Age 3-5
Eat These Up! Picture Books for Picky Eaters
As I write this, we are about six weeks into our family’s real food revolution. I’ve taken to heart the advice I’ve read over & over to quit as short order cook, and I’ve stopped buying the packaged snack foods…
Loving These Lately: Board Books, Picture Books, and Audiobooks, Oh My!
While our library checkouts have been smaller in number lately, their readings have made up for it! We’ve been wearing the bindings on these with repeat readings at all hours of the day! This post contains affiliate links. As…
- Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Our Literate Life, Summer Reading Fun
Our Summer Bucket List, Booked Up
I just LOVE bucket lists! Actually, I love all sorts of lists. I imagine no one is shocked by this fact. (A librarian who loves lists?! How can this be?!) Bucket lists are a special breed. I make them at…
Introducing Audiobooks to Toddlers & Preschoolers
Twenty something years later I can still vividly recall listening to the audiobook of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on a road trip with my parents. The story was so clear in my mind that watching the eventual…
Librarian on the Road: Packing for Literacy with Littles
I don’t travel well. I suffer from a bad case of over packing. Doomsday Preppers meets Type A mom of two. When Preschool Bookworm was a baby, he cried hysterically on every single car trip, short or long, for the…
Update at 3 1/4, Our Threenager Bookworm
We are fully in the “threenager” stage now at age 3.25. Although we breezed through the “terrible twos,” over the last quarter, we have squarely entered a new era. My own reading has been greatly affected as my nightstand full of…
Baby Sign Language: How Our Preschooler Uses Sign {Part 7}
When I was a school librarian, one of the teachers I most admired happened to use sign language with her (hearing) second graders. When gathering the kids at the end of their library book checkout period, it was often a loud,…
Loving These Lately: Gems from Our Home Library
Lately I’ve been so busy blogging about baby sign language that I haven’t shared any book recommendations! This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I usually share “Gems from our Recent Library Checkouts”…
- Activities, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Comprehension Strategies, Fine Motor Skills, Our Literate Life
Pretend Play: Little Librarians {Ideas, Skills & Printables}
One of my favorite milestones was when Preschool Bookworm hit the age when pretend play became a “thing”! In my own childhood, I can remember countless hours upon hours playing pretend supermarket and restaurant with my little sister. She always…
April Bookworm Bingo: Literacy Activities {printable}
April is the perfect time to add some reading fun to your routine! The library world is bursting with inspiration: the April calendar includes National Drop Everything and Read Month, celebrated in honor of Beverly Cleary’s birthday in mid April; National…
- Activities, Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Counting books, Lift the Flap Books, Our Literate Life
5 Kinds of Books We Pack for Waiting Rooms & Restaurants
I’ve shared in the past a bit of the impact Hands Free Mama has had on me as I think about the literacy rich environment I want to create for my family. Today as I packed the diaper bag for a…
- Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Christian faith based books, Easter books, Holidays
Our Favorite Easter Books That Aren’t About Bunnies
I’ll begin by saying that I have nothing against the Easter bunny. But, my is it a tall order to find Easter books that are about Jesus! I’ve had my own Easter hunt the last few weeks, including maxing out…
- Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Birthday Bookworms, Construction and Vehicle Books, Loving These Lately, Meaningful Messages, Rhyming Books, Sharing
Loving These Lately: Gems from Our Recent Library Visits
Baby Bookworm’s recent disdain for his stroller and penchant for “unshelving” books wherever he sees them has caused our family book browsing at the library to be a bit condensed lately! (Someday I’ll miss these days, they tell me.) We have,…
- Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Comprehension Strategies, Printables, Throwback Thursday
Vintage Children’s Books: Printable Chart of Titles & Themes
Over the past six months, I have had a BLAST putting together my weekly Throwback Thursday feature! My bookworms have fallen in love with dozens of books that literally generations of kids before them have fallen in love with, too.…
- Activities, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Big Kids, Bookworm Bingo, Our Literate Life, Printables
March Bookworm Bingo FREE Printable of Literacy Activities
March in my neck of the woods is a dreary month when we’re all itching for warm weather but it’s not quite here… the perfect time to brighten everyone’s calendar with literacy based FUN! I hope that this month’s Bookworm…
