Tag: activities
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A Little More Beautiful Review
After months of reading Sarah Mackenzie’s picture book recommendations and book club guides on Read-Aloud Revival, I was thrilled to read her very own picture book, A Little More Beautiful. The story follows an old woman, Lou Alice, who decides to do something each day to make the world a little more beautiful. While taking…
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The Bee Tree Review
My eldest girl is on a honey kick. Well, it’s really a bear kick. Throughout the day she will ask me for just a lick of honey, because baby bears need to eat lots of honey. I figured this is a good time to reread The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco. The Bee Tree opens…
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Psalms-Based Summer Camp
I can already feel summer coming to an end. I have loved these warm days spent playing in the sun, and decided to spend a few days this week hosting a ‘summer camp’ for my two children and my two little sisters, aged 1-8. Come Follow Me Study Idea My church has a home-study curriculum…
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Cowboy Charlie Review and Activity
Cowboy Charlie by Jeanette Winter is a fun, cute picture book biography of Charles Marion Russell. When I opened the book to read it to my preschooler, I had no idea that it was a biography at all, but I was delighted to find that it was about a real person after all. Cowboy Charlie…
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Crow Not Crow Review
Although spring is unfolding quite slowly this year in the PNW, the birds have returned. My daughter has always been fascinated by birds. Back in Rexburg the only birds we saw on a regular basis were crows, but every time she saw one she’d have to stop to call, “Mommy! Look! A caw-caw!” Naturally, when…
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The Homegrown Preschooler Review
The Homegrown Preschooler: Teaching Your Kids in the Places They Live caught my attention from the moment I first saw it on the shelf. My husband and I are raising our two very young children at home, what more could the authors possibly need from a target audience? Although I hesitate to call what we…
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Mouse Paint Review/Activity
Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh tells the story of three white mice hiding from a cat on a white piece of paper. Upon seeing three jars of paint, the mice decide to each paint themselves a primary color– red, yellow, or blue. Color-mixing shenanigans ensue! This book is a lovely introduction to color theory. It…
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