The Best Kids Book Site is a favorite 'place' of mine which I just recovered. Figured since I hadn't written about it previously I would do that now since there is just so much there. At the main book link you can search for books by genre and by age group. (or by author, awards, series, or any number of other specifications) The Holidays tab will bring up pages (and pages and pages...) of craft ideas and links for most holidays. Here is Christmas to get you started. The Storytimes tab pulls up what amounts to a little theme unit on several topics complete with fingerplays, stories, coloring pages, crafts, songs etc.
There are several blogs that have daily doses of cool things. The Cast of Characters has a story read daily on the web. The one I listened to was a decent length. About five minutes of listening time. There is a coloring page blog with a different free page to print each day. The Daily Craft blog will keep you in good graces with the pre-K crowd. No creativity needed. Just load it on bloglines and you will have a steady supply of seasonal projects. Finally there is a monthly calendar that pulls the whole shootin' match together. Here is Nov just for perusal since it is nearly over.
I've been looking for a book site like this -- thanks!
Posted by: Angel | November 28, 2006 at 02:38 PM
I knew this site several years back and had forgotten about it. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention again. It is a wonderful resource.
Posted by: Nina | November 28, 2006 at 07:41 PM
The book site is one of my favorites! :)
Great blog,Kim!
Posted by: Marybeth Held | December 01, 2006 at 05:53 AM