Alphabet Summer--- letter plans
--------- Most of the spots don't have the names of books yet. I
will fill those in as I make trips to the library and see what is
available.
Airplanes
Book-- Make ahead:
airplane tickets for van ride
Art – Coloring airplane pics in car travel games and info packet
Physical – walking museum
Field Trip- Museum @ Hill Air Force
Base
Food – peanuts and pretzels in van
Birds
Book – A guide to backyard birds
Supplies- Duck bread
Art-- Hand print birds
Hostess Snowballs
Colored paper Candy fruit
slices
paint Circus Peanuts
googley eyes Mini Chocolate
Chips
Toothpicks
Physical-- Bird Tag
Field Trip- Wheeler Farm to feed ducks
(check on price for Tracy Aviary)
Food – Snowball Turkeys
Chef
Book--
Art-- Chef hats and Aprons - Use
white tissue paper and a strip of poster
board to make chef hats- let
kids decorate
Physical- Recipe Treasure hunt (hide
ingredients with markers
around house with clues)
Food – Kids will help make dinner as
activity--
Potato Mice (baked potato with
chives for whiskers,
olives for eyes,
bacon bits for nose,
sliced
radish for ears)
Apricot Chicken (bake chicken
with mixture of 1 cup apricot jam,
1 cup french dressing,
and 1 packet onion soup mix)
Crepes with mixed berry filling
Chocolate pudding
whipped cream
Dieckmanns
Book – family history stories
Art – make a picture family tree for
the Dieckmann and Glasgow sides
Physical – walk around cemetery to
find graves of Great Oma and Great Opa
Field Trip- Cemetery
Food- German Hotdogs and Bratwurst,
Red cabbage,
sauerkraut,
Stollen
Engines
Book – Find book about the
transcontinental railroad-- big book of Trains for Jon
Art – Cardboard box train cars
Physical – walk around the block as a
train
Field Trip- Promontory Point (Golden
Spike Monument)
Food- Graham Cracker Trains
Graham Cracker for body
Oreos for Wheels
Marshmallow for stack
Pull n' peel licorice for tracks
frosting to stick it all together
Flowers--
exploring flowers
Activity- Exploring flowers with a
magnifying glass (buy at dollar store)
Book-- The Empty Pot
Planting a Rainbow
Art-- Flower pounding Pressing
Flowers
white or cream fabric waxed
paper
flowers flowers
hammers books
Physical-- swimming with floating
flowers (add roses and bachelor buttons to swimming pool)
Field Trip- Discovery Garden at Thanksgiving Point
Food-- cupcakes with frosting flowers
(or find pansies and other edible flowers to decorate)
Garden
Book
Art-- Collages made with plant parts or
beans
Physical – Neighborhood Scavenger
hunt
Field Trip- Gardens at Temple Square or Community Garden at SLCC
Food – grilled vegetables and fresh
berries with whipped cream
List to find--
zucchini sunflowers tomatoes yellow squash puumpkins
cactus red tree green tree purple tree orange flower
red flower yellow flower blue flower white flower purple flower
spiky plant soft plant fruit tree berries (any kind) rhubarb
Helpers
(police,
firefighters,
etc.)
Book –
Art – coloring
Physical – training obstacle course
(cones,
rings,
ropes,
ladder)
Field Trip- Fire station
Food – firehouse chili and chocolate
cake OR Firehouse Subs
International
Fest
Book – Portugal book (from mission),
Spain book,
etc.
Art – make a pinata
Physical – dancing! hula,
salsa,
samba,
hat dance,
tango,
waltz,
polka,
etc.
Field Trip- Dinner party at home –
Marlene (Peru),
Hannons (Mexico),
Us (Germany and Portugal)
Parsons (have bring pics from last
months trip to Europe)
Food – feijoada,
leite creme,
fried rice,
pad thai,
pad woon sen,
german lunch meat,
rye bread,
sauerkraut,
enchiladas,
Jellyfish!
Book- Jellies:The Life of a Jellyfish
(Twig C. George)
Art- making Jelly fish and tunnel book
(both at blog below)
supplies- blue paper (large)
white gift tissue
gray yarn
glue (stick and elmers)
Physical- jellyfish tag in sprinklers
Field Trip- Aquarium
Food- White Grape Jell-O Jigglers with
pull n peel licorice tenticles
great idea source
http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2012/05/jellyfish-art-write.html
Jelly fish
Kennecot
Book – Guest speaker- grandpa: have
him come to mine with us OR get a book on minerals from Dad
Art – metallic paints on different
colored papers
Physical – Hot Lava Tag (use rug
sample squares as “Safe” spots)
Field Trip- Kennecot Copper Mine
Food – copper pennies (marinated
carrots)
snacks for trip
Lyndall
Book – Make picture book of kids with
Lyndall
Art – make a book- What we love about
Lyndall
Physical – Make up a dance
Field Trip- Deliver a care package to
Lyndall's house OR have surprise party for her at our house
Food – Make and decorate sugar
cookies
Museum
Book – Curious George goes to the
Museum
Art – Collage with museum handouts or
draw pictures of experience
Physical – museum activities
Field Trip- Discovery Gateway
Food – Granola bars
Fruit snacks
Water bottles
Neighborhood
Book
Art – collage with things found on
walk
Physical – treasure hunt with map of
neighborhood
Field Trip- ↑
Food – Taylorsville Taters
(tater-tots),
Home Hamburger,
Cabana Cake
Outer
Space
Book--
Art—glow paints on black paper
Physical-- bath with glow water and highlighters and UV reactive markers black light
Field Trip- Sleeping outside with
telescope
Food--
Rocket ship sandwiches
Rocket ship sandwiches
For
the Rocketship:
• 2 slices white bread (use thin bread for best results)
• 1 slice whole wheat bread
• Radish
• Cheese slice
• Assorted pepper slices
• Cucumber slice
• Cheese for star
• Sandwich filling of your choice
• 2 slices white bread (use thin bread for best results)
• 1 slice whole wheat bread
• Radish
• Cheese slice
• Assorted pepper slices
• Cucumber slice
• Cheese for star
• Sandwich filling of your choice
Trim
off crusts and cut bread slices into a rocket shape. Fill with
sandwich filling of your choice. Ham & cheese? Turkey and mayo?
Cut rocketship legs from whole wheat bread and fill. Make cheese
slice and orange pepper legs to add to the top of the whole wheat
legs. Cut three, thin radish slices for rocketship windows. Make
flames beneath the rocketship from yellow pepper. To finish, cut a
star from a cheese slice or orange pepper. Make a “moon” slice
from cucumber. This will delight kids of any age!
This idea came from another blog and I can't find the source again. I will keep looking and add a link if I am able to find it again....
Packs
Book – A Bit of Pack History and
family history binders from Aunt Lilia
Art – picture family tree of Pack and
Mellor sides
Physical – walk around family history
sites
Field Trip- Kamas with Grandpa to see
where Great Grandpa Wehrli grew up
Food – recipes from Lilia's family
cookbook
Quilt
Book
Art – paper piecing ( I will cut
shapes out of fabric and let kids glue on paper-- I will make a quilt
block out of their design)
Physical – none
Field Trip-
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum OR Quilt Museum at This Is The
Place Monument
Food – quilt block cake (two color
Red
Book
Art – potato stamping with red (and
white) paint
Physical – Red hunt
Field Trip- Walk around neighborhood
taking pictures of red things
Food – Strawberry Shortcake (color
cake red before baking) and red punch
Service
Book
Art –
Physical
Field Trip-
Food
Tea
Party
Book- The biggest Tea Party in the World (My Little Pony)
Art-- Tea Party Invites for Friends, Making tiaras at the party
Physical-- Have a tea party with 2
guests each
Field Trip- None
Food-- Kool-aid in multiple flavors
cookie cutter sandwiches
cheese and crackers
bite-sized brownies
mini muffins
Utah
Book
Art
Physical
Field Trip-
Food
Village
Book
Art
Physical
Field Trip- build a village in the back
yard
Food
Water
Book
Art -- water color painting
Physical -- Hike Donut Falls (waterfall up Big Cottonwood Canyon)
Field Trip- Jordan Conservation Garden at the Water Treatment Plant
Food – snow cones
X-rays
Book
Art - Paper plate skeletons
Physical
Field Trip-
Food – Veggie skeletons
Young
Book
Art --
Physical -- hike to Ensign Peak
Field Trip- Beehive House and Brigham
Young Park
Food -- buttermilk doughnuts (Lion house recipe)
Zion
Book
Art
Physical
Field Trip- This is the Place OR DUP
Museum
Food
1 comment:
Wow... What a great list! It looks likes so much fun!!! One day I will be that ambitious. Right now I'm happy I got alphabet work packets together for my girls to do.
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