September 29 is someone's birthday!
Guess who?
Guess how old he is?
Guess four of his favorite things?
And then guess what? . . .
I may give you four bonus tickets to shop at the
clearance sale in Grandma's store!

Happy birthday guess who!
Love, Grandma

It's Autumntime!
Day Seven

Once upon a time (2005) Grandpa and I took
our almost only grandson to a pumpkin patch
and he picked out a pumpkin almost as big as he was.

Visit a pumpkin patch sometime this fall to pick out a pumpkin.
Put it on your porch until it's time to turn it into a jack-o-lantern.

And before or after that, read the cutest book
"Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin"by Tad Hills

Happy pumpkin hunting!
Love, Grandma

It's Autumntime!Day Six

Look for leaves to crunch as you walk through them . . .
to rake into a pile to jump into . . . to sort and count . . .
or to use to create "leaf people"

Or create your own fall leafy tree with Q-tips and
yellow, orange, red and brown paint.

Aa is for Apple

It's Autumntime!
Day Five

September 26 is
Johnny Appleseed's birthday
John Chapman, better known as the legendary Johnny Appleseed,
traveled all over the Ohio River Valley planting appleseeds.
He was also the first frontier librarian, ripping apart copies
of books and rotating the chapters among the settlers--kind of a
one-man-one-book walking bookmobile.

Celebrate this autumn day by sitting under a tree to read a book
or eat an apple . . . or you could make apple prints  in
Chapter Aa of your Alpha-Book.

It's Autumntime!
Day Four

Find a fun fall book at the library
(or Grandma's house) such as
"Fall is Not Easy"
by Marty Kelley or . . .

"Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"
by Julia Rawlinson or . . .

"Mouse's First Fall"
by Lauren Thompson or . . .

"Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf"
by Lois Ehlert

Aa is for Acorn

It's Autumntime
Day Three

Eat an acorn!

It's Autumntime
Day Two

Go on a nature walk around the neighborhood
and look for signs of fall.
Find colorful leaves, flowers, or whatever to stick onto a
nature walk bracelet.

Aa is for Autumn

Today is an excellent day to sing or listen to
"It's Autumntime"
while you eagerly anticipate a week of fun fall ideas.

Happy first day of fall!
Love, Grandma

Aa is for Ahoy Mateys!

September 19 is

 International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
For some swashbuckling fun, try reading
"How I Became a Pirate"
by Melinda Long or . . .

"Roger the Jolly Pirate"
by Brett Helquist or . . .
 

"Shiver Me Letters--A Pirate ABC"by June Sobel
You'll be talking like a pirate in no time!

Yo-ho-ho!
Love, Grandma

Aa is for Animals

Big A . . . little a . . . What begins with A?

Brand new alphabet adventures.

Hip Hip Hooray!

Now that the big boys are busy back in school,

it's time for new alphabet adventures for the younger boys.

So how about going on an animal safari today.
Hunt all over your house and gather every stuffed animal you can find. Take a picture of your menagerie before deciding
if any of them need to go to the D.I. zoo.
Or hide them around the house, turn off the lights
and go hunting for them with a flashlight.
See who can find the most animals.

Happy animal adventures!
Love, Grandma



Aa is for Alphabet

September 12

You might say I am slightly obsessed with the alphabet. Everything from books to cookie cutters . . . from fabric to mugs . . . from posters to puzzles . . . from scrapbook paper, stickers and stamps . . . I love just about anything alphabetical. But what do you expect from someone who writes an Alpha-Blog?

Nevermind that . . . the real question is:
Can you find every letter from A to Z
on these 12 bits and pieces of my alphabet collection?

Happy 12 on the 12th!
Love, Grandma

101. Hooray! My computer has been fixed . . .

 Now that it's the end of summer fun,
Time to tally up what you have done.
Check off everything you did from your summer list . . .
or fill up your alpha-bucket with letters, lists, pictures or projects.
Show and tell me what you did so I can give you tickets
for shopping at Grandma's Alpha-Store which opens soon!

100. Lay on the lawn and watch the clouds go by
. . . do a little end-of-summer day-dreaming!