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Children’s Book Activities for Learning and Play

Looking for ways to encourage your toddlers and preschoolers to sit and listen to stories? One of the ways I was able to get my young son to listen to stories was to set up activities for him to do while I was reading! Below you will find Children’s Book Activities for Learning and Play, including sensory bins, art projects and more!

Children's Book Activities for Learning and Play!

Children’s Book Activities

We have enjoyed many children’s book activities over the years! Here are some of our favorites for toddlers, preschoolers and big kids! Check back often for more ideas!

You will also find more on our children’s book activities board on Pinterest!

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Winter Art Project Inspired by Snowflake Bentley

Simple Art Project inspired by Jan Brett's Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

Art Project Inspired by Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

Kids will love learning about the ant life cycle with LEGO bricks!

LEGO Ant Life Cycle

Jackson Pollock Process Art inspired by the children's picture book Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg.

Jackson Pollock Inspired Process Art for Kids

Including nature guides on a nature table is a great way to get young naturalists interested in reading!

Nature Table Ideas with Books

Dinosaur Discovery Sensory Bin

Dinosaur Discovery Sensory Bin

Invitation to Create an Imaginary Friend with Play Dough

Invitation to Create an Imaginary Friend with Play Dough

Ant Life Cycle Sensory Bin is a playful, hands-on way for kids to learn about the life cycle of ants!

Ant Life Cycle Sensory Bin

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity- Matching farm animals to their letter sounds! A fun literacy activity for preschoolers!

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie- Felt Mouse Tutorial! Your kids will love playing with this adorable mouse in our latest sensory bin! to go along with the classic Laura Numeroff book!

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Felt Mouse Tutorial

Read Otis and the Tornado, then do this Tornado in a Bottle Science Activity to give a hands-on demonstration for how tornados swirl in the sky! It's the perfect activity to pair with this book about wild weather and helping those in need, even if they haven't always been nice!

Otis and the Tornado Science Activity

30+ Book-Inspired Activities for Kids include art, crafts, sensory and fine motor activities!

Book-Inspired Activities for Kids

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Sensory Bin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Sensory Bin

Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss, book-inspired, hands-on math and fine motor activity for toddlers and preschoolers! | Stir the Wonder

Ten Apples Up On Top Math & Fine Motor Activity

Read Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson to inspire kids to create a LEGO Print Mural!

Block City LEGO Print Mural

Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America Day with this ABC Truffula Trees Gross Motor Matching Game inspired by The Lorax! It's a great way for toddlers and preschoolers to get the wiggles out while practicing letter recognition!

ABC Truffula Trees Gross Motor Matching Game

The Octonauts Water Sensory Bin is a simple sensory bin to create that goes along with the Octonaut books by MEOMI!

The Octonauts Water Sensory Bin

Gravity Lab! Science Experiments for Kids | Poppins Book Nook at Stir the Wonder

Gravity Lab!

Valentine's Day Mixed Media Heart Craft, Read & Play at Stir the Wonder

Valentine’s Day Mixed Media Heart Craft

Snow Dough Sensory Play inspired by Katy and the Big Snow & I Drive a Snowplow | 12 Months of Sensory Doughs at Stir the Wonder

Book-Inspired Snow Dough Sensory Play

Tacky the Penguin Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

Tacky the Penguin Sensory Bin

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies : Christmas Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Sensory Bin

Curious George Christmas Ornament Craft

Making Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #kidsinthekitchen

Making Cranberry Sauce

Hedgie Blasts Off Sensory Bin

Children’s Books & Activities that go “Beyond Our Planet”

Monsters Love Colors Sensory Bin

Monsters Love Colors Sensory Bin

B is for Buckaroo- Cowboy Cookies | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook

B is for Buckaroo- Cowboy Cookies

The Salamander Room Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom #sensory #bookinspired

The Salamander Room Sensory Bin

Welcome to Busytown Pretend Play | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #playmatters #preschool

Welcome to Busytown Pretend Play

Goodnight Construction Site Sensory Bin| Stir the Wonder @ Enchanted Homeschooling Mom #kbn #sensory

Goodnight Construction Site Sensory Bin

Junk Yard Sensory Bin & Counting Game | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #kbn #preschool #math

Junk Yard Sensory Bin & Counting Game

'Shiver Me Letters' Sensory Bin & Pirate Play | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #kbn #preschool

Shiver Me Letters Sensory Bin

Sensory Painting with Blueberry Jam | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #kbn #bfiar

Sensory Painting with Blueberry Jam

‘Play with Me’ Sensory Bin

'Play with Me' Puppet Craft | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #kbn #bfiar

‘Play with Me’ Puppet Craft

Hands-On Learning with The Carrot Seed | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #bfiar #preschool

Hands-On Learning with The Carrot Seed

Scissor Practice inspired by Tops & Bottoms | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #finemotor #preschool

Scissor Practice inspired by Tops & Bottoms

Booking Across the USA: Charlie Travels to Rhode Island | Stir the Wonder #bookingusa

Booking Across the USA: Rhode Island

The Carrot Seed Fine Motor Activities | Stir the Wonder #finemotorfridays #bfiar #preschool

The Carrot Seed Fine Motor Activities

Art Inspired by The Carrot Seed {Hands-On Play Party} | Stir the Wonder

Art Inspired by The Carrot Seed

Bath Time Fun with Freight Train by Donald Crews {Poppins Book Nook} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #poppinsbooknook #bathfun

Freight Train Bath

R is for Rhode Island Red Activities {Poppins Book Nook} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #poppinsbooknook #rhodeisland

R is for Rhode Island Red Activities

Celebrate Spring with this In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb Mask Crafts for Kids!

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb Mask Crafts

Science Books for Preschoolers & a Sink/Float Experiment {Saturday Science} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #saturdayscience #science #preschool

Science Books for Preschoolers & a Sink/Float Experiment

Summer Book Exchange: Trash Trucks

Chameleon Color Matching

Foot Painting

Salt Dough Snowmen at Christmas | Stir the Wonder #kbn #winter #crafts

Salt Dough Snowmen at Christmas

Thanksgiving Play Dough Feast

Sugar Cookie Play Dough

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #fall #autumn #redleafyellowleaf

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Sensory Bin

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