Blast Off To Summer - A

Blast off to Summer! I found an idea on Pinterest to start a countdown to celebrate the end of the school year. Some countdowns started the last week of school and some used an alphabet countdown for 26 days. I decided to try the alphabet countdown to the end of our homeschooling year. After much research and thinking, I came up with activities for each letter of the alphabet. I didn't want them to be labor intensive since we are packing for a major trip to 'Merica. My plan is to include  a book for each day as well as some fun  activities for each letter. I will have to be creative with my books since most of them are already packed, so bear with me. We will be calling our adventure through the countdown alphabet - Blast Off To Summer - because not long after we are done, we will be heading out. Yay!

If you would like to follow my Pinterest Board for ABC End of the Year Activities. You may find a few things for your own countdown.

It has come to the time for the letter A (26 days and counting until the end of the school year, wow!).

A is for.....

All About Me

We started our A day by reading books All About Me.... 

Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney

We learned about where we are located on the earth. There are more books that are by the same author which are equally good.

My Five Senses by Aliki

We learned about our five senses from this book by Aliki.

How Do Your Senses Work? by Judy Tatchell

More reading about our senses in this lift the flap book by Usborne. I love Usborne books, all of them.

Duckie Duck by Kate Toms

This is a cute book about Duckie Duck who stays true to himself even though he is different from the other ducks. It is a cute book about being yourself.

J read Me on the Map to me while we discussed where we live.

We found our country on the world map.

She then drew a map of her bedroom complete with her and her brother.

J drew a picture of herself.

After reading about our senses, J inspected her fingerprint under a magnifying glass. We discusses how each finger print is different.

After checking out the fingerprints, J created a picture.

Here's the picture she created, using her prints to make ladybugs. Cute. 25 letters to go....then summer vacation. Yay!

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