Poppins Book Nook ~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Posted on 29/04/2013 by Momma Jo

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In every job that must be done, there’s an element of fun ~ Mary Poppins

The kids loved the book. They were a little confused that it seemed to leave out some of the story they had covered in the movie. I was taken aback by the blasphemy in the book, since I don’t use that type of language. I just changed the word to “gosh” while I was reading.

Here the kids are paging through the book after bathtime.

My three sick kidlets watching the movie. Fifi had tonsillitis which had almost cleared by the time this photo was taken, Pixie had upper respiratory tract infection (Papa Steven said she sounded like Darth Vader, LOL) and Koko was heading to the doctor that afternoon, he has terrible sinus infection thanks to his allergies 🙁

Fifi colouring in her Wizard of Oz picture

Our model of the Emerald city.

Wizard Lapbook (I made the Cover)

Wizard of Oz Lapbook (I made the Cover)

Pixie playing with her Wizard of Oz magnets (homemade)

Resources:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Kalahari.com
Wizard of Oz and Friends Stickers: Kalahari.com
Wizard of Oz Preschool Pack: Homeschool Creations
Wizard Of Oz Coloring Book Free: Melissa Blog Coloring
Wizard Printable Packs: Royal Baloo and a Logi Bear too

Additional Activities:
Wizard of Oz movie: Kalahari.com
The Emerald City model: Recycling craft: Building Emerald City
Wizard of Oz clip art used to make the magnets: Disneyclips.com

Be sure to keep an eye out for our May post all about our fun with The Dinosaur and Where Are the Dinos?

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Previous Poppins Book Nook posts:
March 2013: Princess Petunia and the Good Knight

Be sure to check in with the blogs below to see what books and activities they are working on throughout the year.
Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
Royal Baloo
3 Dinosaurs
Chestnut Grove Academy
Growing in God’s Grace
Royal Little Lambs
Life with Moore Babies
Teach Beside Me
The Usual Mayhem
Mum Central
Fantastic Fun and Learning
Kathys Cluttered Mind
Play Create Explore
Two Big Two Little
Toddler Approved
Growing Book by Book
Adventures in Mommydom
B-Inspired Mama
The Fairy and The Frog
Edventures with Kids
Learning & Growing the Piwi way
A Gluten Free Journey
Rainy Day Mum
Mom to Crazy Monkeys

Recycling craft: Building Emerald City

Posted on 24/04/2013 by Momma Jo

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I found the inspiration for this activity on the Crayola web site. The kidlets loved it.

As part of our monthly Poppin Book Nook theme we read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (keep an eye out on the post on 29 April) and I decided that one of the activities would be building the Emerald City. The kidlets LOVED it, Koko especially.

We used the following items:
18 toilet rolls
1 medium sized pizza box
Masking tape
Yellow paint
Blue paint (to make green)
Pen (to draw the bricks on the yellow brick road)

Here are a few photos of the process and the end result.

Putting together the TP rolls to form the towers

Painting the Pizza box, complete with the Yellow Brick Road

Painting the pizza box and TP rolls green to look like the Emerald city spires

The completed Emerald City

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See more Wizard of Oz activities HERE

Poppins Book Nook ~ Princess Petunia and the Good Knight

Posted on 25/03/2013 by Momma Jo

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In every job that must be done, there’s an element of fun ~ Mary Poppins

The kidlets, Fifi especially, have really enjoyed this month’s Poppins Book Nook theme of Princesses, Knights and Castles. I tried to incorporate something of each portion of the theme into the activities.

We started off with reading our book, Princess Petunia and the Good Knight. Once we had finished the story and discussed the morals, Koko found all the words he could sound out on a few pages.

They spent a few days working on their new workbooks (resources below)

We watched a few Disney Princess movies, built our Princess Fairy Tale floor puzzle together, played with our Castle Logix and Fifi spent hours playing with her Magnetic Paper Doll Princess.

Resources:
Their workbooks comprise the following printables:
Princess TotPack: 1+1+1=1
Princess Preschool Pack: 1+1+1=1
P is for Princess: Confessions of a Homeschooler
Knights Preschool Pack: Homeschool Creations
Medieval Pack: 3Dinosours

Additional Activities:
Princess Fairy Tale Floor puzzle: ToysRus
Castle Logics: Loot.co.za
Paper Doll Princesses – I can’t find the link for the printables I used, but this will work just as well. I made ours onto magnetic paper dolls: Princess Coloring Pages

Be sure to keep an eye out for our April post all about our fun with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Poppins Book Nook ~ Monthly Book Club Introduction

Posted on 01/03/2013 by Momma Jo

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In every job that must be done, there’s an element of fun ~ Mary Poppins

We have joined the Poppins Book Nook hosted by Jill from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom. Poppins Book Nook is a monthly blog series centered around children’s literature for grade levels PreK – 12th.

We are looking forward to taking part in this new link up.

Theme for this month: Knights/Princesses/Castles
We are reading the Veggie Takes book “Princess Petunia and the Good Knight”

Up coming themes:
March: Princess, Knights and Castles
April: Wizards
May: Prehistoric/Dinosaurs
June: Travel/Transportation
July: Beach/Ocean
August: Fairy Tales
September: School
October: Seasons
November: Animals/Pets
December: NO BOOK CLUB
January: Greek Myths
February: Presidents

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