Get a squirt gun or set of Groucho Marx glasses for reading Chester's Way , or an eye patch for Tough Boris . Pair a picture-story book about an animal with a short nonfiction book. Read Patrick's Dinosaurs , then a factual book on dinosaurs. Read The Mare on the Hill , then a book on horses. Read Eating Fractions , then cook together.
Cooking is a wonderful combination of math, such as fractions and measuring, and reading recipes.
Try one of the recipes in Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes . Read Matthew's Meadow and then take a walk in a meadow. If you live in a city, read Alphabet City , then go look for letters in your urban setting. With older children, read Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Building That Wriggle Like a Fish , then take a walk and talk about the buildings you see. After reading a book illustrated with collage, try making a collage.