The Letter I
Honey Pot is 2 years and 2 months old
Leap Frog Fridge Phonics
We started our letter of the week as we always do – by
listening to Scout’s little jingle about the letter I and how it sounds.
Throughout the week while standing beside the fridge, I’d often ask her to find
the letter I amidst a group of letters. She does extremely well with it this
way! But if I show her a letter ‘I’ and ask her to tell me what letter it is,
she says ‘T’. So I feel as though she knows the letter, but cannot vocalize it
quite yet. It’s all about how you ask it!
My “i” Book
Last week as I was at the library picking up my cloud-themed
books, I came across a series of alphabet books. I decided to borrow this one
to see how they were. We left it out in the living room and read it a few times
throughout the week.
It certainly wasn’t a favorite, but it was nice because it
allowed us to hear words beginning with ‘I’ over and over, such as this page:
Placing Stickers
I bought these stickers for Honey Pot during her potty
training weekend. It was a huge set of over 1000 of them, so I knew I’d have a
lot of extra for tot school stuff. When I saw her layering them on top of one
another on her potty train, I decided we’d try some fine motor skills. This
printable came from Homeschool Creations, and is meant for those Do-A-Dot
markers (which we also love). I shrunk it down a bit in Photoshop Elements so
that it’d be better suited for her stickers. We discussed what the pictures
were, and the letter I.
Then she started placing them into the circles.
I like to let Honey Pot take each “lesson” where she pleases, to make it more fun than work, so I knew the stickers would stray from the
circles. What I didn’t know is that she’d make little eyes on the inchworm!
And here is the final product.
Play Dough Fun
Usually for our letter themes we use our alphabet cookie
cutters. But this week I wanted to try something new. I keep seeing play dough
mats on Pinterest, and wanted to give one a try. So I printed out this cute one
from Homeschool Creations.
Yes, I know they are meant to be laminated…and I had every
intention of doing so. But after I had already planned out the week, I decided
that I’d like to eventually make my own play dough mats. Not wanting to waste
the laminating pockets on a page so temporary, I just let Honey Pot use it as
is.
First, I made a new batch of homemade play dough. (So in love with this recipe right now.)
First, I made a new batch of homemade play dough. (So in love with this recipe right now.)
Then we squished some play dough onto the letters.
And I showed her how to roll the play dough into worms, and
we placed them over the inchworm.
Here’s the final product! Cannot wait to make up some of my
own play dough mats for more fun (and easier laminated clean-up!) in the
future!
Ice Painting
I found this idea on Pinterest multiple times, originally
from Share and Remember. They use liquid watercolors, and I’ve seen it done
with food coloring as well. But I used good ol’ paint! I put a squirt of each
color into an ice cube tray and filled each section with water. Then, halfway
through freezing them, I stuck in a wooden craft spoon. Meanwhile, on a heavy
sheet of paper that ice wouldn’t melt through, I drew a big letter ‘I’. Then I
set Honey Pot out on the deck with them. She had a lot of fun “painting” with
the ice cubes!
And of course it was very important to move the ice cubes
from one section of the tray to another…over and over again.
As she explored the cold, melting cubes, her hands became covered in paint. So she decided to use her hands too!
Two at once!
Here is the result:
When she had finished her letter I artwork, I grabbed a bin
of water and let her swirl the remaining ice cubes in it. She watched the water
change color and the ice cubes melt. And she played with this for a good twenty
minutes, I’d say!
Then we came inside for a beverage on this hot, hot day.
What did we have? Well, ice water, of course! Actually, it was her idea, not mine!