Disclosure: I am a consultant for Usborne. Our family receives a percentage from all sales without costing you any extra. We appreciate any purchases through our website. We are onto our second theme unit in our kindergarten homeschool year. The last few weeks we have been learning all about habitats and had so much…
Books We Love: Cuddle Bear
Join Cuddle Bear as he goes through the story spreading love and cuddles to everybody he meets. The illustrations are just as adorable as the story.
Top 6 Usborne Books for Babies
Did you know you should start reading when your babies are brand new? Here are some of my favorite baby books from Usborne.
How We Use the Usborne Not Your Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus for Homeschool
I’m such a sucker for books and I feel like I fall in love with most of the books we have. I knew I wanted the Usborne Not Your Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus for homeschool, but once it arrived, I realized I had bigger plans than just pulling it out occasionally. Before I tell you how we will be using it, I have to tell you about it because it is so awesome.
Books We Love: Not Your Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this book. I know when I write, I try to find different, more descriptive words to say something, but in all honesty, I’ve probably never looked in a thesaurus myself before. Since becoming an Usborne Books & More consultant though, I basically want all of them and I knew this would be a perfect tool for our homeschool journey. Today I am sharing with you the Not Your Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus
Books We Love: Count to 100
I’m all about books that encourage concepts we are working on anyways. I’m also a huge fan of books that work for all of the kids. Today, our Usborne Books & More order arrived and some of the new titles were in it. I couldn’t wait to dig in and neither could the kids. One…
Books We Love: Snuggle Puppy!
We received this book for one of the kids’ birthdays and it is such a fun, cute story. Actually, it’s a song. Or at least when I read it it is. It’s seriously such an adorable story and the kids just love it. The end is so much fun. I whisper sing it and then…
Early Math Books for Babies and Toddlers
I love math, I always have. Now that I have three little ones, I love how easy and how much fun teaching math is to little kids. When you have babies or toddlers, math is all about introducing numbers and starting to count. So much of every day life make great learning moments for the…
Books We Love: 1001 Things to Spot in the Sea
1001 Things to Spot in the Sea is one book in a series of 16 titles. I love how fun the pages are and my kids are learning so much about different sea animals, different things in the sea habitat, and so much more. I love that there are so many different titles and we…
The Best Green Living Books for Young Kids
We read A LOT in our house, and I love sharing books we love each week. I’m not even joking when I say we read close to twenty books a day. I’m so glad the kids share my love for reading. We read, read, read a lot and I love that I can steer what…
Books We Love: My First Reference Book About How Things Grow
I had passed over this book every time I looked through the website or catalog because it just didn’t seem that impressive to me. I was so ridiculously wrong. I had a customer order it and the order arrived at my house so I got to check it out. I immediately added it to my…
Books We Love: Fairy Ponies
While my kids aren’t reading chapter books themselves quite yet, one of our favorites is the Fairy Ponies books. When I first heard about them, I knew my daughter would be in love! We started reading the first book in the series and read a chapter or two a night. I wanted to keep reading!…
Books We Love: Usborne Children’s Picture Atlas
My kids love maps, atlases, and anything that resembles either of them. I’ve been checking out a few different children’s atlases to see which one we would like the best. I fell in love with this one. I love how it tells you about different climates, habitats, etc. and that at the bottom of each…
Books We Love: Slide and See Farm
Slide and See Farm is an engaging and fun book that lets you watch your child’s mind at work as they trace and explore each page. With durable moving parts, it is sure to be a favorite.
Quiet Time Activities with Smithsonian Readers
With three little ones and one who no longer naps, it is so hard to find quiet time. I’ve been working on getting the kids’ quiet time bins filled and available so I don’t lose my mind. I fill them with a variety of different things that they enjoy, are quiet, and allow me to…
Books We Love: Look Inside Your Body
This may be one of the neatest books I have ever seen. With over 100 flaps to life, kids and adults alike will have some fun while learning about how your body works. I’ve learned a few things and we just have so much fun. It’s so realistic and easy to follow. For example –…
Books We Love: Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare
*Disclosure: Affiliate links may be included.* I NEVER in my life dreamed I would be reading Shakespeare, but when we received this book, my daughter fell in love. I’m not sure if it’s the beauty and the feel of the book, the ribbon bookmark or the stories, but one of my favorite parts of the…
Books We Love: That’s Not My Elephant
*Affiliate links may be included in this post.* Henry is my silly, happy, always trying to keep up with the older kids “baby” who isn’t a baby anymore. At 17 months old, I love that while he wants to climb and explore, he also loves to sit on my lap and read some stories.…
Books We Love: Muddle and Match Adventure
If you have been reading my blog over the last month or so, you noticed that I recently became a consultant for Usborne books because I really love these books. Today I’m sharing one of our personal favorite with you – Muddle and Match. These are like no books you have ever seen before. The…
Hooray, Hooray, Today is Pi Day
Are you celebrating Pi Day? Get your kids on board with this fun activity book from Usborne Books. How are you celebrating Pi Day?