01 January – Learning With My Boys

I is for Igloo (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about igloos today. The girls especially loved that it snowed last night. We got our recourses for today from the Letter I is for Inchworm, Igloo, & Insect Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Igloo Science

Then we watched the Building my First Igloo video.
She also did her Igloo page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.

Igloo Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter I. My 3 year old had a capital I and lowercase i with tracing arrows, along with an igloo to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing I’s and i’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter I is for Inchworm, Igloo, & Insect Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Snow Dough

First we mixed 1 cup cornstarch and 1/2 cup dish soap, but the snow dough turned blue because our dish soap was blue.
Next we mixed 1 cup flour with 1/2 cup vegetable oil, but this was just crumbly.
I printed out and laminated the Counting Igloo Playdough mats for them to use with their snow dough.

Igloo Shapes

I printed out the Igloo Shape game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she matched up the igloo doors with the igloos.

Four Igloos

The girls each had a similar number 4 paper for counting igloo. My 3 year old had the number 4 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and 4 igloos to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 4’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter I is for Inchworm, Igloo, & Insect Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Ice Painting

We placed a drop of food coloring into each ice cube hole, then added water and froze.

Igloo Color Matching

I printed out the Igloo Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored child with the matching colored igloo.

I spy the letter I

We did the I Spy the Letter I or i with a dot dauber.

Marshmallow Igloo

I cut an opening in a paper bowl and then glued it upside down onto a paper plate.
Then the girls glued mini marshmallows all over the bowl to make an igloo.

AlphaTales

We read the I book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories.

Snow Day

Luckily we got the most snow that they have ever seen last night, about a foot and a half.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

4 Year Old Elsa Preschool Photoshoot

I feel like Frozen is every girls favorite. She is starting to learn the songs now. We love playing Frozen it in the dvd player in the car every January to prepare her for her Elsa photoshoot!

Elsa is a powerful princess. She is learning how to control her powers and doesn’t want to hurt her family while she figures it out. She will do anything to protect her sister from getting hurt by her powers, even isolate herself from Anna. I love that the “one true love” at the end of the movie is the sister rather than the boy this time.

Storm also loves her family and tells me several times a day “Mom,” waits for me to answer and says, “I love you!” She is learning everyday too, and discovering new strengths as she grows.

We took her Elsa pictures in the front yard after out biggest snow ever. We had 17 inches in 24 hours! She wore an Elsa dress that someone had given to us last year with a crown that we found with blue hearts. She wore boots this year because of so much snow, and she wore her blue earrings are from a multi color pack that I bought when she was a baby. I put a loose braid in her hair and tried to put it over their shoulder. She wanted to bring out her giant stuffed Olaf and some snowflakes that we had.

2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Storm has dressed as Elsa on January 17 every year of her short life!

You might enjoy Storm’s other Elsa photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

17 Month Old Elsa Toddler Photos

Disney’s Frozen is a family fun movie. Elsa’s dream is to keep her family safe, and she save’s the kingdom from a flood. Of course every Disney princess has a sidekick, and Olaf is such a thoughtful one.

Elsa is a powerful, graceful, and creative girl.

I like to sing an uplifting song to her, I sing to her is to the tune of “Mary had a Little Lamb”…

“Storm is a creative girl
Creative girl, creative girl
Storm is a creative girl
She’s my creative girl”

Our new Husky pup joined in on her pictures! It actually snowed the weekend that she turned 17 months old… this was perfect for our Frozen Elsa pictures. She took her Stuffed Olaf out with us, and I found this tiny wooden sled at the thrift store. I got the big silver snowflake at the dollar store too.

I was glad that her Elsa dress was long sleeves and a bit thicker, I still put a long sleeve white onesie under it with thick white tights for more warmth. She also wore her white sandals and Elsa bow from her princess bow set. Her blue earrings are from a multi color pack that I found on Amazon.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 “Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city..”

You might enjoy Storm’s other Elsa photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

5 Month January Snow Baby Photos

We love snow, so I created a winter snow scene from branches of our Christmas tree.

She is so cute when she grabs her toes!

She hates tummy time, but I got her to stay put for half a second for the picture!

Sweet Snow Angel

5 Month Elsa Baby Photos

I chose Disney’s Frozen for the January princess because I think we have the best chance at having snow in January for future Elsa pictures.

She wore a Baby Elsa outfit and I put in the Elsa bow from the princess bow set into her hair.

I placed a light blue sheet for the background and then a fluffy baby pad for her to lay on. I also found some Christmas lights to place behind my blue sheet and some sparkly white garland to place in front. She also had her Stuffed Olaf next to her.