The theme for Summer Reading Club this week is into the great unknown! So mysterious, right? Our activities this weekend are about exciting mysteries of space, like the science of light and yummy little aliens. Continue reading Summer Reading Club Activities: Mysteries of Space
There are five different practices that help build early literacy skills, and today we’re going to talk about one of our favourite tools for building reading skills (and life skills!) with your babies: board books! Continue reading Literacy at Home: Board Books
The theme this week is Out of This World! That, of course, includes fantasy, mythology, and other worlds. Let your imagination run wild with these activities! Continue reading Summer Reading Club Activities: Exploring Fantasy Worlds
This week’s Summer Reading Club theme is Sun, Moon, and Stars: Planets, moons, and other celestial objects! Check out these book recommendations for young readers from Brittany. Continue reading #Staffpick: Summer Reading Club – Week 4 – Sun, Moon, and Stars
Looking for another literacy activity to do at home? Can’t get out to go camping? Just in time for the long weekend, we have this fantastic camping dramatic play activity for you! Transform your living room into a campsite and let the kids play. Continue reading Literacy at Home: Camping Dramatic Play
The theme for Summer Reading Club this week is the sun, moon, and stars. Our weekend activities feature the moon and stars in all their artsy, creative glory. Continue reading Summer Reading Club Activities: Chalk Constellations and Puffy Paint
We’ve got an incredibly simple literacy at home activity for you this week that helps to build letter recognition, and practice both reading and writing! Most children start out learning the alphabet by spelling their names. For this activity, they only need to be able to make their first initial! Continue reading Literacy at Home: Letter Tic-Tac-Toe
The theme for Summer Reading Club this week is the future, science fiction, and imagination so our weekend fun is about cool science fiction! We’ve got science fiction craft and one STEM activity to keep you and your child exploring this weekend. Continue reading Summer Reading Club Activities: Science Fiction Fun
We’re back with another song collection for you! These ones are all about frogs and are great to use with preschoolers. Singing is one of the five practices that build early literacy skills – and singing with your child is a great way to build another early literacy practice into your day – playing! Continue reading Literacy at Home: 3 Songs for 3-5s
Are you looking to help your children build their early literacy skills at home or taking part in our summer READO challenge? We’ve got a super simple activity for you! Writing a grocery list with your child supports three of the five early literacy practices: talking, reading, and writing. If you include our bonus activity it can also incorporate playing! Continue reading Literacy at Home: Grocery List
