One of the favorite books for all of my toddlers over the years has been “Goodnight Moon”. The simple rhyming and repetition is calming for my little ones.
Abeka Curriculum
I was able to incorporate several of our Abeka nursery lessons into this unit as well. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Farm Tot School Unit:
Disney Cinderella is a good princess movie to start with because it has so many fun characters for littles. Storm likes watching the mice and cat in this one.
Cinderella is kind and gentle to all creatures, even to her family who treats her unfairly. She greets them all in the morning and does what they command her to do with a kind heart. She also loves all of the animals in her home and has made them her friends.
Storm is also very friendly. Whenever we are out at about; she will wave at people and try to talk with old men for some reason! She likes to hold our cats, and we are teaching her how to have gentle touches.
We found her dress at a consignment shop and I bought the gloves, headband, and necklace to go with it. She wore her white pearl earrings and I put her hair up in a bun with a bun shaper. I used white and light blue sheet as the background and floor. I put the homemade cardboard stone wall that we used in our X-Men Trunk-or-Treat as part of the background as well. Then I used our ivy planter for decorations. The clock in the background was given to me on Facebook. I sprayed the pumpkins silver and found some ivy to go with them. AND… she loves her star wand! Bippity Boppity Boo!
1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Below she is Cinderella 1 year apart in each photo…
You might enjoy Storm’s other Cinderella photoshoots:
We went to the backyard forest for these pictures. These three girls are cousins; we decided to take the pictures for as a Christmas gift for the grandparents.
We did get a couple smiles from the tiny one.
The picnic table was a fun addition to our photoshoot.
Little Miss Storm wasn’t interested in cooperating with her smiles today.
The Little One has been watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs lately, so I decided to have a German Snow White themed dinner for family movie night!
Appetizer: Bavarian Pretzels
Dough Ingredients:
3 tea Instant dry yeast
1 ½ Cup Warm Water (100-110 degrees)
2 TBS granulated sugar
4 Cup all-purpose flour
1 tea salt
Crust Ingredients:
1 Cup water
2 tea baking soda
Coarse Sea Salt
¼ Cup Butter
Instructions:
Combine yeast and warm water and sugar.
Add in flour and salt (knead or use mixer).
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a tea towel, and place in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven 425, grease baking sheet.
Divide dough into 8 equal parts. Roll each part into 24 inch rope to form the pretzel.
In a shallow bowl, combine the water and baking soda. Submerge each pretzel in water and place on the baking sheet.
Sprinkle with sea salt and let sit for 10 minutes.
Bake for 12 minutes then brush with melted butter.
Serve with cheese sauce.
Entrée: Gulaschsuppe (soup)
Ingredients:
2 T. olive oil
2 onions, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1.5 lb beef, cubed into bite sized pieces
2 T. balsamic vinegar
2/3 cup red wine vinegar
6 med thin skinned potatoes, peeled and cubed into bite sized pieces
32 oz beef broth
Water
3 bay leaves
1 T. paprika
6 oz. tomato paste
Instructions:
Cook onion, carrots, celery and garlic in olive oil until the onion is caramelized.
Scrape pot and add beef, browning well.
Scrape the pot again and add the wine and balsamic vinegar, let it simmer on low until the wine has almost entirely evaporated.
Add broth, bay leaves and paprika, and let simmer for about an hour to tenderize the beef.
Add potato cubes and enough water to cover plus about 1 inch above, and bring to boil.
When potatoes are tender, add tomato paste, lower to a simmer and let cook for about another 15 minutes.
1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9inch square baking pan.
2. To make the dough, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Cut 3 tablespoons of butter into small pieces.
3. Use your hands to knead the butter and flour together.
4. Stir in the milk.
5. Flour a surface and knead the dough until it holds together and dust the top with flour. Roll out into a 12 inch square.
6. Cut the dough into four equal squares and place two quarters of apple in each square.
7. Place 1 quarter tablespoon butter one quarter in each square.
8. In a small bowl, mix together 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Spoon equal amounts of mixture in each square.
9. Gather three corners of dumpling together and pinch together. Put all four in the baking dish an inch apart.
10. Combine hot water, the remaining brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of butter, melted. Stir and pour over the dumplings in the pan.
11. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
12. Spoon more syrup over the top, and serve warm.
Vegi: Crispy Potato Bake
Ingredients:
6 russet potatoes, thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
2 Tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 teaspoons rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
¼ cup real bacon bits
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Use a mandolin or sharp knife to make thin, equal slices of your potatoes and onions – about 1/8″ thick is ideal.
Grease a round casserole dish.
Use a spiral pattern , arrange the sliced potatoes in your baking dish.
Insert the sliced onions an equal distance apart amongst the sliced potatoes.
Place the butter in a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 330 seconds until completely melted. Stir in the olive oil and then pour the mixture over the casserole.
Sprinkle on your seasoning and bacon bits.
Cover with tinfoil and bake for 45 minutes.
Remove the tinfoil and continue baking for 15 minutes to crisp up the potatoes and bacon.
Preheat oven to 425°. Line pie plate with one pie crust and set aside. Pour lemon juice over diced apples and stir to prevent browning.
In a medium saucepan, bring cranberries, one cup of apples, sugar, water, and pie spice to a boil over medium heat. Then lower heat and simmer 10-15 minutes.
Remove from heat and add remaining apples. Let filling cool while preparing the crust.
Lay second pie crust on working area. Using a picture reference and a knife, free hand the Poison Apple face to the pie crust. Paint the crust with egg wash.
Turn pie filling into pastry lines pie plate and then carefully place crust on top. Fold and pinch pie crusts together. Cover edges with aluminum foil or pie crust protector shield.
Bake for 30 minutes, remove crust shield and bake for additional 15 minutes.
Drink: Evil Queen’s Punch
Ingredients:
2 envelopes lemon-lime Kool-Aid
10 cups water
2 cups sugar
46 ounce can of pineapple juice
1 quart lime sherbet
2 liters lemon-lime soda
Instructions:
Combine the Kool-Aid, sugar, water, and pineapple juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
When ready to serve, scoop lime sherbet into a punch bowl.
Pour the kool-aid and juice combo over the Sherbet. Follow this up with lemon-lime soda.
Haystacks (10 oz.Chow Mein noodles mixed with melted 1 cup chocolate and 1 cups butterscotch chips)
Activities:
Wooden Farm
Farm Puzzles
Stickers
Beanie Baby Farm Animals
Farm Sensory Tub
Farm Animal Movement Cards
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Barn Number Match
Paper Plate Tractor
Sorting Farm Foods
Farm Sensory TubFarm Sensory TubFarm PuzzleFarm PuzzlesFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmWooden FarmFarm Animal Beanie BabiesPaper Plate TractorPaper Plate TractorBarn Number MatchBarn Number MatchSorting Farm Foods
Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a fun movie for her, the Dwarfs are her favorite. Who’s the fairest of them all?
Snow White is trusting of everyone and can see the good in anyone. She moves into the cottage believing that whoever lives in the house will let her live with them. She also trusts that the old witch is a kind old lady too, and kindly helps her.
Storm is also very friendly and trusting of everyone. She will wave at everyone while we are out and about. And she willing goes to family members that she barely knows when we are at family functions.
We took these picture in our back yard again this year. She wore a Snow White dress that a friend had given to her. Her shoes are the red sparkle flats and her red earrings are from a multi color pack. The red bow in her hair came from a colorful pack of bow that I had bought when she was a baby as well. This oval gold mirror I also found at a resale store several years ago.
Isaiah 1:18 “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson”
Below she is Snow White 1 year apart in each photo…
You might enjoy Storm’s other Snow White photoshoots:
