
- Retelling story by narration or pictures(reading comprehension skill)
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Explore Blueberries (why are they good for you, where do they grow, how do they grow, canning for food later, etc.)
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Study Bears – what they eat, hibernation (when, preparations, where, why)
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Observation – what animals are in the story (good for memory & retention skills)
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When was the book written? Take a look at the car & stove to see they don’t look like we have now. Look up what life was like in 1948
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Activities practicing letter B (hunt finding things around your house that start with b or find actual letter b’s on books, sort buttons, stamp letter B, trace letter B with finger/sand/pudding)
There are some WONDERFUL free resources out there. Since this was my first go at it, I used a little of everything & can give you feedback on everything!
We used many of this resource pack; check them out – you won’t be disappointed! The resources we used are: tracing words, pre-writing practice, which one is different, rhyming match up, what letter does the picture start with, Where is Little Bear? book (big hit at our house; you paste bear behind Momma bear, below crows, etc). Find this wonderful resource at: http://homeschoolcreations.com/BlueberriesforSalPrintables.html
Before Five in a Row offers a digital download for $9 that includes: finger play, poems, songs, game cards, and crafts. Megan enjoyed the activity (right). The picture & information about bears was helpful & informative. If you don’t want to have to think or pull together resources on what you are going to do this is helpful. But honestly, I was disappointed and kept thinking – I could easily find the bear information, a poem, put pom poms on math mat, and plan a game for this. If you do use it the blueberry paint was a bust in our house – not very blue. You can find this resource at: http://app4.websitetonight.com/projects/3/6/4/2/364231/Before_Fold-and-Learn_.html
http://www.theoldschoolhousestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=284_289&products_id=488
More Fun Ideas:
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Pick blueberries
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Pretend you are bears & act out preparing spot to hibernate (like under table)
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Make blueberry goodies: Jam, syrup, muffins, cake, or pork chops. Here is our super easy & delicious
Blueberry Syrup Recipe
1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup 1 TAB cornstarch
2 teas lemon juice 2 cups blueberries
Stir together all ingredients in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on full power 5 minutes. Stir & serve warm!
It was a great week. Blueberries for Sal is rightly a classic. It is a sweet story with a lot to unpack if you want to. The simple black & white illustrations are timeless. Whether you unpack the book over a week like we did or not, don’t miss reading this classic! Here are some other books we enjoyed reading to supplement our learning & exploration of Blueberries for Sal.
Fruit Activities
- Food Match the Same Letter Worksheets
- Food Color by Number Worksheets or Sweet Treat Color by Alphabet Worksheets
- 🍓 Strawberfrry Playdough Fruit Activity, handprint Strawberry Craft, or printable Rhyming Strawberry Activity
- 💙 Hands-on Blueberry Math
- Dancing Raisins – EASY chemistry experiment for kids
- 🥥 Coconut Number Tracing Fruit Printables or 🍅 Simple Tomato Battery Fruit Science Experiment
- Math Fruit Worksheet Preschool and A-Z Vegetable and Fruit Printables for practicing lowercase letters
- 🍌Banana Number Puzzles or Free Printable ABC Fruits and Vegetables Book for Kids to color and learn
- I Spy Fruits Worksheet for Preschool
- 🍉 Epic watermelon volcano, play with puffy watermelon slime reicpe, or see all our watermelon activities
- 🍋 Lemon Volcano is a super EASY and fun Fruit Science, fun lemon playdough, or lemonade TEn Frames Kindergarten
- 🍎 Sorting Apples Alphabet Activity or this Apple Counting Math for Fall
- 🍏 Apple Life Cycle Worksheets, fluffy apple slime, or make this simple Paper Plate Apple Core Craft
- Count to 20 Clip Card Fruit Printables or Fruit Loop Alphabet Worksheets for Preschool
- 🍇 How to make Grape Jam Sequencing Cards or PB&J Coloring Pages
- Proteins Number 14 worksheet pages, Breads Number 13 Worksheets for preschool, fruit Number 8 worksheets
Kindergarten Activities
- 50 Books for Kindergarten Book List – Books for Kindergarteners to read themselves
- Kindergarten Calendar Printable, free Days of the Week Worksheets
- Kindergarten Spelling Words – add a vowel practice or Free Kindergarten spelling words Printable and free kindergarten opposite worksheets, free circle the bigger number worksheets
- Hoppy Frog Math Game (addition within 10 and addition to 20), free kindergarten math worksheets, and Number Chart for Kindergarten, Goldfish Kindergarten Subtraction Games, and free subtraction worksheets for kindergarten
- Roll to 100 Counting Game, 100s Chart Battleship Game, and Days of the Week Worksheets
- Free Ordinal Number Worksheet, Pirate I Spy Worksheets, Crack the Code Worksheet Pages
- Kindergarten math coloring worksheets, free kindergarten subtraction worksheets
- Playdough Subtraction Smash free printable math activity, What Comes Next Kindergarten Math, pattern math worksheets, free number sequencing worksheets, free Addition picture worksheets, 7 fun odd and even games, plus free pattern worksheets
- Short i cvc worksheets cut and paste pdf, Short E CVC Words Booklet, Crack the Code CVC Word Worksheets
- Crayon CVC Words Activity, free CVC Word Puzzles Free Printable, Blowing Bubbles Word Family Activities
- Word Family Sliders Free – lots of styles to print in color or black and white
- Free Printable Seasons Worksheets w/ Free 4 Season Printables, Large Printable Weather Unit for kids and 6 free ten frame games
- Rain Cloud for Kids experiment and free worksheet, Water Cycle for Kids Printable Book
- Human Body human body playdough mats , EPIC, Life-size Human Body Project
- Amazing 5 Senses for kids lesson, Free Community Helpers Coloring Pages – over 20 pages, Community Helpers Printables Wheel – spin and learn, Free Kindergarten Word Search with Sight Words
- Non Standard Measurement Worksheets, Free Printable Community Helpers Matching Game
Book recommendations for Kids
- Tons of books for preschoolers and fun world book day activities
- Must Read Kindergarten Reading Books pdf free, free Kindergarten Reading Level Book List, Favorite Read Aloud Books for Kindergarten
- 100 Books for 1st Graders to Read by Themselves – Level 1 Reading Books pdf free, Fun-to-Read First Grade Picture Books, First Grade Read Aloud Chapter Books
- Chapter Books for 1st Graders, 2nd Graders, and 3rd Graders – favorite series to keep kids reading!
- Best Read Aloud Chapter Books for 2nd Grade, Check out these 2nd Grade Reading Books pdf free
- Handy Grade 3 Reading Books pdf FREE
- Free 4th Grade Reading List pdf
- Printable Grade 5 Reading books pdf
- Grade 7 Reading Books
- List of great 12th Grade Books
- Exciting Historical Fiction Books for Kids and 25 Exciting Historical Fiction Books for 4th Graders
- Alphabet Booksfor Children, Transportation Books for Kids, Space Books for Kids that are out-of-this-world, Funny Picture Books for kids of all ages, Sweet Picture Books about Family, Fun Zoo Books for Kids, best dinosaur books for kids, 50+ Books about community helpers, Beautiful Animal Books for Preschoolers, Preschool Color Books
- Creepy, Crawly Bug Books for Preschool kids, Rhyming Books for Kindergarten, fun-to read fall books for kids, and Preschool emotion booksfor learning to understand feelings
- See all of our popular kids books to read and making sense of reading levels!
Reading Comprehension
- Handy, Reading Comprehension bookmarks (any book: fiction or non fiction)
- Free Book Report Template for elementary age students or Book Report Worksheets for elementary age kids
- Simple, one page Book Report Templates to ensure kids are understanding the main charaters, setting, and idea of what they are reading
- Super cute Pizza Book Report Idea with Free printable template or sandwich book report freebie
- Free 3rd Grade Book Report template choices
- 26 more clever Book Report Ideas, Ralph Waldo Poetry Worksheets
- See if kids remember the moral of the story with these FREE Aesop Fables Worksheets pdf
- This Library Scavenger Hunt helps kids learn to navigate a library or this Reading Scavenger Hunt
- Bookshelf Reading Log printable – to help encourage kids to read!
- How to teach elementary age students to write a Ralph Waldo Poetry Worksheets
- Free Parts of a Book Worksheet or these parts of a book for kids coloring pages that use playdough, and book reading goals printables
- Plus, grab these super cute, free printable Star Wars bookmarks for kids!
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