BOOK NAME: GO! GO! GO! STOP! AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: CHARISE MERICLE HARPER PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ It’s a story of green peas and red peas. Green Peas only knew to say “GO” he loves practising the word GO. He was excited to say the new word to the […]
REVIEW: The little yellow digger saves the whale by Betty and Allan Gilderdale
BOOK NAME: THE LITTLE YELLOW DIGGER SAVES THE WHALE AUTHOR: BETTY GILDERDALE ILLUSTRATOR: ALLAN GILDERDALE PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ A beautiful sunny day and two whales were leaping in the sea. Suddenly a tide came and left the little whale on the shore. With a worried mother whale in the bay and […]
REVIEW: Car, car, truck, jeep by Katrina Charman and Nick sharratt.
BOOK NAME: CAR, CAR, TRUCK, JEEP AUTHOR: KATRINA CHARMAN ILLUSTRATOR: NICK SHARRATT PAGES: 26 PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN’S BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Remember the classic old baa baa black sheep rhyme? This book is filled with cars, busses, planes, trucks, and diggers. A motorbike is read aloud using that tune. You will have started singing the […]
REVIEW: Big digger ABC by Margaret Mayo
BOOK NAME: BIG DIGGER ABC AUTHOR: MARGARET MAYO ILLUSTRATOR: ALEX AYLIFFE PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT AND CO PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 1.5+ Have a digger-loving preschooler at home and always talks about them? Fret not! This rhyming book is filled with the ABCs of different vehicles that help us transport and many new vehicles to learn […]
REVIEW: Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
BOOK NAME: DIG DIG DIGGING AUTHOR: MARGARET MAYO ILLUSTRATOR: ALEX AYLIFFE PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT AND CO AGE RECOMMENDED: 1+ A book about different types of construction and rescue vehicles. Young kids are curious about diggers and cranes and this rhyming book is perfect for toddlers. They start with we can work all day […]
REVIEW: Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain by Verna Aardema
BOOK NAME: BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN AUTHOR: VERNA AARDEMA ILLUSTRATOR: BEATRIZ VIDAL PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: PUFFIN BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ This picture book is a wonderful celebration of language and Nandi culture. Retold by Aardema, this Nandi tale celebrates sound and noise as well as the animal life and landscape of the East […]
REVIEW: The Backpack by Lindsay C. Barry
BOOK NAME: THE BACKPACK AUTHOR: LINDSAY C.BARRY ILLUSTRATOR: KLAUDIA BEZAK PAGES: 34 PUBLISHER: CITY DIFFERENT BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ The author was kind enough to gift me the e-book copy for an honest review. This post contains an affiliate link. My backpack fell apart and I need a new one. These are the sounds of […]
HOW TO SET UP AN AIRPLANE SMALL WORLD PLAY?
Small-world play integrates a child’s imagination by creating a scene using toys and other figurines. The scene helps the kid in storytelling or creating their own imagination in the form of a play. For instance, you want to learn about aeroplanes and set up a small play to enhance their learning. They also help develop […]
How to set up Pizza Restaurant Pretend Play?
A pretend play or role-play or dramatic play is a fun way to run your kid’s imagination wild. A kid recreates a scene and pretends or enacts that role in the scene. Pretend play helps a toddler or a child to explore their thoughts and feelings by playing a character. Nathan loves role play and […]
How to set up Pretend Play Dentist?
A pretend to play or role-play or dramatic play is a fun way to run your kid’s imagination wild. A kid recreates a scene and pretends or enacts that role in the scene. Pretend play helps a toddler or a child to explore their thoughts and feelings by playing a character. Nathan loves role play […]