Letter of the Week

Letter M

'M' is for monkeys and M&Ms!

Day 1-

I usually set up a few letter activities out on the table.

T is pretty familiar with all the activities now. I let her choose which ones to do. Some days we get to all of them, and some days we don't.

I began these letter games (as we call them) so she could become familiar with all her letters and their sounds. I never want to push it on her and thankfully, I never have to. She really looks forward to doing them and enjoys learning her letters.

Day 2-

I always do our letter of the week over a 2-day span.

She is, after all, only three. This way, she doesn't lose interest.

We did a new activity this week that gave T practice with using scissors. She chose to hold her scissors a little different than the norm...

We didn't do a craft this week, but rather, a science experiment found here: Candy Experiments


Honestly, I don't know if we did this experiment the correct way. It was mainly to see what happens to M&Ms when they are put into water.

T learned that they dissolve and the colored dye spreads.

She had fun watching the pretty colors in the water. Then, she noticed a little letter 'M' floating around.

She thought that was pretty neat, and I did too.


I found this week's letter 'M' activities from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

Watercolor Butterflies

Spring is here! And our house is currently decorated with lots of beautiful coffee filter butterflies. They're in our dining room, our entry way and our front window. And they are a perfect decoration for Spring.

Once again, T and I used our liquid watercolors to paint coffee filters. (One of our favorite craft projects to do.)

Probably because it's so easy to do and T enjoys it so much. She painted as many butterflies as I did. And they always turn out so pretty with all the different colors.


They're also very easy to make. Once the paint dried, I folded the coffee filters into an accordian.

Then, I cut in half a pipe cleaner of T's color choice while T made a bunch of pipe cleaner happy faces.

I then folded the pipe cleaner in half and wrapped it around the coffee filter and curled the ends for the antennas.

We used thread to tie them to our dining room chandelier.


And we used folded tape to stick them onto the front window and entry way wall.

Some of them are hanging as well.

Don't they go perfect with T's hand print tulip canvas?

Happy Spring!

Photo of the Week

My Blue-eyed Boy

T's Book Review

What could be a better book recommendation than straight from a 3-year old?

What library book was your favorite?
The Pet Dragon

Why is it your favorite?
That's cause there's a daddy and a old lady in there.

What happens in this story?
Lin only found her daddy and then she loved him. They was playing soccer ball, then they hit the vase. Then, they got big trouble! Then, the baby dragon goes in the cage and Lin wasn't happy and either the little dragon.

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann









Other library favorites T loved last month include:
Day is Done by Peter Yarrow
David's Father by Robert Munsch
Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

T also shared her feelings about Children of the Forest as well, "I like this one of the forest, that's cause there's a lot of children with names."


Happy Reading!

Baby Mobile

I had an idea for a baby mobile that was inspired by some others I had seen on Etsy. They were quite pricey and so I decided to make one myself for a much cheaper price instead. My mom came over one day before L was born to help me. At that time, we didn't know if L would be a boy or girl so I chose to use greens, creams, and whites.

Close-up

You need:

vellum paper (I bought a sample pack of assorted colors)
hole punch
acrylic string
super glue
beads
circle paper punches (I used 3 different sizes)
part of a wooden embroidery hoop (or any type of wooden circle)

We evenly balanced the hoop with string and hung it from my dining room chandelier. Then, we tied on the punched out circles and beads. We tied knots at the end of each bead and then used super glue to ensure that the knot wouldn't come undone.


I absolutely love how it turned out. I also love having it over the changing table rather than the crib. I do bump my head into the bottom part of it sometimes when changing him but he likes when I do that, because it starts moving all around and he just gazes at it with a smile.

I Contribute: Saturday's Artist

Every Saturday, over at Ordinary Life Magic, you can find inspirational and creative ideas. I decided that I would contribute weekly and share the link here for my readers. Please check it out each week if you're looking for more fun things to do with your kids. And of course, feel free to join in as well!

Saturday's Artist

Link is open each week until Tuesday.

Photo of the Week

Playing Mommy