I found out that a local farm has u-pick strawberries! I am so excited to take the kids berry picking! My mom used to take my brother and I every year. I absolutely loved it. Strawberries arfe my favorite fruit and my mom would tease me that they were going to start weighing people when they came in and re-weight them on the way out… man how my eyes would widen in fear of being caught eating all of those strawberries!
Which reminds me…during my pursuit to find a book that shows how a strawberries grow I found this little gem:
This book took me a bit by surpirse. It was a nice surprise though. I don’t every recall reading a book without any words to my kids before. They have had picture books, but there has always been a few words…they loved this book. I felt that the art was fantastic and really opened the door for great conversations about what they thought the story was about! Highly recommended! I found mine at the local library!!!
A few of the activities I thought we would embark on are:
-Strawberry scented playdough
-Home maid strawberry ice cream
-Color giant strawberries with strawberry scented paint (strawberry kool-aid to tempra paint)…makes for a sort scratch and sniff effect.
-Counting seeds on our strawberries (the big ones we just colored) using buttons as “seeds.”
-And of course strawberry picking!
How fun with the berry picking. I love strawberries too! There is a picking place around here that I need to find out more details for and head out there with the kids. I am sure it would make for some good picture opportunities.