ABCs

As soon as I found out that I was going to be home with bug for a few months, I decided that I wanted to try and teach her the ABCs. Her daycare has been amazing and has helped teach her all of the colors, how to count to 15, and all of the basic shapes, but I really wanted to take this on as a fun project for the two of us together.

My idea is to spend the whole day (each week day) talking about "the letter of the day." We'll use her leapfrog Fridge Phonics set to review the sounds that each letter makes, practice writing the letter, cook using ingredients that start with that letter, and do at least one arts and crafts project highlighting the letter of the day.

Today's letter (predictably) was "A."

We made a letter collage using paper punches and stickers with some of our favorite things that start with "A".

For lunch we had Pasta with Apples and Almonds. See recipe below.

Apple and Almond Pasta

2 cups cooked pasta (We used Spinach wagon wheels)

1 cup halved red grapes

1 medium apple, peeled, cored, and diced

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1 TBSP sliced almonds

1 TBSP Parmesan cheese

juice from 1/2 lemon

pepper, to taste

Cook your pasta and run it under cool water. Mix the fruits and nuts together in a large bowl. Add the pasta to the bowl and toss to combine. Mix in lemon juice. Add pepper and Parmesan and toss one last time. You can chill it and eat it later, but we ate it right away at room temperature.