Summer Fun for Kids is here with free summper printable and book suggestions.

Everyone loves the beach but if you aren’t near one, you can still enjoy it! First get some seashells to show the kids, and then have them pack a pretend bag full of supplies for a day at the beach. Once they’ve shared what they’ve packed with you, you can all sit down to enjoy some summer beach time fun! I have some great summer reading below, with book suggestions and some poems that you can print out and use

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Today we have great summer time ideas for a fun story time.

To begin this summer time fun picnic story time spread some picnic blankets out on the floor and place a couple of picnic baskets near by. Give each child a napkin and have them pretend they have their favorite picnic food to eat. Let them tell you what they are “eating”. Then you can start sharing the fun stories and crafts we’ve prepared for Summer Time Fun for Preschool Storytime! Read more »

Preschool aged children love to learn new things and have very tender hearts, so teaching them ways to be nice isn’t so hard.  In Manners Time, are lots of ways to help us teach manners.

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Free printable crafts for kids  are a perfect way to compliment one of my favorite authors,  Shel Silverstein.  He wrote some brilliant poetry for all ages.  Among his best work were his stories and poems for children.  They are enduring, fun and very profound.  In fact,  I can’t read The Giving Tree
to groups because I get so choked up, it’s embarrassing.  The little kids look at me funny and the parents have expressions that are impossible to read.

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Father’s day is just around the corner and they are SO hard to shop for. But one thing they love almost as much as we mothers do, are hand made gifts from their kids. SO,  I have some ideas here that I got from Martha Stewart as well as a simple tool card the children can make.
A Perfect Father’s Day by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
This story is about a wide eyed pre-schooler named Susie who wants to make Father’s Day perfect for her Dad. They have a some fun adventures together doing all the things Susie loves, so of course her father loves them too.  Story time is always fun around Father’s Day because the kids can make a cute card for their dad.  Here are some suggestions for books to read to kids around Father’s Day.

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Coloring pages are lots of fun, but they can be even more fun for your preschooler or older children, if they are also full of hidden pictures! Even grownups can have fun with hidden pictures. I have listed three book suggestions and lots of links to sites that have some fabulous hidden picture games for free!

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Looking for an activity for your preschooler? Look no further. Crafts for Storytime has some fun book suggestions for reading together and a cute coloring page to go with our favorite book suggestions for today are

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