by Jarrett Lerner I’ve been wanting to make an activity book for years now. Something that could help kids – and kids-at-heart! – explore and develop their creativity, and turn to as a source for r…
Activities Inspired by Ish by Peter Reynolds
We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite children’s books! Here is a list of activities we’ve come up with inspired by popular children’s books (alphabetized by title). (Book titles are affiliate links.) Be sure to follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! …
Persistence activities to help kids and families learn about the power of perserverance. Includes a free printable activity guide!
Book Inspired Kids Crafts Roundup - I Heart Crafty Things A big hello today to all of you lovely Glued to My Crafts fans! My name is Rachel and I blog
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Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Make your own book for kids with this free printable template!
Crafts are a great way to visualize stories! In the classroom or homeschool, use these 25+ crafts that were inspired by children's books!
Create your own flag. Design a sugar skull. In the new MAPS Activity Book by Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński kids get creative with geography and culture.
We love connecting projects to books, and we're always inspired by the amazing group of bloggers who participate in the Virtual Book Club for Kids (you can also check the club out on Facebook) as the group comes up with some great extension activities each month. This month's author was Leo Lionni. We chose to read and do a project using a book we've really been enjoying lately, A Color of His Own. This is the sweet tale of a little chameleon who is looking for one color to stay all the time, but keeps running into that challenge that chameleons change color. In the end, he winds up finding a friend to always be with so they can at least always be the same color together. I've used this book in the past as a primary teacher. It's a great way to talk about friendship and also about what makes us each unique. My boys have been loving the simple tale and the colorful illustrations this spring. For our activity extension we decided to use cray-pas and watercolors. I love how colorful this art technique can be. I sketched several chameleon outlines onto white drawing paper using permanent marker. (I'm including a printable copy here in case you just want to print one out, or use the printable to trace onto thicker paper.) Afterwards the boys and I each colored in a chameleon using the cray-pas. Big Brother and I thought about ways to create different patterns. Little Brother focused on just coloring his in, using mostly one color. After we were done coloring, we watercolored on top of the cray-pas. The watercolor doesn't stick to the cray-pas, and fills all the white spaces around it. We all had different strategies for painting. When they were done I cut the three chameleons out and we hung them in our play room. I love how they are a set but each one unique. That's part of what can also make this project a great classroom activity, especially for the start of a school year. Or turn it into a fun family project, with each family member creating a chameleon to represent themselves. What Leo Lionni books does your family enjoy? Have you read this one yet? This post may also have been shared at some of these terrific link parties.
Need a creative idea for teaching money to kids? The Money Game is a fun hands-on way! Inspired by the Beth Kobliner Book- Make Your Kids a Money Genius
Download a set of 10 unique and creative printable drawing prompts that are sure to inspire your kids to create something amazing!
Montessori Worm and Composting Activities for Kids with Free Printable
Turn crumpled pieces of paper into colorful artwork in this fun art project for kids. This easy art activity is inspired by the children’s book, Ish, by Peter H. Reynolds! The colorful paper has such a cool texture when finished and can be used for making collages or writing notes! (This post contains affiliate links.) …
Harold and the Purple Crayon is one of our favorite classic children’s books. We were inspired by the story to create these purple yarn art sculptures! Follow our Children’s Books & Activities Pinterest board! (This post contains affiliate links.) The Preschool Book Club is back this week with creative activities for kids inspired by the story, Harold …
30+ anti-racism activities for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom to help start the conversation of race and racism.
Click here now for the Come Follow Me Lesson for Kids for July 20th - July 26th prepared by Come Follow Me FHE. Your family will have lots of fun!
In this post, we have a shortcut to the History of South America! We have South America facts, books, printables, lessons, activities and more!
Art museum activities encourage children to explore art and express their own creativity. Try our art museum activities with your kids!
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Turn crumpled pieces of paper into colorful artwork in this fun art project for kids. This easy art activity is inspired by the children’s book, Ish, by Peter H. Reynolds! The colorful paper has such a cool texture when finished and can be used for making collages or writing notes! (This post contains affiliate links.) …
Toddler gross motor activities are easy to encourage with activities using bright scarves! Check them out!
Get free printables for kids in preschool and kindergarten! Find hundreds of free printable activities for literacy, math, science and more!
These free resilience printables and Montessori-inspired resilience activities are perfect for preschool through early elementary in a growth mindset unit!
Frog and Toad Are Friends - Lesson Plan
Plenty of stick book activities and ideas can be found in this post, based on 'Not A Stick’ by Antoinette Portis, which is a definite must-read for kids!
Beautiful Oops Inspired Activities
I love using picture books as inspiration for children’s art projects. Over the past 13 years I have curated a a massive list of project ideas and lesson plans. Here is my growing list of picture books and coordinating art projects for kids: A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni Abe Lincoln’s Dream by Lane Smith
Learn about plants with this 80 page botany lesson for kids! Information, worksheets, experiments, and more for elementary age!
Art enrichment activity. Create a nighttime scene inspired by the wordless book Flashlight by Lizi Boyd. Camping theme. Story elements. Illustrations.
We love book themed crafts and activities so I am so thrilled about today’s post because it is filled with the cutest ideas including Chicka...
You can teach anything with children's picture books: Science. History. Writing. Math. Cooking. And Art. Especially art. Because picture books are an artform. I'll be writing a Five Day Series this week about connecting children's literature to art. Monday through Thursday I will be sharing four art project ideas inspired by children's picture books. On Friday I have …
Introducing an inspirational read celebrating *you*~ featured in the MaiStoryBook Library Collection: “Be You” by Peter H. Reynolds *~Click here to purchase your own copy of “Be You” to …
Introduce your students to Keith Haring's colorful pop art with these printable Keith Haring for kids resources.
International Dot Day is celebrated on September 15th. It is a day meant to encourage students to be creative, curious, and brave. The inspiration for the day comes from the book, The Dot , by Peter H. Reynolds. The story of The Dot centers around the main character, V
Children's books about perseverance and determination that encourage growth mindset, grit and working towards goals and meeting challenges.
Bright Kids Pre-Primary Grammar Sample Book
Enjoy this delightful collection of nature poetry for kids, with 22 nature poems available as a free, printable PDF download.
