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Here are our favorite books for Letter I: Imogene's Antlers by David Small: This is a book that both my boys (ages 3, 1) and I loved. It's about a girl, named Imogene, that wakes up and realizes she has grown antlers. It's hard to do all sorts of things including getting dressed, walking through doorways and going downstairs. After a long day, Imogene falls sleep and wakes up in the morning and the antlers are gone! When she walk in the kitchen, her parents are thrilled until they realize what has grown instead. Manana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul: Another favorite at our house this week. This book came with a CD to read along with, which my boys both enjoyed. This book is a version of The Little Red Hen. It teaches about helping others and friendship.  I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman: For one reason or another, this was my three's most requested book to read this week. This book is about a boy that really wants an iguana, but the mother isn...

1) Ice Cream Cone Art  from The Measured Mom: Construction Paper Optional: Sprinkles - we will use these next time. Mix a little glue and water together. Paint the glue mixture onto the ice cream. Have you child sprinkle the sprinkles on the ice cream. Draw a letter I on the cone.   2) Ice Cream File Folders : Ice Cream Color Match  from Itsy Bitsy Fun: Ice Cream Count & Match from Measured Mom: Ice Cream Counting from Totschooling: This printable includes numbers 1-10. We are going to use pom poms with magnets glued on the back to fill in the sprinkles.  3) Ice Cream Shop : I pulled out our Cash Register , Ice Cream Set and stuffed animals for this activity. Each of the animals "ordered" ice cream. Easton asked each animal which flavor they wanted and told them how much it would be. He'd say "two dollars" often and I'd have him push the number two on his cash register. This activity was so much fun. 4)  Ice...

1) Painting with Ice from 733 Blog:  Ice Cube Tray Food Coloring Toothpicks (we are going to use craft sticks) White Card Stock Optional: You could also try freezing washable paint in the ice cube tray. 2) Ice Cube Color Mixing: Mix ice cubes together in warm water to reveal a new color.  (picture to come) 3) Build Ice Shapes: Use toothpicks and marshmallows to build shapes together with your child.  Help your child make various shapes out of toothpicks and marshmallows (triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, trapezoid).  Prepare a sheet of paper with drawn shapes. Have your child match the ice shapes to the shapes on your paper. Build an igloo (an ice home!) with your toothpicks and marshmallows and pretend play. (picture to come) 4) Play  Don't Break the Ice : I learned all Easton wanted to do is play with the ice pieces. He mostly liked putting the end of the hammer in the ice cube, but you ca...

Choose one of the following crafts: 1a)  Inchworm Craft  from Nancy Nolan's Kindergarten: Dip a green fork in green paint and stamp it on the bottom of your paper as grass. Dip a potato in green and yellow paint and stamp it in a line creating an inchworm. Glue on googly eyes. 1b) Nuudle Inchworm Craft :  White Paper Green Paper Toddler Safe Scissors Magic Nuudles Black Marker Cut a long strip of green paper to use as the grass. Have your child practice cutting small slits in the grass with a pair of toddler safe scissors.  Glue the grass onto the bottom of your white paper. Draw a black, curved line (resembling an inchworm) as a guide for your child to place the nuudles on.  Have your child dip a nuudle in water and stick it on the black line on your paper. (picture to come) 2) The Inchworms Home  from Sugar Aunts: This is a great fine motor exercise! Empty Parmesan Cheese container (green can) Straws Cut th...

1) Insect Collage : I got this idea from the Letter I Crafts list on the Measured Mom blog. The original post uses insect stickers, but we didn't have any on hand. Block Letter I (draw or print)  Print  insect pictures  or insect stickers. Have your child identify the Letter I. Talk about the insects and their features as you glue them onto your letter I. 2) Insect Hunt : You'll need a  Bug Kit  and Plastic Bugs  - I found ours at the Dollar Store. Hide the insects around the room and catch them with your net and place them in your bug container. Count how many insects you found. 3) Insect Action Cards  from Oopsey Daisy Blog: Watching Easton act out these insect cards was my  favorite activity this week! Have your child draw a card from the pile and act out the insect. "Dance like a Bee!" and "Spin like a Spider!" 4) Icy Insect Eggs : I bought an extra set on insects from the Dollar Store for this activity. Here's wha...

1) Wiggle Inchworms Alphabet Review  from Nuttin but Preschool: You can review letters, shapes or numbers with this activity. I'm really excited to try this with E this year. A medium sized can Printed alphabet and worm cards (from link provided) Bird (either a stuffed animal, puppet or you can pretend to be a bird) Place all the alphabet and worm cards inside the can. Show your child the letters and worms and explain that they will draw a card from the can and identify the letter. If they draw a worm card, they have to wiggle like worms!  The Catch: While your child is wiggling like a worm, yell, "The Bird is Coming! Hide!" (I would love to have a bird puppet to use and fly around to catch the "worm"). Your child can either actually hide or sit back in his/her spot on the ground.  Wiggle Worm: Use Alphabet Cards 2) Read the Little Letter I Book from The Measured Mom: Talk about the pictures on the pages and identify the letter I. (picture to...