Ideas for setting up and running a kids’ book club with a suggestion for a Chinese New Year’s book club. Using The Empty Pot, we’ll make origami cups and fortune tellers. We also have a candy chopstick game.
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Book Club for Kids: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Our latest 5th grade book club for girls used Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell. The activities were very fun and easy to do. The perfect combination for busy moms to pull off!
4th Grade Book Club: Savvy and GIVEAWAY
4th grade chapter book Savvy makes for a great book club. Here are ideas for a lunch book club with activity and other super power adventure chapter books suggestions too.
Seeking 3rd Grade Mystery Author for School Visit
I’ve researched mystery chapter books for third grade in search of an author to visit my kids’ school via Skype.
Reader Challenge: Poetry for 5th Grade Girls’ Bookclub
For a reader challenge of poetry for a 5th grade girl book club, I recommend novels in verse with ideas for books and activities.
Bangladesh: Culture, Alpanas, Children’s Books, Recipe and More!
This Tuesday, we are exploring the country of Bangladesh, a country I know so little about that I didn’t actually know how to spell it. Thank you spell checker! I have included a brief history, selected a few children’s books, created an activity on alpanas, found some gorgeous jewelry and cooked an Indian recipe for Spicy Chickpeas.
Cricket In Times Square: Book Club for Kids
I hosted my middle daughter’s book club this past week. She chose her all-time favorite book by which she judges all other books, Newbury Honor Book, The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. Activity 1: Create a Cricket Habitat with Actual Crickets to Bring Home.