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📚50 Kids’ Books That Also Have a Movie

  A Parent-Approved Reading & Watching List One of the easiest ways to get kids excited about reading is to pair a great book with its movie adaptation . Whether your child prefers to read first or watch first, book-to-movie stories invite meaningful comparisons, discussions, and deeper comprehension. Why Parents Love Book-to-Movie Pairings They: motivate reluctant readers strengthen critical thinking create shared family experiences make reading feel  relevant  and exciting. Below are 50+ children’s books that also have movies , organized by age and reading stage, to help parents and educators choose wisely. Picture Books & Early Readers (Ages 4–7) Winnie-The-Pooh Where the Wild Things Are The Lorax Horton Hears a Who! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Curious George Paddington The Gruffalo Ferdinand 💡 Why these work: Simple plots, strong visuals, and excellent opportunities to compare illustrations vs animation. Chapte...

23 Winter Activities for Young Children

Slide onto some snow
  1. Have a snowball fight.
  2. Make & decorate a snow man.
  3. Use containers of different shapes to make ice figurines.
  4. Make a structure out of ice bricks.
  5. Slide onto some snow.
  6. Make snow angels 
  7. Go sledding or tobagoning down a snow hill
  8. Go ice skating 
  9. Play ice hockey
  10. Conduct ice experiments. Record the amount of time it takes for different liquids to freeze outside.
  11. Research all or some of the countries in the world that experience Winter.
  12. Watch a documentary about Antarctica
  13. Watch a documentary about the Arctic
  14. Have a winter clothes ‘layering up’ race
  15. Get some window markers and draw snow flakes on a window.
  16. Make some snowflakes from construction paper.
  17. Make an igloo
  18. Make a hot chocolate station
  19. Make some s’mores 
  20. Go on a snow walk in a park and try to identify different foot prints. 
  21. Research different animals that hibernate during winter.
  22. Learn about how various animals keep warm in the winter time.
  23. Learn about groundhogs and how they help ‘predict the end of winter.’

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