Fun Story Time Ideas for Kids: Act It Out – The Gruffalo

Fun Storytime Ideas for Kids: Narrating and acting out books

Acting books out is one of my favorite ways to Read more…

Books by Julia Donaldson and Book Activities

Our family first discovered author Julia Donaldson when some UK friends sent us a copy of The Gruffalo when Johnny was born. This cute story about a spunky mouse became an instant hit in our house – such a hit, in fact, that our board book copy needs replacing! I’m still working out the details, but I should Read more…

A Book for Massachusetts: Make Way for Ducklings!

make way for ducklings

I’m thrilled to be representing Massachusetts for today’s Booking Across the USA blog hop! Make Way for Ducklings was the Read more…

Favorite Jan Brett Stories and Activities

VirtualBookClub

I was delighted to hear that Jan Brett was the December Author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. We adore Jan Brett! Here are a couple winter-themed favorites of ours, along with activities from this blog you can use to accompany them!

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Five Little Ducks!

5 Little Ducks printable

This week I made a rare venture into semi-structured crafting with my kids, creating this simple printable free coloring page (see download Read more…


Celebrating everyday parenting through creativity, learning, and play. Reach MaryAnne by email at mamasmilesblog at gmail dot com.

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