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Princess Honor’s Favorite Princess Books
My daughter LOVES princesses. Anything and everything to do with princesses. She is well-known (on this blog and in real life) for regularly wearing a princess dress … or at least clothes with princesses on them. With that being her … Continue reading
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Utilizing the Books of David Shannon in Play Therapy and as Parenting Resources
David Shannon is one of my favorite children’s author and illustrator. I love is simple, child-focused pictures and story contact that is fun, yet usually has a great message for kids. For this reason his books are also wonderful to … Continue reading
Be True to Yourself … an activity to go along with David Shannon’s book “A Bad Case of Stripes”
I was very excited that the Virtual Book Club for Kids picked David Shannon to be the featured author this month. He is one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books. And my favorite book of his is … Continue reading
Books to Help Children Understand Divorce
Here’s a list of books for kids about divorce. I use these in play therapy and recommend them to parents when the family is going through a divorce. If you have some to add, please leave a comment below! The … Continue reading
Utilizing the Books of Julia Donaldson as Parenting and Therapeutic Resources
One of the things I have really enjoyed about being part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids is finding authors I haven’t read before and discovering how I can incorporate sharing these books with the kids I work with … Continue reading
PlayDrMom’s Egg-ceptional Easter Eggs-travagenza!
This eggs-tra special post is a round up of all my eggs-traordinary Easter time fun! An Easter Egg Hunt that gets the kids moving and thinking. Fun for the WHOLE family! How about fun ways to play and learn with … Continue reading
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A Fun Activity to go with “Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book”, by Julia Donaldson
This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring Julia Donaldson. I wasn’t familiar with this popular, award-winning British author … so I was very pleased to be introduced to her wonderful stories. The kids enjoyed all the books … Continue reading
Booking Across the USA – M is for MICHIGAN!
Booking Across the USA is a collaborative blogging project created by Growing Book By Book. Participating bloggers are showcasing a book and activity related to their state. All 50 states are represented!!! Being a lifelong Michigan resident, I’m proud to … Continue reading
Wacky Day – Virtual Kids Book Club featuring Dr. Seuss
One of my kids’ favorite Dr. Seuss book (actually favorite of ANY books) is Wacky Wednesday. We have read it a countless number of times. My kids love to find all the wacky and misplaced things on each page. Since … Continue reading
Exploring Snowflakes
I found some great books the other day while at the library that really inspired us to learn a lot more about snowflakes. These are the books … Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin … tells the story of Wilson … Continue reading
