Check out the 2012 Discovery Toys Catalogue and a Giveaway

Apr 26 2012

Posted by Guest as Adventures in Parenting, Curled Up with a Good Book, Giveaways, One Parents Perspective, Reviews

Alison Gregory is a local Team Leader with Discovery Toys, bringing you a fabulous giveaway and a review of two great books.

The 2012 Discovery Toys catalogue has just started and with it has come twenty three new and returning toys and ten amazing books for the whole family. Here is a sneak peek at two of my favourite new books!

Have you ever wondered where the food you eat comes from? Have your kids ever asked How Did That Get In My Lunch Box? Well now you can show them how it got there! How Did That Get In My Lunch Box, by Chris Butterworth, walks kids and parents (and would even be a great in classrooms/daycares) through the steps to get some of our favourite foods, and it is also beautifully illustrated. Chocolate chips – yum! Did you know that chocolate chips start as beans from the cocoa tree? I knew this, but my kids were amazed to know how these beans are turned into such a yummy treat.

The book also explores bread, cheese, tomatoes, apple juice, and clementines, as well as the importance of choosing foods from each food group to be healthy and balanced. Packing lunches for school has always been a challenge in our house, whether trying to make sure our son eats everything he is given (and not just the cookies), but making sure a balanced lunch makes it into that growing tummy! After reading this (and we’ve been reading it over and over and over because the boys LOVE it) the boys are asking about what they’re eating, wanting to know where it came from, and what food group it is part of. Definitely a worthwhile read for any growing family!
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Book Review: The Crunching Munching Caterpillar

Mar 26 2012

Posted by Jennifer as Adventures in Parenting, Curled Up with a Good Book, Family Time

Book: The Crunching Munching Caterpillar

Author: Sheridan Cain

Illustrator: Jack Tickle

For Ages: 2-5

Where to Get it: This book is available to purchase in store or online at Chapters; and online at Amazon.

This book was a gift to my now 18-month old, on her 1st birthday. Of course, my four-year old loved it and now that her little sister will sit still for more than two minutes, she’s starting to enjoy it too! Just in time too, since Spring is right around the corner, and this book evokes wonderful images of Spring!

Caterpillar longs to have wings of his own, just like the other creatures in nature – the bumblebee, sparrow… but especially the beautiful butterfly! He “crunches and munches” leaves and watches them soaring in the air. But his friend, the butterfly, knows a secret and tells Caterpillar to take a nice, long nap, and he does. After his long, deep winter sleep, Caterpillar awakens to find he’s transformed into a beautiful butterfly as well!

A great book to read with younger children, as they will love the bright color illustrations and older kids will learn how caterpillars transform into butterflies.

This author also wrote Little Turtle And the Song of the Sea.

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Favourite Books: KP Been There Done That Squad

Mar 05 2012

Posted by Guest as Adventures in Parenting, Been There Done That, Curled Up with a Good Book

KamloopsParents.Com presents…
The KP “Been There Done That” Squad

A team of over twenty-five parents who have all sorts of parenting experiences. From the Mom of thirteen with one on the way, to the first-time Mom of one. We have new Dads to the Dad of three. From the experienced parent, to the rookie! If you want the truth…. we are all rookies. Each day presents something new, somewhere we have not already been, something that we have not already done. So, why not look to someone who has?!
The KP BTDT Squad will be sharing their experiences and answering two questions per month. Each parent will answer the questions if they can and their answers will be compiled into a feature post to share with readers. These will be general questions that many parents will wonder about as they raise their children. The BTDT Squad will be talking about subjects like potty training, how they dealt with picky eaters, their most favourite family adventures, and how they managed to ever sleep through the night!

Read more from the Been There Done That Squad

What is your favourite children’s book to read with your kids?
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Goodnight iPad: Curled up with a Good Book

Jan 26 2012

Posted by Jennifer as Adventures in Parenting, Curled Up with a Good Book, One Parents Perspective

Goodnight iPad

By Ann Droyd (aka David Milgrim)

Illustrated by David Milgrim

Good for all ages!

Can be bought in store at Chapters or Coles bookstores or online at Chapters or Amazon.

This is the perfect book to celebrate Literacy Week: Unplug and Play! A great parody of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon. In a world where we are constantly “plugged in” to our gadgets, TV’s, Blackberries, and yes… our iPads…the author reminds us that we all need to say “good night!”

I looked for this book in the Kids section at Chapters, but it’s actually found in the Humour section!

Regardless, in this day and age, where even our 4-year olds are becoming tech-savvy, this is a great book to share with all ages. Ever since I brought it home last week, my daughter wants to read it every night!

Even though some of the terminology is a bit over her head, I explained what the book means, and related it to her “wired” activities (watching movies, or playing a game on the laptop). When I asked her what her favorite part was she said it was the end of the book where everyone says good-night and falls asleep. Oh yeah, and she likes the part where they talk about the “Blackberry” because “Daddy has a Blackberry, right?!”

“Yes honey, but it’s turned off right now.”

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Something from Nothing:
Curled Up With a Good Book

Jan 19 2012

Posted by Elizabeth as Adventures in Parenting, Curled Up with a Good Book, One Parents Perspective

Miranda, mom to seven, writes:

This is a very sweet book, a very dear friend gave it to my children as “big brother big sister gift” after I had my last baby. . This sweet story adapted from an old Jewish folksong about a grandfather who makes his grandson a blanket, and as the years go on, and the blanket gets worn, he makes other items out of it. And as those other items get tattered and torn, the inventive grandfather makes another item out of the remaining cloth , and so on and so forth.