Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
While potty training our kids, we've accumulated a stockpile of going-to-the-potty books. Our hands-down favorite is Everyone Poops. Seeing the variety of ways that different animals poop makes our kids giggle – and it opens up the conversation in a fun way. Just don't be surprised if you hear a little voice from the bathroom, "I made a one-hump poop!" Taro Gomi's illustrations are terrific, as always.
With school supplies on our minds, this hedgehog pencil holder jumped right out at us. Here are a few more finds that made us smile this week.
A brilliant lamp by designer Chen Karlsson that can display your favorite things
Make your own wild animal tracks with just flip flops and foam core
And a dog riding a toy horse, being pushed by a cat
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Seasons by Alain Michel Jeunesse (Enchanted Lion Books)
Blame it on the foggy San Francisco summer, but we're ready for fall. To teach your kids about the changing seasons – and to rediscover them yourself – no book is more beautiful than this pick. Each page has a word (or phrase) and illustration that represents summer, autumn, winter or spring. It's a fascinating way to introduce new vocabulary – like Migration, Avalanche, Fireworks and Abundance. Fun thing to do with your kids: come up with your own stories behind each of the pictures. We keep this one on the coffee table.
It's been all about the alphabet, bears and bears who teach the alphabet around here this week. Luckily, the internet has no shortage of any of those things. Enjoy this silly selection of our A-Bear-C-themed picks.
R is for robot, but there's a whole alphabet where that came from
We need this smile-inducing smiley bear sweatshirt
Make your own wiggly, giggly Jell-O letters
Helveticat—need we say more?
And for something delicious, follow this super easy recipe for chocolate bear claws from Spoonful
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The fine folks over at Appysmarts, where they choose the best apps for young brains, recently reviewed the Wee You-Things. Not only did our app receive a score of 95/100, but it was also chosen as an Editor's Favorite! How wonderful is that?
Almost as wonderful as the short video the Appysmarts team made to show the app in action. Take a peek!
To celebrate the beginning of a fresh new school year, we’re giving away an 18” x 24” Wee Alphas art print, complete with shiny metallic gold foil Wee Society seal. Head on over to Coquette Maman—one of our favorite blogs—to enter for a chance to win through August 27. Three cheers for art that teaches!
As we get our kids ready for pre-school and kindergarten, we’ve been thinking a lot about how to raise eager learners. We want our kids to be curious, and to love discovering new things.
So, here are a few ideas for building excitement with pre-readers who are getting to know the ABCs.
Learn with art
Download this week’s super fun Wee Alphas activity sheet from the Wee Workshop. Then visit Coquette Maman to enter for a chance to win a Wee Alphas art print.
The Berenstains’ B Book by Stanley and Janice Berenstain
The B Book begins with a big brown bear and a blue bull, soon joined by a beautiful baboon, blowing bubbles, biking backwards. The three take off on a host of B-themed adventures, having a blast. It was one of our favorites when we were kids, and the silly alliterations hold up. (Black bug's banana boxes almost always get giggles from our boys.) What better way to learn letters?