Sweet Summer Treats: Popsicles

Today was all about popsicles!  We pulled out our Learning Resources Smart Snacks Alpha Popsfor Wyatt to match up uppercase and lowercase letters.  These were another purchase that I've found multiple uses for over the years, as we've owned them for about five years now, I think.  You could also use them in this beginning sounds activity that I made.  But we used these foam letters on popsicle sticks this time around instead.  Wyatt pulled a card from the pile I selected, determined the beginning sound, and then found the corresponding letter popsicle stick.  He's better at it than I thought he'd be!  (note to self:  stop underestimating my kids!)

I used my beginning sounds activity for Ava, too, and added foam letters on popsicle sticks and had her sort the cards by number of syllables per word.

The day wouldn't be complete without having some popsicles to eat.  We decided to make our own!  We had some leftover Honest Kids juice pouches from a soccer game and a container of strawberries.  Ava used her Curious Chef Knife Set to safely cut the strawberries.  This set comes with three knives made out of a nylon material and her using them didn't make me nervous at all.  She LOVED being able to do this "big person" task!  We tossed everything in the blender and after it was mixed up we poured it into IKEA ice pop sleeves that I bought forever ago and hadn't yet used.  It was hard to wait for them to freeze, but totally worth it!  Our popsicles turned out great and we thoroughly enjoyed our first Sweet Treat day!