

Back to School Ideas – The Sunday Showcase

August 16, 2014 By Deirdre

Some of you may have already started back to school while others of you may not start for weeks. We will be heading to school next week. I have Back to School on my mind so, I thought I would share with you some wonderful Back to School ideas that were shared last week on the Sunday Showcase. Oh! I have been sharing Back to School ideas all week here on JDaniel4’s mom. I thought you might want to take a look at them too.

Fun-A-Day has wonderful tips in this post called Back to School Tips for Parents of Preschoolers. My son was a little nervous about starting preschool. I wish I had had these tips to use when he started school.

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The book The Kissing Hand (The Kissing Hand Series) is a favorite Back to School book.( My son’s K4 teacher introduced me to it and we really love it.) Artsy Momma has created a really cute puppet of the main character of the book Chester.

Growing Book by Book has created some really fun literacy packed lunch box notes. They ask questions, share books, fun facts, and more. You will want to check them out. My son will probably find some of them in his lunchbox this year. They are such a fun Back to School idea.

$Back to School Ideas- The Sunday Showcase$

Back to School ideas that focus on learning are shared in abundance in this amazing post from Little Bins for Little Hands. They cover all the major content areas.

What fun P.E.. kits The Gingerbread House has put together! If your child needs to bring a special set of clothes for P.E. class, you will want to check out their cute P.E. bags (kits). I think you might want to check them out anyway. They would be great book bags for kids.

If you are going to home-school preschool, you will want to check out Cutting Tiny Bites daily preschool schedule. This post walks you through their fun day of learning.

Here are some Back to School Ideas I shared this week:

Lunch Box Ideas- Banana and Orange Messages for Kids– Simple drawings, words, and even rub on tattoos can add fun to a child’s lunch.

Back to School- Chore Charts for Before and After School– Printable charts that walk kids through before school, after school and bedtime chores. They will make the beginning on the year go a little smoother.

Checklist for Kids Backpacks– This is a printable I created for my son’s backpack. I thought I would offer it to you for free!

Tips for Choosing Kids Backpacks– Things to think about before you buy backpacks for your children this year.

The Sunday Showcase is hosted on the following blogs:

JDaniel4’s Mom

Here Come the Girls

We each feature different posts that have linked up, so be sure to check everyone out! We’ll also be pinning our favorites to our Pinterest board.

If you are here for the first time please read this informational post on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas’ site for the full details. Anything kid friendly and/or child centered is welcome! You are welcome to share more than one post, but we don’t accept links for giveaways, shops, or downloads for purchase, etc. They will be deleted.