Berry Theme

Kids will love a berry themed week, it is perfect in the summer when berries are plentiful! A wonderful way to start the week is to read the below mentioned books, they will have your child very excited to start this theme.

A great way to get your berries is to look into local u-pick farms in your area. A great resource to find u-pick farms in your area can be found here.

Another great place to get berries are your local farmer's markets, you can find one in your area at Local Harvest

We have a great local strawberry/raspberry/blueberry u-pick farms, lots of great farmer's markets, plus we grow our own raspberries. We are lucky enough to have a huge patch of wild blackberries in our yard as well. If your family is berry crazy as ours is, it may be fun to plant some berries of your own.

Berry Activities

Berry Ink How fun would it be to write a letter to a friend, using homemade berry ink!
Berry Dye You can use the berry dye to make unique berry dyed shirts, or play silks!

Berry Recipes

Berry shortcake parfaits

Berry smoothies

Berry yogurt parfaits

Blueberry muffins

Easy berry tarts

Freezer jam

Berry Books

Blueberries for Sal

Bread and Jam for Frances

Jamberry

Peter in Blueberry Land

Strawberries are Red

The Giant Jam Sandwich

The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Bear