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Make Storytime Spectacular

Kids Book Reviews and Storytime Fun This  post contains affiliate links at no cost to you. Thanks for your support. I’m thrilled to be part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids this year. If you are a parent or a teacher of children between 2-6 years old, join the fun in our Facebook group. Your blogging co-hosts (including me!) will be sharing book-based learning activities on a weekly basis, and the group is filled with encouragement and inspiration.

Check out my past Book Club posts here.

This week (October 9), the chosen book for the Virtual Book Club for KIds is The Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry. If you aren't yet familiar with this awesome book, here is the synopsis:

My kids and I are huge fans of Little Blue. I adore reading all of the books in the series because of their fun rhyme and rhythm and the positive messages they teach. My kids love making all of the barnyard noises and beeping their way through the pages. Did you know that there is a new book in the series? Little Blue Truck’s Halloween is available now, and it is one of my top picks for brand new Halloween picture books and board books this year. It is not scary at all and is a fun, hands-on way to introduce the concept of costumes to little ones.

The activity that I prepared for the Book Club this week is so, so simple. It is a roll-a-story cube that can be used to encourage pretend play and storytelling.

Just print the cube (below), and assemble it by cutting, folding and gluing the flaps. I used glue sticks to put it together, but some scotch tape would work just as well. The publisher of LIttle Blue, HMH Books for Young Readers, created some book-based activities of their own—including a set of characters that can be printed and used for play. (Also available for a free download below.) I paired the story cube with the characters and worked with my three-year-old to imagine new scenes for the beloved friends from LIttle Blue’s world based on the cube's prompts. The cube can be used in this manner, or it can be paired with any number of storybooks and writing center activities as a tool for imagining new settings and problems to work out. Printing later? Pin it now. Ready to explore? Check out these fantastic Book Club activities on this week's theme:

Farm Animal Beginning Sounds and Bingo Game - Rainy Day Mum

Little Blue Truck ABC Animal Pick Up-Growing Book by Book

Farm Alphabet Scavenger Hunt - Sunny Day Family

Spell Your Name With The Little Blue Truck - To be a Kid Again

Play & Count Farm Animals - My Storytime Corner

Farm Animal I SPY & Graph Printable - School Time Snippets

Number Games Based on Little Blue Truck Books

Litttle Blue Truck Sensory Bin - Adventures of Adam

Haystacks Snack for Kids - Views From a Step Stool

Mud Pit Chip Dip - Preschool Powol Packets

Little Blue Truck Magnetic Farm Activity

Farm Animal Races - Inspiration Laboratories

Colour Sorting with Farm Animals - Clare's Little Tots

Decorate a Farm Animal - Mama Smiles

Little Blue Truck Farm Animal Story Retelling - Powerful Mothering

Farm Themed Brain Breaks-Sugar Aunts

Hide & Match Farm Animal Puzzle Game- Toddler Approved Follow Chickadee LIt
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Make Storytime Spectacular for the Little Readers in Your Lap