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March 25, 2014 By Tiffany
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give…) is such a cute book. K loved reading this book over and over. The story starts with a boy eating cookies outside his house. Soon he sees a mouse and want to share his cookies with it. The mouse eats the cookie and then asks for milk, of course the boy gives him some milk. The little mouse continues asking for things, and the cute little boy continues to give him what he would like. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is written well by Laure Joffe Numeroff, and the cute illustrations are by Felicia Bond. These two combined to make a great book. You need to read this book with your kids to see what the mouse continues to ask the little boy … [Read more…]
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March 18, 2014 By Tiffany
We are so excited to introduce the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk. When we asked friends and neighbors if they had heard of it the majority said “no”. This is a great book because, I feel, it promotes creative thinking. There is repetition that not only engages the children, but it makes it easy for them to respond. There are different shapes and pictures, but in the end what are the shapes? Read this book and find out!! One thing we enjoyed doing was going out on a cloudy day. We set up a blanket to lay on and looked at all the different shapes of the clouds. It was fun to take the book, It Looked Like Spilt Milk, with us to see if we could compare the pictures. How many times do … [Read more…]
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March 11, 2014 By Tiffany
This weeks book review is Pie in the Sky. You haven’t heard of it you say? Well, neither had we until we went to the library. This story is about the growing cycle of a cherry tree throughout the year. This book is great for your younger kids and older kids. There is a short story part to the book, but on each page there are riddles in smaller case wording. They are similar to “I-spy”. At the conclusion of the book there is a full cherry pie recipe that you can make with your little chefs. I love books that are interactive and fun to read. The Pie in the Sky was definitely one of these books. Not at all little chefs enjoy Cherry Pie, so we decided to make, our version, of … [Read more…]
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March 4, 2014 By Tiffany
When I told Little Chef K we were going to read the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs he was very excited! He enjoys watching the movies, and didn’t know there was a book that we could read. This story starts with a Grandfather who tells his grandchildren about a town called Chewandswallow. This town looks just like any other, but there aren’t any grocery stores and restaurants to have a kitchen. The town has crazy weather 3 times a day. What kind of weather? You will have to read it to find out. You, and your kids, won’t be sorry you read it. I wanted to come up with some fun Science activities to go along with this book. First we made a lava lamp. You will need to … [Read more…]
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February 25, 2014 By Tiffany
This week we read The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney. This was a new book for Little Chef K. He enjoyed the illustrations of all the animals, and looked forward to the next part of the story. While looking for this book at the library we found different interpretations of the story. At the end of the book the Hen either makes bread, cake, or pizza. I like the original version of the story, so we went with the bread. The Little Red Hen is a tale loved by many generations. It has great repetition, humor, and a lesson all can relate to at the end of the book. The Hen finds some wheat kernels while on a walk, and her friends refuse to help her during the process of taking care of this … [Read more…]
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February 18, 2014 By Tiffany
This week we are reviewing the book Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss. This is a classic book that most people have read. This book is such a fun read for kids of any age. This book includes opportunities for reading, rhyming, listening, and remembering the process of the story each time you read. The book, I feel, portrays a great message – do not be afraid to try new things. It has been a great lesson for my 4 year old who is a picky eater. I knew I wanted to make green eggs and ham after reading this book. I let Little Chef K help me stir the eggs and add the green food coloring. I really didn’t think he would even try them, but he ended up eating them all. Next I wanted a … [Read more…]
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February 11, 2014 By Tiffany
We are so excited to post about the book Stone Soup. There are many different versions of Stone Soup, but they all have the same theme of sharing and caring. This version, of Stone Soup we enjoyed a lot. It is about a young boy who “tricks” an older woman into thinking soup can be make from a single stone. He starts out by begging the old woman for food. When she does not help this hungry boy, he asks for a stone. This woman becomes intrigued and opens her kitchen up to the boy. The boy then makes a soup, with the help of the womans ingredients she, unknowingly, provides. It becomes a soup “fit for a king”. I was trying to figure out a fun way to incorporate that book into an … [Read more…]
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February 4, 2014 By Tiffany
This weeks book we have read and had fun with is Bean Thirteen. The readers meet Ralph and Flora who are insects. They are picking beans for dinner. Flora goes to pick bean number 13 and Ralph shouts, Don’t do it!. Ralph believes bean 13 is unlucky. They try to split the beans evenly for dinner, but to no avail. There is always one left over. Will they come up with a solution to their problem? We loved this book not only for its bright illustrations, but because is teaches math skills. This book specifically goes through division. Little Chef K is 4 1/2 and just starting addition, so this is what we focused on. The book teaches that fair is when we all get what we truly need. … [Read more…]
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January 28, 2014 By Tiffany
This weeks book is Carrot Soup written by John Segal. The authors text and detailed illustrations tell the story of a rabbit who’s favorite food is carrot soup. The book starts with the reader meeting Mr. Rabbit while he is looking through seed catalogs. There is a great page of different kinds of carrots which engages the reader. Mr. Rabbit plows, plants, waters, weeds, and waits for his carrots to be ready. When harvest day arrives he doesn’t find any carrots! They have all disappeared! As he tries to figure out what happened to his carrots, the reader can find clues in the background which helps them predict the outcome of the story. At the end of the book you will find Mr. … [Read more…]
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January 21, 2014 By Tiffany
Have you heard of the book Horton Hatches the Egg? We hadn’t until we were looking at Dr. Seuss books at the library. We came across Horton Hatches the Egg and brought it home. We liked this book because it is based on an Elephant, Horton, who told a bird he would sit on her egg and wouldn’t get off. He sat on the egg through rain, snow, hunters, and others laughing at him. But he continued to say “I meant what I said, And I said what I meant…. An elephant’s faithful One hundred per cent!” This is a great lesson, for all of us. If we commit to something, we need to be “faithful One hundred per cent”. We decided to make our own papier-mâché eggs. I have not done this since I was … [Read more…]
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