BFIAR: Blueberries for Sal

Because we did not finish Before Five in a Row during the school year as planned, I decided to do a few books over the summer and next year as we're feeling stressed and need a change of pace. 

In June we rowed Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey.  This was a childhood favorite of mine and it was such a joy to share it with my boys.  

Our companion books were about blueberries, mountains, and bears:

• Blueberries for the Queen by John and Katherine Paterson (this was a sweet book and true story!)
• Up the Mountain by Charlotte Agell
• The Walkers Go Hiking by Morrell Gipson
• Do Bears Sleep All Winter? by Melvin Berger

To start the week off, we went to pick blueberries at Blase Family Farms in Rockwall!  It was hot, but so much fun!  Joshua loved knowing he was going to use these blueberries to make special treats.  We also listened for the "kuplink kuplank kuplunk" sounds. 

We made blueberry pancakes, smoothies, popsicles, and muffins! 

Our muffins didn't turn out at all, but it was a great opportunity to teach the boys about perseverance and trying again.  Even the second batch wasn't perfect, but that just means we can make more muffins!

We completed a little book about prepositions, putting little bear in various places.

beginning sounds worksheet

Joshua drew a mountain and we added Little Sal and her mother, Little Bear and his mother.  Then he used fingerprints to make blueberry bushes.

This row was a lot of fun... and yummy!! Mommy definitely needs to hit the gym.