Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great is a hilarious tale for anyone who has ever felt a little envious. The story is told from the point of view of a goat who is repeatedly outdone by the magical unicorn. In the end, the two learn to appreciate their differences. Hilarity ensues throughout the entire ...
Falling For Rapunzel
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!My 9-year-old daughter thought this book was so hysterical, she read it multiple times. You know a book is funny when even an 11-year-old boy is laughing at a story about Rapunzel. This fractured tale involves a lot of comical understandings which even my 5 year old enjoyed. Falling for ...
Fun Ways to Use Wall Letter Posters
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!It is the end of an era. My youngest child finally knows his alphabet well enough that these homemade wall letter posters no longer make sense to display in my home as if we were a full-time preschool. Before I take them down, I thought I would share some of the ways these wall posters have worked ...
The Bear Who Wasn’t There
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!This story starring a missing bear had wide appeal among my kids. The humor was simple and straightforward enough that my 5 year old was laughing out loud. The clever way the characters are talking directly to the reader and the author even made an appearance was amusing even for my 11 year old. ...
I Am Not a Chair!
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Any picture book featuring an indignant giraffe is pretty much guaranteed to be a winner. This book about a giraffe who comically keeps getting confused for a chair in more and more absurd circumstances does not disappoint. All of my kids from ages 5 to 11 thought this story was hysterical. I ...
This is a Taco!
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!This book might go over the heads of some younger children. I found myself having to explain to my 4 year old what was happening and why it was funny. I think my 6 year old may have appreciated the explanation as well. However, my 8 and 11 year olds thought it was hilarious from the get go and my ...
Guess Again!
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!This surprising book delighted my kids and had them giggling the whole way through. On each page their is a rhyming passage with the last word left out. The lines read like a clue and the illustrations show a grayed out shadow with the outline of the character the child is supposed to guess. However ...
Papyrus and Hieroglyph Activity
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I love to make my kids' education experiential and hands-on whenever possible. Often, life gets so busy that my grand ideas don't actually happen as often as I would like. Over the course of the past year, given the shutdown pandemic-y status of the world, we were actually able to do a lot more ...
The Funniest Picture Books for Kids
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Funny picture books are like the dessert at the end of a meal for my family. I incorporate picture books into my children's homeschool education almost daily. We use them to study history, science, different cultures, literary devices, and even math. I tend to spend about 30 minutes reading 3 to 5 ...
Pluto Gets the Call
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!It's rare that you find an educational book for kids that is truly hysterical. This book is jam-packed with fascinating science information about space and the solar system. However, it was also so hilarious that all of my kids (aged 4 to 11) were laughing through the whole read-aloud, especially my ...