Add props to your reading of a picture-story book. Get a squirt gun or set of Groucho Marx glasses for reading Chester's Way . Find a metal Band-Aid box and fill it with coins before reading The Purse . Read Mermaid Janine before going swimming or starting swimming lessons. Read How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World , then bake together.
Cooking is a wonderful combination of math, such as fractions and measuring, and reading recipes.
Libraries have many science experiment books for children. After reading a book illustrated with collage, try making a collage. Or paint with watercolors after seeing watercolor illustrations in a book. Read a folktale, then a parody of the tale, such as Cinderella and Cinder Edna . Talk about the similarities and differences.