Disclaimer – This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. If you use the link to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission. For this week’s Time to Read Tuesday, I chose to read books with a colors theme. I had planned to read Little Owl’s Colors and Hello World New York: A […]
Today for Time to Read Tuesday, I chose to read two shape books followed by some play with different types of shapes. This activity was a blend of my love of reading and my love of math. It’s exciting to be working with Buddy already on a math topic. I started by reading the book Paris: A Book of Shapes, […]
Thousands of schools across the country have switched to e-learning this week, to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And many parents, like me, are having to find ways to work at home while caring for their child. It’s a huge transition for my whole family, and I knew it was important for […]
When I discovered Preschool STEAM’s blog this summer, I wanted to try out some of their Storytime STEAM activities for Time to Read Tuesday. This Chicka Chicka Boom Boom building activity made me excited because I already had all of the necessary materials. Plus we love the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. *Disclaimer- this post contains […]
I recently discovered Preschool STEAM’s blog, and it has a ton of great reading and engineering activities on their site. For this week’s Time to Read Tuesday, I chose their pattern block activity that accompanies the book Planting a Rainbow. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. This activity works on all of those […]
This week was our first Time to Read Tuesday of the summer, and I have been waiting to do this activity for a long time. We read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, which is a favorite of Buddy’s. I first saw the idea of doing a counting game with this book on Mommy Needs […]
I love when I find easy activities to print and use with Buddy. There are so many mom blogs with awesome activities ready to use! This week, I wanted to feature my favorite printables that I’ve tried with Buddy, as well as some that I’m looking forward to using. Almost all of the ones I’ve […]
Buddy is really into construction vehicles right now, so I decided to do another construction sensory bin for this week’s Time To Read Tuesday. (Read about our other construction site sensory bin with shredded paper here.) I checked out the book Mighty, Mighty Construction Site from our library to go with our sensory bin. Buddy […]
For our first Time to Read Tuesday of the summer, I chose the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?. I came across amazing resources for this book on 1 + 1 + 1 = 1’s website, and I was excited to finally be able to use them. (The version of the activity […]
One of my favorite parts of being a teacher is having summers off. I love my job, but it’s really fun being home full time with Buddy. Now that summer is almost here, I’ve been thinking about all of the fun things we’re going to do together. Last summer was my first summer home with […]