As part of our apple unit, we did some fun activities to go along with the book How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. "How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World" is a cute book with colourful and captivating illustrations perfect for preschoolers thru 2nd grade. Geography Activities To make an apple pie, you just go to the store to buy the ingredients. But what if the store is closed. The book takes readers from country to country around the world ...
Book Activities
The Day The Crayons Quit Educational Book Activity For Kids
"The Day The Crayons Quit" is a cute children's book that I recommend reading with your children if you get a chance to. It's a cute story where 12 of Duncan's crayons each write him a letter, each from their point of view. Beige is tired of always being less used than Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring so much water and sky pictures, while Pink just wants to be used. Green seems to be the only crayon content with his lot in life, while Orange and Yellow can't stop arguing over who is ...
Learning about Flight with Paper Airplanes
Aviation Day is a great time to introduce kids to the world of flight and airplanes. Aviation Day in Canada is on February 23rd of each year, and in the United States it falls on August 19th. My 6 year old has asked me on more than one occasion: "How do planes fly?" It might take a couple years to fully explore that answer with her as there is so much one can learn about flight, and at her age, I will need to simplify and use play-based learning. Even so, there's still a lot a 6 year old can ...
The Day The Crayons Came Home – Postcard From Italy
The theme of this months Poppins Book Nook is "Countries Around The World". The children's book I choose is one of my favourites: "The Day The Crayons Came Home". In the story, a little boy named Duncan get's a strange stack of postcards in the mail from some of his crayons that he forgot about or lost over the years. Some of those crayons sent him postcards from various countries around the world. If you have children, in my opinion, this is a must read children's book. It is quite humorous ...
Art History for Kids
There are so many great resources available for homeschooling parents to teach art history to even the younger school aged children. I have a 5-year-old so finding resources that make art history fun to learn and appropriate for her age is my endeavour. And since the theme of the Poppins Book Nook this month is "Artists", I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me to share some of my great finds. affiliate links are provided for your convenience at no cost to you Anholt's Artists ...
