We are big readers around here. A huge amount of my posts are book activities for kids. I figured it was time to gather them all in one place to make them easier to find! These are great for parents, teachers and for homeschoolers alike! Â If you want to pair some of your kids favorite books with activities to make the learning more exciting, be sure to check out some of these fun ideas. Need some book club activities for your kids? Â This list would be perfect for that, too!
Book Activities for Kids
Fiction or Picture Book Activities:
Adventures of Peter Rabbit: Felt Peter Rabbit Easter Craft
Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie- Pie Crust Experiments
Are You My Mother? – Bird Life Cycle Spinners
The Bird Alphabet Book- Storybook Art: Bird Craft for Kids
The Busy Tree- Four Seasons Tree Craft
Click Clack Moo: Farm Word Spelling Mats
The Doll People: Clothespin Doll Craft
The Ear Book- Magic Ear Trick
Elevator Magic (Math Start) – Story Book STEM: Hydraulic Elevator
Fox in Socks: Rhyming Word Puzzles
Freight Train- Preschool Alphabet Train
From Head to Toe- From Head to Toe Activity Cards
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site- Fabric Roads
Greek Myths- Greek Olympics Activities
Green Eggs and Ham- Green Eggs Chemistry Experiment
The Gruffalo- Fraction Math Trees
The Grouchy Ladybug- Clock Story
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales- Fairy Tale Lesson IdeasÂ
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World- Pi Day with Apple Pie
How to Survive as a Firefly: Origami Firefly Paper Circuit
If I Built a Car: If I Built a Car Storybook STEM Activities
If You Give a Pig a Pancake- Kids Cooking Lesson: German Pancake Visual Recipe
Kite Day: Kite-Themed Preschool Math
Knuffle Bunny- Bunny Hop Number Line Game
Little Blue Truck- Little Blue Truck Sensory Play
Little Cloud- Ink Blot Cloud Shapes
The Little Island- Island Sensory Play
Look Left, Look Right, Look Left Again- Road Safety Game for Kids
Matilda- The Book vs. The Movie
Me on the Map- Geography Nesting Cans
Me Telling Time- Chalkboard Clock Learning
Mosby’s Magic Carpet Handbook: Magic Flying Carpet in a Jar- Magnet Science
Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash- Autumn Science: Comparing Squash Activity
My Many Colored Days- Color My Feelings
Ocean Books- Snapping Fish Craft
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly- Old Lady Craft
Old Tracks New Tricks- Train Chain Reactions
The Pirate’s Handbook- Treasure Hunt Map of Your Yard
Poetry for Young People- Poetry Tea Party
Papa’s Mechanical Fish- Submarine Science
Planting A Rainbow- Rainbow Vegetable Garden
The Raft- Storybook STEM Raft Building Challenge
A Rainbow of My Own- Rainbow Play Dough Color Mixing
A Rainbow of My Own- Awesome Rainbow Experiments for Kids
A Remnant Surprise- Make a Family Quilt Craft
Scaredy Squirrel: Acorn Color Matching
The Snowy Day: Winter Science- Fizzing Snowmen
St. George and the Dragon- St. George and the Dragon Activities
Stellaluna: Halloween STEM- Flapping Bat Wings
The Sword in the Stone- Magic Wands and Potions
The Tailor of Gloucester- Hand Sewing with Beatrix Potter
Ten Apples Up On Top- Storybook STEM: Levitating Magnets
Ten Red Apples- Apple Math: Counting & Fractions
Three Billy Goats Gruff- Storybook STEM Bridge Challenge
The Tiny Seed- The Seeds We Eat Sensory Activity
Thunder Cake- Thunder Cake Recipe
Toy Boat- Rubber Band Paddle Boats
Winnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne Handwriting Pages
Non-Fiction Book Activities:
Animal Habitats- Animal Habitat Sorting
Bone by Bone- Animal Skeleton Matching Cards
Children’s Intro to Poetry- Poetry Drawings
Each Orange Had Eight Slices- Orange Fraction Flip Book
Geography from A to Z – Geography Projects for letters A, B, C, D, E, F, Â G, & I
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures- Temple Grandin Unit Study
Hershey Fraction Book- Hershey’s Fractions Printable
Hershey’s Weights and Measures: Candy Math
How Mountains Are Made: Plate Tectonics with Kinetic Sand
Inside a House that is Haunted- Haunted House Craft
Let’s Go Rock Collecting- Identify Rocks With Kids
Oil Spill!- Environmental Science: Oil Spill Clean-Up Experiment
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson- Riddle Poems
Semicolons, Cupcakes and Cucumbers- Printable Punctuation Book for Kids
Skittles Riddles Math- Skittles Math Printable
Twizzlers Shapes and Patterns- Licorice Shapes and Angles
Holiday Book Activities:
5 Little Pumpkins- Pumpkin Math: How Many Segments?
A Christmas Bell for Anya- Christmas Bell Ornament
A Christmas Carol- Christmas Carol Lesson Ideas
Digging Up Dinosaurs- Making Dinosaur Fossils
Drummer Boy- Christmas Drum Craft
Duck! Rabbit! – Duck or Rabbit Craft & Science Activity
The Easter Egg- Easter Science: Borax Crystal Eggs
The Legend of the Candy Cane- Baby Jesus Craft
The Legend of Three Trees- Three Trees Craft
Peter Rabbit-Â Felt Easter Craft
Room on the Broom-Â Edible Witches Brew Slime
Stellaluna-Â Halloween STEM- Flapping Bat Wings
Run, Turkey Run!-Â Thanksgiving Turkey Tag
This is the Feast- This is the Feast Story Sticks
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree- Christmas Music Tree Ornament