B.Inspired, Mama!: 6 Great Summer Reading Book Activities [Kids Co-Op]

We haven’t signed up for any structured summer reading programs, but I’ve been trying to read a lot with the kids this summer. We get a big stack of books from the library every couple of weeks and visit the bookstore on occasion. And we participated in a fun Summer book exchange that led to some fun learning about emotions, too. Books are such a great inspiration for fun learning activities. There were lots of fun book activities linked up to last week’s Kids Co-Op. Here are six of my favorite…

6 Summer Reading Activities

A Bad Case of The Stripes Face Painting from Inspired by Family Magazine

Cupcakes, Ice Cream, & Flip Flops Book Box from Greene Acres Hobby Farm

Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping Activities from Creekside Learning

I Knew I Could Bike Riding Challenge from Adventures in Reading with Kids

Draw Me a Star Activities from crayonfreckles

Acting Out Shhh! Little Mouse from Lovely Little Bookworms

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1. Rainbow Spaghetti Sensory Play	2. The Little Engine That Could-Reading Fun	3. Portable Sensory Bins	4. Dried Playdough and Water Experiment
5. Building with Plastic Plates, bowls & cups	6. Picklebums - exploring with tape	7. Pancakes Recipe - LLJournal	8. Toddler Feather Painting!
9. Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky	10. DIY Squirt Bottle Painting!	11. Boy Mama Teacher Mama	12. Make a Magic Door! Learn with Play
13. Natural Ice Boats	14. Alphabet Hunt & Match	15. Paper late Pirate PortholeP	16. Homemade Volcano!
17. Fun with Ice Balloons!	18. Montessori-Inspired Food Art	19. Montessori-Inspired Teddy Bear Activities	20. Simple toddler play - pouring and scooping
21. Week 4 - simple ways to connect with your child	22. Make a toy crane	23. Kipper Puppet	24. Zoo-Ology and Animal Sorting
25. Team Umizoomi Dinosaur Adventure	26. Scrabble your letters	27. Outdoor summer science game,	28. Have a Blueberry Picking Breakfast Picnic
29. fish printing	30. Hunting Night Crawlers	31. Humpty Dumpty: Value of Nursery Rhymes!	32. 10 Sand Play Ideas & DIY Sandboxes
33. Water Sensory Bin for Babies	34. Child's Play 101 - Things that GLOW!	35. Making GLOWING Aliens	36. Tot Preschool - Mm is for Moon
37. Fun Thinking Games for Kids	38. Outdoor Spray Painting	39. Baby Play Treasure Box	40. Melon Bash Fizz
41. Bread Baking with Your Toddler	42. Our week outdoors	43. Color Scavenger Hunt	44. DIY Emotions Board Book
45. Coloring Sand with Beet Juice	46. 25 Ideas for a Day Out with the Family	47. Hotwheels and Paint	48. Dollar store bubbles- classic fun
49. Hand Print Dolphin	50. Sweet Sushi Rolls	51. Colored Ice Cube Play	52. 10 Inexpensive Ways To Beat The Summer HEAT
53. Why you should always keep a bathing suit in the car!	54. outdoor race track (chalk fun)	55. Taco Hummus and Lettuce Tacos	56. Colored Ice Sensory Play {Plus Soap & Water Play}
57. Paint by Number with Sidewalk Chalk Paint	58. Julie	59. Wooly,Soapy Fun!	60. Three Little Pigs Wood Craft
61. Maggie's Kinder Corner	62. Replacing the rubber duck with... {winks}	63. Is Raising a Creative Child Important in Today’s World?	64. Fireflies Books and Crafts
65. Celebrate Christmas in July	66. On the Farm	67. maker painted t-shirts	68. No Cook Playdough
69. DIY Mermaid Lagoon	70. A Daily Invitation to Draw	71. Summer ideas part 1 - beach collage	72. Storytelling 101: 10 Tips
73. Rice crisp squares	74. Waterbeads and dinosaurs {and a secret}	75. Simple Ways to Encourage Imagination	76. Spark Creativity!!
77. Emotion Words Matching Game w. Printable	78. Being a Conscious Parent-18mths Beach	79. 15 Tips to Keep Kids Safe While On The Go	80. Peanut Butter Cup Brownies with Easy PB Frosting
81. Japanese milk carton lanterns	82. Story Elements Storytelling Box	83. Exploring Japan: Haiku	84. Pirate Play
85. Teddy Bear's Picnic Day Celebration	86. Frying Eggs on the Driveway	87. 6 New Ways to Sort Bottle Caps	88. Easy Fine Motor Activity for Baby
89. Letter Sticks	90. DIY Shrinky Dink Flag Bracelets	91. PVC Marshmallow Guns +4 more!	92. diy basket organizer from cereal box
93. Tons of Activities for Spoon: Love Books Exchange	94. Art Space and Smock	95. Onset Rime Booklets	96. Clean Up Ideas for your kids
97. corn dog muffin pops	98. Make A Difference Bags Of Joy	99. Cardboard Letter Magnets	100. Sticky Note Story Board
101. Joy of Summertime Booklist	102. Immerse your kids in learning!	103. Magnetic Alphabet Board Tutorial	104. capital & lower case letters
105. Blueberry Picking and Planting	106. Make Lemonade	107. science at the beach	108. Keitha's Story Themed Lunches
109. DIY: Colorful Dot Wrapping Paper	110. We Are Alike...We Are All Different	111. No-Cook Kid-Made Strawberry Soup	112. Creative Pirate Ship
113. Jelly Messy Play	114. amazing meatless tacos	115. Free Letter A Practice Sheet	116. Olympic ring threading
117. Geography iPad Apps	118. 30 Map Activities for Kids	119. Scrambled States Game	120. PlayDrMom's Favorite Books about Feeling
121. Chalkboard Tree	122. Wagon Racers	123. DIY Anemometer	124. Lots of New ABC Printables!
125. Homemade Parking Garage from Boy Mama Teacher Mama	126. Number Counting Activity Box	127. Easy Flowers & Herbs Bath	128. Glow-in-the-dark puffy paint and moon craft
129. Exploring Tide Pools	130. Toddler Flower Arranging	131. Elephants & Messy Play	132. Summer Stargazing 2012! Get OUT and Look UP!
133. Storytelling & Imagination (FREE Printable)	134. Teaching Peace (Stillness)	135. Mini Clothesline Fine Motor Skills Activity	136. Sparkly Paper Plate Angel
137. Adele Connally	138. Pinwheel	139. Ceramic Tile Magnets	140. Ocean In A Bottle
141. Playing In Soapy Water	142. Glow Stick Bath	143. Make Your Own Oz Story-Game	144. Pig Pen!
145. DIY Bird Bath	146. Chalk Art Experiments and Outside Fun!	147. Summer Book Box Exchange	148. Paper Mache Jellyfish
149. Summer Snowball Fight	150. cardboard loom weaving	151. Totetude Interpersonal Questions (IQs)	152. Ultimate List of Sensory Bins
153. Build a simple cardboard house	154. Books by Celebrities	155. A Game of Mouse	156. Water Blob Tutorial
157. Teaching Emotions	158. GIANT Sensory Lagoon!	159. Toddler Ocean Activities	160. Make your own PB and bird seed feeder
161. Toddler Sensory Fingerpainting	162. Super Simple DIY Light Table	163. Textured Paint made with household ingredients	164. Toddler Book Showcase
165. Corrugated Card Road	166. 5 MInute Finger Pupets	167. Funnels, Tubes and Water	168. Napping House activities
169. S'mores by the fire	170. Olympic medals	171. Exploring Rousseau	172. Slimy pasta
173. Make a River in your backyard!	174. Taking Care of Mom	175. Little Guys in Ties