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Tag Archives: book extenstion activities

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

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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

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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

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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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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  While I originally made it to help Miss G cope with heading back to Kuwait after a particularly lovely summer filled with family and friends, she’s held it close during all kinds of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

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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}

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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

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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

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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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The Day the Crayons Quit Follow-Up Story

2 / 25 / 153 / 5 / 15

The Day the Crayons Quit Follow Up Story | Mama Papa Bubba

Woohoo!  Today is the first day of our new round of Preschool Book Club, and Miss G and I are so excited!  We’ve got soooo many fun books and activities planned for the coming weeks, as do our friends from Buggy and Buddy, Sugar Aunts, Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and Homegrown Friends.

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Colour Theory Ornaments

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Colour Theory Ornaments | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh my goodness…  It feels like Gracen and I have been waiting for this week’s instalment of our preschool book club forever!  Shortly after sharing our magnetic polka dot sensory bag inspired by Press Here {one of our favourites}, Herve Tullet’s publicist contacted us and asked if we’d be interested in checking out his newest book, Mix It Up!  Ummm.. YES?!  {And stay tuned until the end of the post, because we’re also giving away a copy to one of our lovely readers!}

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10 Apples Up On Top Math Game

10 / 21 / 1410 / 29 / 14

Ten Apples Up On Top Math Game | Mama Papa Bubba

Not going to lie, this week’s preschool book club was a bit of a tough one…  Tough because firstly, we couldn’t find the book anywhere.  We visited bookshops, we visited grocery stores with book sections, we visited our school’s library, and we asked pretty much all of our friends.  No book!  Brad eventually scrounged up a digital version for us to see on the iPad, but after a friend suggested it this morning, I’m guessing that one of Kuwait’s many Instagram shops would have had it!  I hadn’t thought of that.  {Is this an around the world thing, or a Kuwait specific thing?  Here you can order almost anything via Instagram and Whatsapp and have the items delivered to your door.}  The second thing that made this week’s PBC challenging was that without the book physically in my hands, I had no inspiration.  For the life of me, I couldn’t think of a fun activity to go with it.  It was frustrating.  Eventually though, I thought of something {a very simple math game focused on addition and subtraction} and it’s pretty awesome.  Not awesome because it was crazy cool or unique, but awesome because Gracen did not want to stop playing.  In fact, we played from about 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. yesterday morning.  One round after the next – non-stop!  I love when something that was initially challenging turns out so well.

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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Sensory Tray

9 / 23 / 1410 / 8 / 14
We re Going on a Bear Hunt Sensory Tray | Mama Papa Bubba{this post contains affiliate links}

This week’s book club book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, is a book that Miss G and I both knew, but not one we absolutely loved previously.  Well, that changed this week.  As soon as we watched the video of Michael Rosen performing his story, we couldn’t get enough.

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