# Author Amy Houts Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts Page: Feed: --- ## [Preparing for Preschool](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/preparing-for-preschool) _2026-08-03 · Amy Houts_ Getting Ready for This Important Transition ## [Patriotic Preschoolers: Celebrate the USA’s 250 Birthday with Young Children](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/patriotic-preschoolers-celebrate) _2026-06-29 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Best Snacks When Traveling with Preschoolers](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/best-snacks-when-traveling-with-preschoolers) _2026-06-03 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Raising Readers and Writers](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/raising-readers-and-writers) _2026-05-04 · Amy Houts_ Create Your Own Books to Engage Young Children in Reading and Writing ## [The Joy of Grandparenting!](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/the-joy-of-grandparenting) _2026-04-01 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Nature’s Night Light: Teaching Young Children the Moon Phases](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/natures-night-light-teaching-young) _2026-03-04 · Amy Houts_ Plus a Giveaway! ## [Help Your Child's Imagination Grow with Fairy tales and Folktales](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/help-your-childs-imagination-grow) _2026-02-03 · Amy Houts_ Plus a Giveaway! ## [Create Your Own Stick Puppets to Engage Young Children in Reading](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/create-your-own-stick-puppets-to) _2026-01-05 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [From Our Home to Yours](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/from-our-home-to-yours) _2025-12-22 · Amy Houts_ With over a dozen holidays celebrated around the world this month, it’s a season of great anticipation and joy. ## [Last Day to Enter! The World’s Best Christmas Light](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/last-day-to-enter-the-worlds-best) _2025-12-10 · Amy Houts_ A Light-Up Board Book ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mrlLo3xmp3JJ) _2025-12-10 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [P.S. Correct Link to Giveaway](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/ps-correct-link-to-giveaway) _2025-12-03 · Amy Houts_ The code I tried to embed in my newsletter, “How-to Find the BEST Christmas Lights” didn’t work. ## [How to Find the BEST Christmas Lights](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/how-to-find-the-best-christmas-lights) _2025-12-03 · Amy Houts_ And a giveaway! ## [P.S. Autumn Decorating with Young Children](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/ps-autumn-decorating-with-young-children) _2025-11-02 · Amy Houts_ A very important addition to yesterday's newsletter! ## [Autumn Decorating with Young Children](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/autumn-decorating-with-young-children) _2025-11-01 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Apple Picking with Young Children Plus Our Favorite Apple Crisp Recipe](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/apple-picking-with-young-children) _2025-10-04 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [An Easy Way to Raise Your Child’s Self-Esteem](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/an-easy-way-to-raise-your-childs) _2025-09-05 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [The Story Behind the Story of My New Spooky/Sweet Picture Book](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/the-story-behind-the-story-of-my) _2025-08-05 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Summer (Non)Schedule](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/summer-nonschedule) _2025-07-05 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts ## [Just a note](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/just-a-note) _2025-06-23 · Amy Houts_ STEM/SEL Book review/giveaway ## [World's cheapest GPUs, deployed fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VqUEZlQLkLrr) _2025-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy a live GPU-backed API in minutes for under $10 ## [Moving with Young Children: 12 Strategies for a Smooth Transition](https://amyhouts.substack.com/p/moving-with-young-children-12-strategies) _2025-06-01 · Amy Houts_ Preschool Parade: A celebration of books, activities, and ideas for parents of young children by Author Amy Houts