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Poppins Book Nook: July’s Theme is Beach and the Ocean!

July 2, 2013 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

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Hi everyone! Once again, we’re joining up with the monthly virtual book club Poppins Book Nook! Every month, we’re sharing our favorite books on a specific topic and a few activities we plan around the theme. Our Poppins Book Nook activity will always post on the last Monday of the month. This month’s theme is Beach and the Ocean, so look for our new post on July 29!

If you’d like to follow along for the next few months, here are the upcoming themes:

July – Beach and Ocean

August – Fairy Tales

September – School

October – Seasons

November – Animals and Pets

December – No Book Club

January – Greek Myths

February – Presidents

We’re busy planning our beach and ocean activities for this month, but in the meantime, check out some of the books we’ll be highlighting!

Here’s a list of all the bloggers participating in June’s Poppins Book Nook. Stop by and show them some love in the meantime and then come back on July 29 for all the ocean and beach fun we’ll be sharing!

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – Royal Baloo – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Play Create Explore – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – The Fairy and The Frog – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Mom to Crazy Monkeys – No Doubt Learning – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Farm Fresh Adventures – Proverbial Homemaker – Look! We’re Learning!

Poppins Book Nook: Making Helicopters!

June 25, 2013 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

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It’s our first time joining the Poppins Book Nook blog hop and we’re extra excited to show you a couple of our transportation-themed activities! First we got started by reading a couple of Anne Rockwell books:

In both books, our kids took to the helicopters and trains. That’s actually pretty natural, since until a few months ago, they were Thomas and Friends addicts. Naturally, we followed up our reading by watching Go-Go Thomas.

As we watched the show, the kids called out the different vehicles they saw: trains, helicopters, boats, front loaders, buses, and more. (Of course, they called them all by name.) Afterwards, we decided to make our own helicopters. I stuck a push pin through a popsicle stick and then stuck the pin tip into a pencil eraser to make DIY helicopters.

Now the trick with these is to rub them back and forth between your palms and then roll it once all the way through to make them fly. It takes quite a bit of practice, but the kids were up to it!

Look at the determination and intensity on Pooh’s face!

Success!

Piglet was rather bored by it all, but we had a great time!

Be sure to visit the other blogs participating in the Poppins Book Nook fun this month!

And stop by tomorrow to see another one of our transportation activities from June! Keep on learning!

Poppins Book Nook: June’s Theme is Travel and Transportation!

June 12, 2013 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

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Hi everyone! Big news today! We’re joining up with the monthly virtual book club Poppins Book Nook. Every month, we’ll be sharing our favorite books on a specific topic and a few activities we plan around the theme. Our Poppins Book Nook activity will always post on the last Monday of the month and this month’s theme is Travel and Transportation, so look for our new book club post on June 24th!

If you’d like to follow along for the next few months, here are the upcoming themes:

June – Travel and Transportation