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Gingerbread Baby: Simple and Sweet Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Baby: Simple and Sweet Gingerbread Houses

Posted by on Nov 21, 2013 in Christmas Activities, Gingerbread Man Activities, Kids in the Kitchen, Literacy Activities, Picture Book Activities, Winter Activities, Winter Picture Book Activities | 0 comments

Jan Brett’s Gingerbread Baby is a great twist on the original classic fairy tale. What I like most about this story, besides the beautiful illustrations, is that in the end the Gingerbread Baby gets to live in a cozy gingerbread house, rather than being gobbled up by a fox!

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The Three Snow Bears: Venn Diagram

The Three Snow Bears: Venn Diagram

Posted by on Nov 16, 2013 in Literacy Activities, Picture Book Activities, Winter Activities, Winter Picture Book Activities | 2 comments

My oldest bug, M, really enjoys the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, so I knew he would find Jan Brett’s The Three Snow Bears entertaining as well. If you haven’t read Brett’s rendition of the classic fairy tale, it is a story, set in the arctic, of an Inuit girl named Aloo-ki who comes across a large igloo belonging to a family of three snow bears: Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby bear. Aloo-ki wanders inside the igloo and makes herself at home, tasting and trying out the bear’s belongings, and eventually falls fast asleep in Baby Bear’s bed. When the snow bears return home they soon discover that someone has been snooping around their home, and they eventually come across Aloo-ki sleeping in Baby bear’s bed. When Aloo-ki opens her eyes, she is face-to-face with the family of snow bears. She leaps from the bed, and dashes outside to escape on her dog-sled.

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Sneezy the Snowman: Melted Snowman Pictures

Sneezy the Snowman: Melted Snowman Pictures

Posted by on Nov 14, 2013 in Picture Book Activities, Winter Activities, Winter Picture Book Activities | 0 comments

My bugs and I went to the library today and one of the books M chose was Sneezy the Snowman, by Maureen Wright. This is a really cute rhyming book about a snowman who just can’t seem to warm up. Sneezy tries many things to keep himself from shivering from the cold: drinking hot cocoa, soaking in a hot tub, even standing by a fire; but just as he starts to feel warm, Sneezy melts and the children have to rebuild him. Finally, the kids come up with a solution that allows Sneezy to stay warm without causing him to melt.

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