Ss is for September

Six things I like to see in September are:

1. Sunflowers growing on the side of the road

2. Scarecrows

3. Brand new back-to-school supplies

4. Sweet peaches

5. Something big and orange growing in our garden

6. The sun setting earlier each night as summer slips away

into fall--my most favorite season of all.

What do you like to see?

How about a snake?

Not a real snake, silly!

A clever snake in a story called "Crictor".

He is so smart he can even "spell" letters of the alphabet.

You could trying spelling like a snake, too. Take a piece of yarn or string and see what letters of the alphabet you can make. Or you could make your very own snake!

Happy September Saturday!

Love, Grandma

Rr is for Rainbow

A rainbow is ribbons of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple that appear in the sky sometimes (but not always) after it rains. Rainbows are beautiful but a little rare, so here are three ways you can have a rainbow anytime you want!

Read a rainbow!

Choose a book of every color in the rainbow to look at or read. Here are some suggestions:

1. Little Red Riding Hood by Candice Ransom

2. I Feel Orange Today by Patricia Godwin

3. The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger

4. Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

5. Bluberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

6. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

7. Winnie the Witch by Korky Paul

(a cute story about black which I know is not a rainbow color)

9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

(a colorful book by Bill Martin Jr.)

Make a rainbow!

You can make a rainbow with colorful buttons,

fabric or paper scraps or . . .

You can glue a small purple circle on top of a slightly bigger blue circle on top of a slightly bigger green circle on top of a little bigger yellow circle on top of a little bigger orange circle on top of a big red circle. It might look like a colorful target until you cut it in half and wah-lah . . . a rainbow to glue in Chapter Rr of your Alpha-Book or . . .

Mom or Dad could write your name in a light color like pink. Then you copy over the pink, in another color, then another, until your name is written out in a rainbow of colors!

Eat a rainbow!

You can create an edible rainbow by arranging colorful fruit
or jello jigglers into a rainbow shape or . . .
sort fruit loopy type cereal by color and string onto a piece of yarn
or shoestring licorice in rainbow order or . . .
maybe you could even help your Mom make rainbow cupcakes!

Happy rainbow day!
Love, Grandma

Qq is for Quiz

Since summer has nearly slipped away, I decided to quit the picture book posts. I may not have quite finished the alphabet, but I will still give you a fabulous prize for any or all puzzle pieces you glued in your Alpha-Books this summer.

Now . . . on to our regularly scheduled alphabet adventures.

Qq is for this quick quiz:

Question number one:

Who do you think should win a fabulous prize

in the "Ee is for Elephant" coloring contest?

Zach who is quite confident about this colorful creation . . .

Brody who decided to color a regular elephant . . .

Jack who looked at every page of his "Elmer" book
for inspiration in coloring his elephant . . .

. . . or Eddy who has been much too busy doing puzzles

and loving little LuLu

to care as much about coloring an elephant!

Question number two:

What kind of fabulous prize would be worth winning?

Something big . . . or something small?

Something cute . . . or something yummy?

A new book . . .or a new box of crayons?

Some quarters . . . or something else?

Please help me solve my quandary.

Happy Quiz Day!

Love, Grandma