Last week the girls and I had fun reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  At the end of the week my two-year-old sat down with the book and read it out loud to herself.  Repeated readings were amazing for her and she nailed the important parts. Last week we read the story five times.  The girls [...]

Welcome to Week Two of Storybook Summer!  The Book of the Week is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The goal of Storybook Summer is to spend time reading with your children and engaging them in academic learning.  No matter what the age of your child, he or she will love spending time [...]

How is everyone doing with their week of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? We have read the book twice now. I found a clearance craft kit at CVS and my older daughter decided to make a caterpillar out of the poofs. There was a bit of a three-year-old meltdown about putting google eyes on him though.

Welcome!  The goal of Storybook Summer is to spend time reading with your children and engaging them in academic learning.  No matter what the age of your child, he or she will love spending time reading a book with you! The lesson plans posted here are very informal but will give you ideas of activities [...]

It is almost time to start Storybook Summer! This event will be 10 weeks full of fun stories to read with your children. The books I will provide lesson plans for include: Corduroy The Very Hungry Caterpillar Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day Duck on a Bike [...]