Ice Cream Shop

 

Friday the kids discovered the Della Dulce Ice Cream Shop magically appeared in our basement. Phillip and Ella joined us for preschool. We missed both Stella and Lily. We did our best to concentrate on circle time and doing two worksheets. The lure of the ice cream shop was powerful! The kids counted off A or B to determine who would be a customer and a shop worker. Amelia and Ella worked the shop first while Will, Zane, and Bryn were customers. The kids ordered off menus, paid over $50 per scoop of ice cream, and then munched on their treats at the cafe table. The groups traded places. Then it was a free for all. I paid $150 dollars for an ice cream sundae with cherries, syrup, and nuts over a scoop of vanilla. It was divine. Then I had to mow the slide as my chore to earn more ice cream money. Those kids had me mowing the entire basement. Slave labor! We ate sugar cones and animal crackers for snack.

I Scream for Ice Cream

 

Wednesday we had preschool at Amelia's home. We learned about the long "I", like igloo, then the short sound, like ice. It was challenging to think of more words that begin with "I", sometimes "I" sounds like the letter "E". We read a book about how ice cream is made, starting at a dairy farm in Wisconson with the cows.

The kids practiced drawing the letter I/i on white paper with wax crayons on white paper. The letters drawn showed up miraculously as they painted over the wax with water colors.

We conducted a fun science experiment using instant snow. Each child got to make some snow with a small teaspoon of snow powder and 1/4 cup of water. The powder exploded into a full cup of cold snow! They had a blast playing with the frosty plastic snow. Bryn had the biggest smile on her face! We enjoyed seeing it come out and staying for a long while.

The kids made their own snack. Amelia chose to make strawberry ice cream. We put the ingredients into an ice cream ball and played with the ball until the ice cream was ready for eating. I was super surprised that only Bryn ate her ice cream. The rest declared that the ice cream was yucky. Bummer! Next time we are going for plain ole vanilla.