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Lindsey's 15 month old daughter, Emily, who I watch 4 days a week has reached that point where she LOVES lift-the-flap books. Of course, I don't know when kids out grow lift-the-flap books, because all of my pre-school age grandchildren love them and enjoy opening those flaps again and again. And, if I am totally honest, I get a big kick out of the lift-the-flap books as well. The artwork and the cute ideas for stories certainly capture my attention as well.
Board Books are Valuable to Young Non-Readers
Many board books that you find have simple pictures with just one word on the page. While these may be good for very young babies, I prefer books with more words and rhyme in them. Why?
Springtime Recommendations
Little Friends: Home Sweet Home by Roger Priddy: Of course, with the owl on the cover, I was attracted to this sweet book that introduces toddlers to animals and their habitats. It is a lift-the-flap book done in beautiful pastels.
Mouse's First Spring by Lauren Thompson, Ill. by Buket Erdogan: Vibrant colors attract children to this story of a young mouse exploring the Springtime sights with his mother. A Little Book About Spring by Leo Leonni and assisted by Julie Hamilton: Well known children's author Leo Leonni uses his collage style to illustrate this book about the beauties of Spring. Flip, Flap, Fly by Phyllis Root, Ill. by David M. Walker: Captivating rhymes and cheerful, vibrant colors make this book so inviting. The baby animals in the book learn things from their mothers and the illustrations are adorable. This book has rave reviews! Little Green Frog Chunky Lift-a-Flap Book by Ginger Swift, Ill. by Olga Demidova: This is one of a Babies Love series of books that encourage language development through the use of simple sentences. The flaps are sturdy to withstand little finger and the colors are vibrant. Little Yellow Bee by Ginger Swift, Ill by Katya Longhi: From the same series as Little Green Frog, this story shows little ones creatures found in the garden in vibrant colors with whimsical art. Once again, the flaps are sturdy and easy to lift. The Little Gardener (Teenie Greenies) by Jan Gerardi: This is an adorable rhyming lift-the-flap book that I love because since my granddaughter goes out to the garden with me each day, I feel like she can start to relate to the things talked about in this book. Reality meets the words on the page! Another bonus is that this book is printed with green products like soy ink and sustainable paper.
It is fun to take what you read and then have experiences with those things. For example, look what would be so great with the Little Gardener:
Start your babies young in their love of reading! These books can give them a good start! Enjoy!
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This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. I have written before about my job at church to lead the young children in singing. Each year we put on a program for the entire congregation and singing is a big part of that program. Now that our church has implemented a home centered/church supported program entitled "Come Follow Me," based on the teaching of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, singing in Primary plays a big role in the support of those gospel studies. I love teaching and singing the songs of the gospel with these young children, and they love to sing with me. I follow a few different bloggers who also do this job in various other congregations throughout the church. One of the popular ones is Camille of Camille's Primary Ideas. I was looking at her site the other day and she has a great idea for a song review game based of the actual game of "Would You Rather." It is a fun game that has questions that requires the kids to make a choice and then change sides of the room according to their choice and sing the next song from there. Camille even made some awesome printables to go with her ideas. She cites Sue McDonald Daniels as giving the original idea. I loved this idea and decided to try it out last Sunday. The only difference is that I wanted all of the questions to go along with the topics and songs that we have been studying. For example, I asked, "Would You Rather eat bread or fish?" and of course that went with the miracle of feeding the 5,000. I also asked questions that would go with specific songs like, "Would you rather go into the Sea of Galilee or the River Jordan?" to go with Baptism on page 100 of our children's songbook. It is about John the Baptist baptizing Jesus. This game took very little preparation, except to come up with the questions. The children love it because they were able to get up and move around and the questions made them think. You can engage them by asking them what scripture story they think the question is referencing or why they made the choice that they did. We got through about 5 songs before I had them all sit back in their regular seats and we sang a quiet song to settle everyone down. This will be an activity we will use again! So, to get ready to use it with topics throughout the year, I brainstormed some questions to use with topics coming later in the year. I am sharing them with you today. If you click the button, you will get the PDF file to print off. Hopefully, these questions will help you to come up with more ideas, like Camille's did for me! Let me know if they do because I will can always use more ideas. The beauty of this idea as well is that you can use the questions from the beginning as the year progresses to review again! So, the questions are evergreen! I hope you have as much fun with this idea as I did with my kids! Now that Easter is coming, Don't Forget this "Don't Eat Pete" Free Download to play with your kids!
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. We thought that for today, April Fool's Day, we would share this great post from Alicia again! Enjoy! Raise your hand if you hate how quickly your laundry piles up and your dishes. Or how even though you just cleaned the shower it needs another cleaning. It's not that I hate cleaning, I hate how little time I get to spend enjoying the fruits of my labor. That's why I've got these easy, almost no-effort tips to help you keep your abode looking pristine. Tip #1 Say No to the Dishes Isn't it the worst to have dirty dishes in your sink and on your counters? I have two options for you here:
Tip #2 Make No Walk Zones You know how there are no fly zones? Keep your freshly cleaned rooms of your house clean by banning people from entering them.
Tip #3 Keep Your Showers Fresh ...And your tubs! Soap scum is the devil and it sneaks up on you if you aren't careful, but it won't be a problem if the soap never touches the surface to make scum on...
There you have it, three no effort tips to help you keep your house sparkling clean!
Let me know how these work for you and I hope you all have an amazing April Fool's Day. |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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