A is for All About Alphabet Adventures Author

Megan Meuli is the author and creator of Alphabet Adventures, a blog dedicated to inspiring creativity while celebrating the alphabet with alphabet-based activities, crafts, decorating, and a local resources.

'F' is for Free and Frugal Family Fun is Megan’s Edina, Richfield, and Southwest Minneapolis Patch blog devoted to sharing the many low and no cost family fun in and around town. Look for weekly updates to plan exciting family adventures and make long-lasting memories with your family.

Megan is the mother of two daughters who have spent their past few summers celebrating the alphabet. In 2011, Megan created and coordinated a weekly neighborhood craft camp with over 30 neighborhood children. Once a week, the children gathered to learn about the world around them including visits to their local nature center, tours of their neighbor's beautiful gardens, and learning all about percussion instruments at the local drum shop. The children also enjoyed making crafts based on the letter of the week and celebrated Smiley Faces at the end of summer.

Planning activities based on the alphabet is a very fun and educational way to plan and enjoy time with your children whether you are a parent, grandparent, Godparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, sister, brother, teacher, nanny, daycare provider, or a loving neighbor. If you’d like to plan your own alphabet summer, check out this page with a list of helpful ideas to get you started. We welcome your ideas and hope you will be inspired by ours. You can contact Megan directly with questions and suggestions.

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Transportation A to Z

Transportation www.nasa.gov/ dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/index.com themes.pppst.com/transportation.html Alphabeep! By Debora Pearson Draw a picture of this form of transportation Have you ever used this method of transportation? Do you know of anyone who has used this form of transportation? Are there any books or movies that highlight this form of transportation? A – airplanes, automobile, Autobahn, air carrier B – bus, blimp, bicycle, boat C – canoe, car, combine, camel, canal D – driving, dump truck, donkey E – elephant, expressway F – float plane, ferry, freeway G - glider H – helicopter, hot air balloon, horse I – inflatable boat J – jetpack, jeep K - kayak L - lorry M – motorcycle, minivan N – naval fleet O - oxen P - puddle jumper, plane, parachute R – rowboat, raft, rocket S – semi-truck, speed boat, sail boat, scooter, ship, spaceship, subway, sky diving T – train, truck, tractor, taxi, toll way, tricycle U - unicycle

Musical Instruments A to Z

A – accordion, a coustic guitar B – bagpipes, banjo, bassoon, bell, bongo, bugle C – castanets, cello, clarinet, conga, cornet, cymbals, chimes, cowbell, clarinet D – drums E – ektara, erhu, erxian F – flute, flutophone, flugelhorn, French horn, finger cymbals, fiddle G – glockenspiel, gongs, guitar, glass chord H – harmonica, harp, harpsichord, horn, Harp, Harpsichord, I - Ipu , Igil, Irish bouzouki, Inci, Irish Uilleann, Istarski mih J - jug Janggu, Jew’s harp, Jiaohu, Jinghu, K – kazoo, keyboard, kettle drum L – lute, lyre M – mandolin, maracas N – Naqara, Nyckelharpa, Nadaswaram, Natural Trumpet, Nay, Ney, Northumbrian small pipes, Nose flute O – organ, oboe P – piano, percussions, pipe organ, Piccolo Q – quinticlave, Qanun, Quena R – recorder, rain stick, rattle, reed pipe S – saxophone, snare drum, steel drum, strings, sousaphone, synthesizer, Spoons, Sitar, Slide guitar, Steel guitar, Slide whistle T – tambourine, triangle, trombone, trumpet, tuba, turntables, Tom

Historical Events and Figures A to Z

historyonthenet.com/a-z_of_history.htm kidinfo.com/american_history/historical_events.html Art History - metmuseum.org/toah/ and arthistoryresources.net/ARTHLinks.html homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/america.htm A great educational game - Brain Quest America: 850 Questions and Answers Celebrating Our History, People, and Culture can be purchased at amazon.com new or used A – American Civil War, The Battle of the Alamo, Abraham Lincoln B –The fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Plague, Bay of Pigs C – Christopher Columbus, The Constitution, The Cold War, The Civil War D – Declaration of Independence, The Dustbowl E – Emancipation Proclamation, Queen Elizabeth, European Union F – Ben Franklin, the French Revolution G – The Great Depression, Gold Rush, Great Fire of London, Ancient Greece H – The Holocaust, The Hindenburg I – Industrial Revolution J – Thomas Jefferson K – Martin Luther King, Jr., Kennedy Assassination L – Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark M – Ho Chi Minh N

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