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Tag Archives: book activities

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

3 / 2 / 183 / 12 / 18

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh, how Sam LOVES the Little Blue Truck books.  They get read again and again and again in our house, so to spice things up and encourage some imaginary play (one of our IDP goals for Sam at the moment), I decided to put together this simple Little Blue Truck story telling basket for him to explore.

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Now while we have Little Blue Truck Leads the Way {CAN} (my personal fave being a city girl myself), Little Blue Truck’s Halloween {CAN}, Little Blue Truck’s Christmas {CAN}, and Little Blue Truck’s Springtime {CAN} (my least favourite and a bit of a disappointment to be honest), Sam seems to seek out the original Little Blue Truck {CAN} most often, so that’s what we went with for our story telling basket.

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

We just used things we had on hand (hence our little GREEN truck and a missing goat), but I think we did okay!  If you’ve never seen these Holztiger wooden animals, they are my absolute favourite.  They’re pricey, but we collect a couple at a time (usually in Christmas stockings and Easter baskets) and the quality is outstanding.  Definitely a collection I’ll hold onto until my kids are grown.

Here’s what we included in our Little Blue Truck story telling basket {or tray}…

  • Little Blue Truck {CAN}
  • wool felt squares in colours that coordinate with the illustrations of the book {CAN}
  • a CAT dump truck
  • a pick up truck
  • a Holztiger cow
  • a Holztiger horse
  • a Holztiger hen
  • a Holztiger chick
  • a Holztiger sheep
  • a Holztiger frog
  • a Holztiger goose (meant to be our duck)
  • a Holztiger pig
  • and we would have included this Holztiger goat had we had him

{Canadian friends, you can find the Holztiger collection on amazon.ca here, but most are incredibly overpriced…  I recommend getting them from Dilly Dally, our very favourite Vancouver toy shop instead.}

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

I set the basket and a tray out on the coffee table just before picking Miss G up from school so it was there for them to discover when we walked in the door.

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

Now while I set put this story telling basket together with Sam in mind, I knew Miss G would be just as into it…  She dove right in, helped Sam use the felt squares to create the ground, and grabbed the book and began reading, while sam played with the vehicles and animals as she read.

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

And boy was he ever into it!

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

His play didn’t end once Grae was finished reading the book, either.  He kept vrooming the dump truck around, getting it stuck in the brown ‘mud’, and using the animals to {very enthusiastically} help him push it out.  Then the animals were getting stuck in the mud and the trucks were getting them out, and THEN the truck and the dump truck were having races around the farm!  This is the beauty of a story telling basket or tray – there’s no right or wrong way to play and the original story the collection of items is based on is just a jumping off point.

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Basket

Miss G actually got in on the fun and helped set up this fun little scene too, which I just left out as is.  The plan is to leave it out for a while so that the kids can come back to it and enjoy it as they please, and I’m guessing it’ll be revisited again and again.

In the meantime, I’ve got another really fun Little Blue Truck activity in mind that I know the kids will just love…  Can’t wait to share!

Little Blue Truck Story Telling Tray | Mama Papa Bubba

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Easy DIY Rainbow Painter

2 / 18 / 172 / 27 / 17

Easy DIY Rainbow Painter | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh how we love new books!  Honestly, just send Miss G and I to the bookstore or library for the afternoon and you’ll have two very happy girls on your hands. 

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Mini Christmas Letter Ornament

12 / 6 / 1612 / 1 / 18

Mini Christmas Letter Ornament Keepsake | Mama Papa Bubba

This weekend we took our stash of Christmas books out and oh my word… Was Miss G ever excited.  She’s been asking to take them out for ages now, so as soon as we did, she got straight to sorting, organizing, and reading them.  {Gosh, I love her.}  

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Exploring Books Through Play {50 Activities Based on Books About Friendship, Acceptance, & Empathy}

8 / 5 / 168 / 29 / 16

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So…  I’ve been keeping a bit of a secret.  A big, FUN secret.  And I’m so happy to finally share that secret today.

You guys…..  I wrote a book!

I WROTE A BOOK.

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‘I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More’ Inspired Painting

3 / 16 / 163 / 18 / 16

I Ain t Gonna Paint No More Inspired Painting | Mama Papa Bubba

Our morning started innocently enough… I thought I’d keep the munchkins happy and busy in the playroom with some morning painting while Brad took a conference call upstairs. 

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5 Fun Ways to Bring Your Favourite Children’s Books to Life

2 / 9 / 163 / 4 / 16

 

5 Fun Ways to Bring Your Favourite Children s Books to Life | Mama Papa Bubba

It’s no secret that Miss G and I adore books.  We’ve got shelves and shelves of them and I have absolutely no guilt about adding a few favourites here and there.  I add them to Easter baskets, they’re part of our Christmas Eve tradition, and they’re a staple birthday gift in our house…  You just can’t have too many, in my opinion.  

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‘Mix It Up!’ Colour Exploration Kit

10 / 16 / 1510 / 17 / 15

Colour Exploration Kit with  Mix It Up | Mama Papa Bubba

Yesterday, as Miss G and I were reading two of our favourite Hervé Tullet books {Press Here and Mix It Up!}, I was suddenly reminded of the fun colour exploration kit we put together months ago for one of Grae’s little friends.  It was nearing the end of our time in Kuwait, so things were crazy with our upcoming international move and me being deep in the throws of early pregnancy sickness/exhaustion, so I never got around to sharing it, but after hearing Grae talk about it so excitedly yesterday afternoon, I think we may just have to whip up a similar kit for her to enjoy this weekend.

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The Kissing Hand: A Family Photo Book

9 / 11 / 159 / 21 / 15

Love From Home Family Photo Book | Mama Papa Bubba

This little ‘love from home’ family photo book has come in handy in so many situations.  While I originally made it to help Miss G cope with heading back to Kuwait after a particularly lovely summer filled with family and friends, she’s held it close during all kinds of potentially difficult transition and separation periods – while I’ve been in Dubai for the weekend, while Brad’s been out of country for conferences, while missing her cousins back in home in Canada, while having troubles falling falling asleep, or after a bad dream – it’s provided her some comfort.  

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Colourful Painted Handprint Keepsakes

5 / 7 / 155 / 16 / 15

Colourful Painted Handprint Keepsakes | Mama Papa Bubba

Yay!  Another round of Preschool Book Club with our lovely friends – Buggy and Buddy, Sugar Aunts, Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and Homegrown Friends!

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Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Play Dough Kit

5 / 1 / 155 / 23 / 15

Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

After his dad’s Facebook post about the number of times the word ‘and’ shows up in the book Where the Wild Things Are, I knew that we had to get today’s birthday boy a new book {something with more than 8 sentences, preferably – that nifty fact also learned through a FB post about  the dreaded/beloved Where the Wild Things Are ☺}.  

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Goodnight Moon I Spy Bottle

4 / 21 / 154 / 30 / 15

Goodnight Moon I Spy Bottle | Mama Papa Bubba

Preschool Book Club weeks are the best weeks. ☺  Miss G and I love exploring books and coming up with engaging, playful activities to go with them.  And the best part?  When we’re done with ours, we get to try the activities our friends at Buggy and Buddy, Sugar Aunts, Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and Homegrown Friends came up with too!  So much fun.

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Train Track Paper Play Mat {Inspired by Freight Train}

4 / 7 / 154 / 7 / 15

Train Track Paper Play Mat | Mama Papa Bubba

Another week, another round of Preschool Book Club with our lovely online friends – Buggy and Buddy, Sugar Aunts, Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and Homegrown Friends!

This time around our book was Freight Train by Donald Crews, a colourful book centred around the different types of train cars and their colours.  The story follows the train through tunnels, by cities, over trestles, and eventually into the night where it disappears out of sight.  

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Ishful Math: Estimation Jars for Preschoolers

3 / 24 / 154 / 5 / 15

Estimation Jars for Preschoolers | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh, how I love Preschool Book Club weeks!  Grae and I always have a great time reading our book and exploring it further through playful activities, and this week was no different.  

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Beautiful Oops Painting

3 / 11 / 153 / 11 / 15

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Finally.  The Beautiful Oops instalment of our Preschool Book Club with our friends from Buggy and Buddy, Sugar Aunts, Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and Homegrown Friends.  We love this book!

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A ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Themed Play Date

3 / 1 / 153 / 19 / 15

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Themed Play Date | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

This morning, after two months of outdoor meet-ups {gotta enjoy the cool weather while we have it!}, our play school co-op resumed its usual themed indoor play dates.  Grae and I were lucky enough to be the first hosts, and with our focus being on favourite children’s books this month, we got to plan a morning around Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  

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