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My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:
One Little Blueberry starts tumbling down a hill after falling to the ground. On its way down the hill various bugs and insects notice it. Each hopes to eat it and begins to follow its descent.
There are two tiny red ants, three spotted ladybugs, four fuzzy bumblebees, five shiny beetles, six sleepy crickets, seven wiggly caterpillars, eight pretty butterflies, nine hungry spiders, ten hopping grasshoppers that each what to inhale it. While they argue about who will get to eat it a bird swoops down and has it for a snack.
I am not sure how they all thought they were going to eat it and JDaniel couldn't figure it out either. We did have a great time counting each of the insects and loved the surprise ending.
What did we do?
Cooking
We made cornbread muffins with blueberries. They were so good. I am not sure if it was the blueberries we added or the touch of honey that made them really yummy.
Counting
I found this bug box and the erasers at Dollar Tree. We had the die.
We took turns rolling the die and then placing the correct number of butterflies or flowers in the box.
Always such fun activities =)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute Dollar Store find!
ReplyDeleteWe have that bug collector too. I never thought to use bug erasers in it. Great suggestion!
ReplyDeleteThe book looks like something E would love. She really enjoys bugs and butterflies right now. I will also need to head to the Dollar Store:-) I bet JDaniel loves that kit!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for inviting me to the link up. I was not aware that you did a link up for exploring books with your children. I will definitely link up more often! I love seeing the other blogs that are promoting reading with their children. It is so fun to see how they expand on the book.
Take care,
Kerri
Oops totally forgot to mention my book. Off to made some corrections. Thanks for pointing that out it's been a crazy few weeks
ReplyDeleteI'm half afraid to buy a bug collector...hard to tell what my boys would find to put in there (eeek!)
ReplyDeleteLove the activities...looks like fun!
OK- that sounds like an interesting recipe...I KNOW my eldest would be more more afraid to try the muffins than play with bugs! :0)
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the erasers as manipulatives and how well it went with the bug collector.
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought of putting blueberries in cornbread. Sounds pretty good!
Even at 8, my son loves this kind of stuff. Thanks for the cute idea!
ReplyDeleteYou have such cute ideas! I need to get to Dollar Tree (my mom was actually just telling me about the bug catcher there, my kids are sooo into bugs right now!)
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CUTE activity!
ReplyDeleteI popped over from Mom Loop Friday and realized I could actually link up to your meme this week b/c I'd posted about a book! :)
I have to go to Dollar Tree now
ReplyDeleteBlueberry Muffins -- yum! Thanks for reviewing One Little Blueberry in your blog. You are a wonderful fan!
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading,
Elizabeth
tiger tales
love this idea, what a great concept! I really appreciate you stopping by my blog earlier. Thanks for the visit and comments...I like we have something in common too :) I am a grandmother now, I homeschooled my youngest daughter who is now 25. But I will be using this idea with my granddaughter. We love to read together. Have a great weekend! Angela
ReplyDeleteSounds fun! My kiddos are a bit older today, but they still love activities. Today was lots of backyard soccer, baking cookies, filling plastic eggs with candy for a cousin Easter egg hunt tomorrow (starting early), and playing night games with neighborhood kids. I love it when the weather warms up and they can get out more!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...from mom loop.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. I've got to look for that book, we're doing B next week!
ReplyDeleteI never thought about putting blueberries in corn muffins, so glad they were delicious!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, I'm amazed at your inventiveness and dedication to your son's learning. He's going to be one amazing person (well, I guess he already is!)
ReplyDeleteI am so upset. Our library system doesn't carry that book. OH, well. I have enough books for B anyhow. Thanks for sharing
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yum eat one of those for me :-)
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