Most kids love a bit of dramatic play and Miss Glitter (almost 7) is no exception. Any topic will do but when there are dragons, mermaids or other magical creatures involved, she'll happily go to that fantasy world of hers where unicorns rule. When we (finally! couldn't wait!) received our copy of ...
How to Put together a My Color is Rainbow Story Basket
There are only a few books one will await so eagerly to arrive as this one: My Color is Rainbow by Agnes Hsu and Yuliya Gwilym. For those of you who don't know, Agnes is the writer, editor and creative brain behind Hello Wonderful, a website filled to the brim with colorful, happy and insanely ...
12 Ways to Tell a Story (and over 60 book activity ideas!)
Children's story books capture the essence of childhood, don't you agree? It's the snuggles on the couch, the repetitive rhymes, favorite characters and bedtime story rituals that we'll remember with such fondness years from now. We all have shelf somewhere full of children's books, but are we ...
Simple BIG / small Sorting Activity
We have this book at home, titled "Big Things". My two older kids went through a stage where they absolutely loved it. They couldn't get enough of this book. The funny thing is that it only has 3 pages. Three pages with an image of a big thing. There are no words, just a whale, a truck and an ...
Three Billy Goats Gruff Invitation to Play
Kids love hearing the same stories over and over again. They love it even more if you tell the same story in different ways, using different kinds of props. The possibilities are endless. This week, we created a Three Billy Goats Gruff invitation to tell the story with play dough and props. Scroll ...
The Little Yellow Digger Sensory Bin
My almost three year old son has two obsessions: dinosaurs and diggers. He takes them everywhere. I love the noises and imaginative play in action and I adore the little conversations I secretly overhear him having with his toys. I'm all about exploring interests so I recently got him the classic ...
Old Macdonald had a Farm Small World
Do you have a child that wants to read the same stories over and over again or sings certain songs non-stop? I do, and it drives me insane. Old Macdonald has a Farm is the latest offender in our house (and car). Someone needed to turn that noisy tractor around and I found the thing to do just that ...
Hairy Maclary Small World Storytelling
Hairy Maclary was one of Noa's first favourite books. We read it again and again and again. There's something about this little dog, his friends and his adventures that captures the hearts of little ones. And to be honest, that little scruffy dog has grown on me too over the years. I have been ...
How to Make Braided Bookmarks
My (almost!) 5 year old daughter and I have been having a lot of fun braiding up a storm over the past few weeks. After we made princess braids, we designed a couple of fairy braid hair clips and this week we've created some braided bookmarks. We're slowly moving on from the big print picture ...
Good Night Gorilla Story Basket
Putting together a story basket for your children's favourite book is a great way to expand on traditional storytelling! Setting the scene in a small world kind of way allows children to relive the story over and over again. Not only will they be the story teller, they might even make up their ...