Explore Rock Week with the Virtual Book Club for Kids! Featuring Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll by Mr. Jay, plus fun hands-on rock activities, songs, and book ideas for kids to learn, play, and explore.
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Ricky the Rock That Couldn’t Roll Activities
Get ready to rock! This week we’re rolling into an exciting theme for the Virtual Book Club for Kids that’s sure to spark curiosity, creativity, and hands-on fun: Rock Week. Our featured book is Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll by Mr. Jay—a story about finding belonging, embracing change, and discovering one’s place in the world (even if that place is a little unexpected).
Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll by Mr. Jay
As Ricky journeys through his rocky world, kids will be invited to explore rocks in all kinds of ways: touching them, painting them, sorting them, counting them, and even eating them (in a creative way!).
We’ll also include a read-aloud video of the book, and three joyful rock-themed songs to sing, dance, and giggle along with. And no Rock Week would be complete without a curated list of additional rock books for kids so your child can dive deeper into story-time and geology.
This weekly planner is designed to bring rich language, tactile learning, and joyful movement into your child’s world.
Let’s get ready to roll (or perhaps not roll, like Ricky) into a week full of wonder!
You can listen to a Read Aloud of Ricky, The Rock That Couldn’t Roll on YouTube.
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Rock Songs for Preschoolers
Get ready to move and groove with these fun rock-themed songs! Each one brings energy and excitement to Rock Week—perfect for circle time, brain breaks, or a dance party after storytime. These songs help kids learn about rocks, practice movement skills, and sing along as they explore the world beneath their feet. Turn up the music and let the rock fun roll!
We Are Rocks | Kikabou
The Rock Cycle Song | Hopscotch
What Kind of Rock | TreeHut
Types Of Rocks | The Dr. Binocs Show
Hands-On Rock Activities for Kids
Each week we provide a simple plan of activities for you and your preschoolers to do together. Although we don’t have a strict schedule the one shown below works really well if you are planning a full week.
If not you can always carry out the activities on a single day or across a couple.
Rock Week Plan for Preschoolers
Throughout the Rock Themed Weekly Planner you’ll find a collection of playful activities specially selected for young learners to touch, move, and learn with rocks:
- A sensory bin filled with real and decorative rocks—perfect for exploring texture and sorting.
- Alphabet and chalk rock activities that invite little hands to write, draw and play with letters on stone surfaces.
- A number-rock counting or math hands-on game for early numeracy and fine motor fun.
- A rock-cycle snack activity (edible sedimentary sandwiches!) that links geology and food in a yummy way.
- A creative “rolling rock painting” art experience—rolling stones across color and watching the patterns that emerge.
Rock Weekly Planner
Explore Rock Week with the Virtual Book Club for Kids! Featuring Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll by Mr. Jay, plus fun hands-on rock activities, songs, and book ideas for kids to learn, play, and explore.
Explore a fun and engaging Rock-Themed Sensory Bin Activity for kids – discover how to set it up using assorted rocks and fillers, explore textures and colors, sort and learn, and extend play with simple literacy integration.
You can also explore this sensory fun with this Rock Playdough Activity or this creative Ice Rocks Sensory Bin.
Head outdoors and try this simple Alphabet Tracing Rock Activity that uses chalk and rocks. Tracing letters has never been this fun!
You can also try this Alphabet Rock Matching Game or a Sensory Tray with Rocks!
Number Rocks offer lots of options when it comes to number activities for preschoolers. They make the perfect go-to math manipulatives. They’re colorful, unique, and let’s face it – kids love rocks!
You can also use these for playing this Rock Clock Game or this Playdough Flower Number Game with Rocks
A delicious edible sedimentary rock activity to help your preschooler learn about rock formations and layers. Making these edible sedimentary rock sandwich with layers is a great way to visualize how sedimentary rocks are formed.
For a little science fun you can make Buildable Rock Slime.
Grab some smooth pebbles and try this Rolling Rock Process Art Painting Activity.
Here are a few more Rock Art Projects for preschoolers and toddlers.
Rock Books for Preschoolers
If your child loved Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll, they’ll enjoy exploring even more stories and nonfiction books that celebrate the beauty and wonder of rocks! These picture books introduce young readers to the science, imagination, and heartwarming lessons hidden in every pebble and stone. From tales of friendship and kindness to fascinating facts about how rocks form, this collection will inspire curiosity and creativity all week long.
- When You Find the Right Rock by Mary Lyn Ray
- Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
- Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie M. Rosinsky
- A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston
- Kindness Rocks by Sonica Ellis
- Stone Soup by Jon J Muth
- Scribble Stones by Diane Alber
- What Can You Do with a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller
- A Rock Can Be . . . by Laura Purdie Salas
- The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
- Petra by Marianna Coppo
- Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Here’s our top picks of Rock Books for Kids on Amazon! Plus a few rocks kits and rock toys for learning this week too.
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