I Books

Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian. This book contained different poems about bugs, which is kind of cool, but not necessarily for the alphabet project. The text was also quite long.

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. We've had this one for a while, and it's a cute, classic board book.

I Hear by Rachel Isadora. This book was about the different sounds a child is likely to hear--from birds in the morning to a lullaby at night. It was lovely, and I want to add it to our home library. Though it is not currenly on Amazon, it is worth seeking out. It is *perfect* for learning letters: short sentences, a simple font, a big font siz

I Can Do It Myself by Diane Adams. Is there a more appropriate book title for a precocious toddler? In addition to the cute topic, there were lots of Is.

(We all scream for) Ice Cream!

What better summer/letter I treat than ice cream??? Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures, but we made lime sherbert in our ice cream maker with a basic recipe from the booklet that came with the ice cream maker. Though if you don't have an ice cream maker, you can try this recipe. I think we're going to try it sometime just for fun.

Ice Cube Painting

For our I project, we "painted" with ice cubes. All you need is a box or pan, paper, ice cubes, and a colored powder. The original directions we found called for powdered tempera paint (which I didn't have and didn't want to buy), but you can also subsitute Kool-Aid or Jell-O. We used red Kool-Aid. Simply put the paper in a cardbord box or pan (we used a 13x9" cake pan), sprinkle some powder on the paper, and place an ice cube in the pan. While the ice melts, rotate or swirl the box to create a pattern on the paper.

This was easy and fun. We will probably do it again for a fun, low-mess summer activity.

Igloo

For our I craft project, we made an igloo. The original inspiration for the project came from here, but we modified ours a bit. Okay, a lot. I was a bit lazy and didn't want to craft with sugar cubes, so we worked with paper. It turned out okay. I outlined our paper "bricks" in black after we were done so you could tell what it was, but if I were to do this again I think I would draw the outline *first* and then "build" the igloo inside it. Emma had fun with the glue, though.