5 A Day Books: Week 6

This is our last week of the 5 A Day Books Challenge over at the Imagination Tree. We'll definitely keep up with it in a more informal capacity, but with the impending move and vacation, we just have a lot on our plate right now!

The Challenge has been a ton of fun, and encouraged me to get to our local library with Will every week. Introducing new books into our reading rotation has been great for both of us, and Will loves our weekly library outings. While I peruse for new titles, Will sits on the floor and pulls all the board books off the shelf!

Here's what we're reading in our final week...

We adore the Begin Smart series! This book has flaps to lift, and reinforces
many of the baby sign language "signs" we're using with Will.

Will loves trucks of all kinds! Bright, bold illustrations and simple text.

We took Will to his first farmer's market on Saturday, so I wanted to do another book
about planting and farming. I love the "paper" illustrations and progressive counting.

Cute book about opposites. Very sweet illustrations.

This is a rhyming "peek-a-boo" book from Barefoot Books. The illustrations
are bright and colorful, and Will loves all the animals.

5 A Day Books: Week 5

We love the 5 A Day Books Challenge at the Imagination Tree! Posting a few days late, but here's what we're reading this week...

What can I say? We live in Wisconsin, where polka is king. But this book is
also really sweet and silly, with fun flaps to lift as you tell the story.

We own this book, but it's never been very heavy in our rotation.
However, I love the message about unconditional love.

We love all things Eric Carle! In this book, Will especially enjoys the
text repetition and the beautiful animal illustrations.

Sweet story about friendship with darling illustrations. Isn't the cow cute?
She reminds me of Stella (our dog).

Our local farmer's market opens on Saturday, so I wanted something about planting
to share with Will! This also does a nice job with colors and types of flowers.

5 A Day Books: Week 4

We love the 5 A Day Books Challenge at the Imagination Tree! Posting a few days late, but here's what we're reading this week...

Bouncing rhyme and fun, colorful illustrations. One of Will's new favorites!

Silly copy and fun illustrations. Probably geared more toward toddlers,
but I'm trying to introduce new food-related books as Will starts eating more.

Will loves this nursery rhyme, and the illustrations are darling.

Classic Monet paintings set to bouncing rhyme. So cool!

We had so much fun with Sandra Boynton last week, that I wanted to give
another one of her books a try! This one is about dinosaurs and opposites.

5 A Day Books: Week 2

Last week, I joined the 5 A Day Books Challenge at the Imagination Tree. I'm so excited about this project for so many reasons. I love any early literacy opportunities I can provide for Will, and it's a great excuse to get us to the library every week. You're never too young to love books!

Here's what we're reading this week...

Sweet illustrations and short, charming rhymes. 

Colorful illustrations and lively bouncing rhyme.
A nod to Will's Grandpa (he's a train engineer).

Photographs of babies from around the world with simple, cheerful text.

Photographs of children as they play, explore and learn with their hands.

Bright illustrations with corresponding animal sounds.

5 A Day Books: Week 1

I recently came across the 5-A-Day Books Challenge from the Imagination Tree. I love this idea for so many reasons. Not only does it promote early literacy, but the link list at the bottom of the host blog allows me to get book ideas from other moms/teachers. Win/win!

We read a lot of the same books every day (Goodnight Moon, Flip Flap Fly, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Bear Snores On, among others), so I'm going to try and use the 5-A-Day Challenge for new books not generally in our rotation. This week we're reading...

Very sweet book about opposites and unconditional love

Bright, simple pictures with English words and their Spanish counterparts

Each monster has patches of different textures to touch and feel

The bird in the center is a finger puppet!

Fun take on peek-a-boo with simple text and bright illustrations

I'd love your suggestions on any books we should be reading. We'll be taking weekly trips to the library to support this endeavor and would greatly appreciate some inspiration!