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Snowflakes With Sugar
***The Bella and Mia Adventure Series! ***
The third book in the Snowflakes With Sugar
Mia and Bella are decorating for the holidays and decide to make a special treat which is a family tradition. Mix flour, eggs, vanilla, sugar, a little of this and a little that, plus lots of love, and what do you get? Can you guess what it is? When the doorbell rings, Bella and Mia wonder...who can it be? This charming holiday-themed rhyming story includes the recipe and a little history about this surprise treat!
The Bella and Mia Adventure children's book series is designed to foster love within families by promoting fun activities with parent and child. It also introduces rhyming to children. Rhyming helps children with memory and promotes learning. Reciting rhyming is also an excellent bonding activity for parents and children, or in a group setting with children.
Each story is inspired by warm childhood memories of me watching my mother cook all kinds of scrumptious foods and the fun times we had in the kitchen. Recipe included in the back of the book!
Other Books in the Bella and Mia Adventure
The third book in the Snowflakes With Sugar
Mia and Bella are decorating for the holidays and decide to make a special treat which is a family tradition. Mix flour, eggs, vanilla, sugar, a little of this and a little that, plus lots of love, and what do you get? Can you guess what it is? When the doorbell rings, Bella and Mia wonder...who can it be? This charming holiday-themed rhyming story includes the recipe and a little history about this surprise treat!
The Bella and Mia Adventure children's book series is designed to foster love within families by promoting fun activities with parent and child. It also introduces rhyming to children. Rhyming helps children with memory and promotes learning. Reciting rhyming is also an excellent bonding activity for parents and children, or in a group setting with children.
Each story is inspired by warm childhood memories of me watching my mother cook all kinds of scrumptious foods and the fun times we had in the kitchen. Recipe included in the back of the book!
Other Books in the Bella and Mia Adventure
32 pages, Paperback
Published November 4, 2019
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November 12, 2019
There are snowflakes in Bella and Mia’s holiday kitchen! A sweet treat for the holiday season.
Review:
Just in time for the holidays, Bella and Mia, have returned to their kitchen once more to share a special Italian treat with us.
Similar to the other books in the series, Griggs and Mulyasari have created another sugary sweet rhyming story for their readers complete with adorable illustrations.
In true form, Bella, continues to encapsulate the enthusiasm children possess when given the opportunity to help with an adult task. Her mother, Mia also perpetuates that love and attention from a parent are the best ingredients for a happy and well-adjusted child.
There was one addition to this story that will resonate with readers, the importance of sharing. In this installment friends and family arrive at Bella and Mia’s house for a surprise visit. The impromptu visit prompts the mother and daughter duo to happily share their sugary waffle cookies. Thank goodness they made so many.
Griggs carefully incorporated health and safety messages both in the story and the recipe. As with Silly Willy Apple Cake and Squishy Wishy Meatballs, she also included another of her family’s favorite recipes. The recipe is a surprise treat. You'll have to read the book to find out what it is.
Classroom Connection:
Snowflakes With Sugar would be a wonderful way to acquaint children with family holiday traditions. After a reading, children could be encouraged to share how their families prepare and celebrate the various holidays.
I could easily see this book displayed in various Pre-Kindergraten/Kindergarten classroom centers: Dramatic Play, Library, Art; and as a segue for introducing students to a tasty snack.
It would make a great addition to any Dramatic Play book bin or as the focus for a Bakery. Along with the book, spoons, bowls, aprons, empty vanilla extract bottles, etc., clipboards, pencils and paper could be added to supplement the learning fun.
In the Art Center, children could use dough, glitter and snowflake cookie cutters to create their own snowflakes with sugar. To enhance the fun and learning, youngsters could also paint a fancy snowflake and sprinkle on glitter (sugar).
Resources:
Clutter Free Classroom has resources for decorating a cooking themed classroom. Some of these materials could be adapted for a Baking/Cooking theme and used in the Dramatic Play area. Another wonderful addition would be to create a classroom cookbook by having children dictate how to make their favorite snack.
https://www.cfclassroom.com/2016/03/c...
I’ve also created a Baking Theme In Pre-K/K board on Pinterest. It’s loaded with tons of engaging ideas. Songs, printables, dramatic play center ideas, books, and more.
EllwynAutumn Baking Theme Board
Review:
Just in time for the holidays, Bella and Mia, have returned to their kitchen once more to share a special Italian treat with us.
Similar to the other books in the series, Griggs and Mulyasari have created another sugary sweet rhyming story for their readers complete with adorable illustrations.
In true form, Bella, continues to encapsulate the enthusiasm children possess when given the opportunity to help with an adult task. Her mother, Mia also perpetuates that love and attention from a parent are the best ingredients for a happy and well-adjusted child.
There was one addition to this story that will resonate with readers, the importance of sharing. In this installment friends and family arrive at Bella and Mia’s house for a surprise visit. The impromptu visit prompts the mother and daughter duo to happily share their sugary waffle cookies. Thank goodness they made so many.
Griggs carefully incorporated health and safety messages both in the story and the recipe. As with Silly Willy Apple Cake and Squishy Wishy Meatballs, she also included another of her family’s favorite recipes. The recipe is a surprise treat. You'll have to read the book to find out what it is.
Classroom Connection:
Snowflakes With Sugar would be a wonderful way to acquaint children with family holiday traditions. After a reading, children could be encouraged to share how their families prepare and celebrate the various holidays.
I could easily see this book displayed in various Pre-Kindergraten/Kindergarten classroom centers: Dramatic Play, Library, Art; and as a segue for introducing students to a tasty snack.
It would make a great addition to any Dramatic Play book bin or as the focus for a Bakery. Along with the book, spoons, bowls, aprons, empty vanilla extract bottles, etc., clipboards, pencils and paper could be added to supplement the learning fun.
In the Art Center, children could use dough, glitter and snowflake cookie cutters to create their own snowflakes with sugar. To enhance the fun and learning, youngsters could also paint a fancy snowflake and sprinkle on glitter (sugar).
Resources:
Clutter Free Classroom has resources for decorating a cooking themed classroom. Some of these materials could be adapted for a Baking/Cooking theme and used in the Dramatic Play area. Another wonderful addition would be to create a classroom cookbook by having children dictate how to make their favorite snack.
https://www.cfclassroom.com/2016/03/c...
I’ve also created a Baking Theme In Pre-K/K board on Pinterest. It’s loaded with tons of engaging ideas. Songs, printables, dramatic play center ideas, books, and more.
EllwynAutumn Baking Theme Board
November 9, 2019
Love Amelia Griggs books!
What fun it is to read a children’s book and know an application can follow! Reading and cooking with family is encouraged in her series - which boils down to spending time with family. It’s such a fun book to read, with a sing song quality that can’t be beat!
What fun it is to read a children’s book and know an application can follow! Reading and cooking with family is encouraged in her series - which boils down to spending time with family. It’s such a fun book to read, with a sing song quality that can’t be beat!
November 9, 2019
Love this read!
Wow I just love these books by this author! So fun to read with your grandchildren! Can't wait to try this recipe! Hope Amelia writes many more books like this!
Wow I just love these books by this author! So fun to read with your grandchildren! Can't wait to try this recipe! Hope Amelia writes many more books like this!
November 9, 2019
When I started reading Snowflakes With Sugar I thought it was alright but I was expecting more. I went into the story expecting just that, a story, but it turns out to be more of a recipe in the form of a story and when I realised this I thought it was very clever and it became more enjoyable to read.
This is a book about a mother and daughter who make a festive treat, Pizzelles. I had never heard of them before so it was intriguing to see what they were going to end up with. The children liked seeing the baking and thought they looked like something they'd want to try or bake with their family.
I like how there is the recipe at the back of the book for the pizzelles as it allows children to try it out themselves and it would be a fun activity in the lead up to Christmas and (if the ingredients were pre-weighed out) the story is perfect to follow along with as a more interesting and engaging way for young children to follow a recipe.
The illustrations are gorgeous and give a really lovely view of the joy of baking with family. It is nice to see the pair making the biscuits and the different stages throughout the book as it would help children know what to expect next if they were baking the pizzelles.
This is a fantastic book, great for some festive baking. Very different from what we've read before but we really liked it, would be great to see some more recipes in this way in the future!
This is a book about a mother and daughter who make a festive treat, Pizzelles. I had never heard of them before so it was intriguing to see what they were going to end up with. The children liked seeing the baking and thought they looked like something they'd want to try or bake with their family.
I like how there is the recipe at the back of the book for the pizzelles as it allows children to try it out themselves and it would be a fun activity in the lead up to Christmas and (if the ingredients were pre-weighed out) the story is perfect to follow along with as a more interesting and engaging way for young children to follow a recipe.
The illustrations are gorgeous and give a really lovely view of the joy of baking with family. It is nice to see the pair making the biscuits and the different stages throughout the book as it would help children know what to expect next if they were baking the pizzelles.
This is a fantastic book, great for some festive baking. Very different from what we've read before but we really liked it, would be great to see some more recipes in this way in the future!
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