tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30808297579748452082024-03-05T04:14:23.528-08:0052 Week FunSchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-48346219035279943592012-10-19T15:00:00.001-07:002012-10-29T17:50:31.622-07:00{Giveaway} Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!<div align="center;" data-mce-style="width: 490px; margin: 0 auto;" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 490px;">
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I am so excited to share with you a wonderful giveaway that will bless your kids over and over again!<br />
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Let me tell you a little bit about <i><b>Jump Into a Book's</b></i> eBook, <i><a data-mce-href="www.ultimateguidetocharlie.com" href="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/wp-admin/www.ultimateguidetocharlie.com">'Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'</a>.</i> This eBook is meant to enhance your reading experience of the book <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037582930X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=037582930X&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037582930X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=037582930X&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY</a>
by Roald Dahl, as well as create wonderful memories with your family
through recipes, crafts and activities. Roald Dahl was one of my
favorite authors when I was growing up!<br />
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<a data-mce-href="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/files/2012/10/chocolate-cup.jpg" href="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/files/2012/10/chocolate-cup.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-7038" data-mce-src="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/files/2012/10/chocolate-cup-1024x633.jpg" height="277" src="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/files/2012/10/chocolate-cup-1024x633.jpg" width="449" /></a>The wonderful creators of
this eBook are Valarie Budayr and Roscoe Welply. I would have to say
that their work together is pure <i>'magic'</i>. The illustrations of each
activity, and just the way the entire eBook is laid out is just the way
you would imagine Willy Wonka's Factory to be. In fact, I could see this
eBook sitting on Willy Wonka's coffee table ready for him to read over a
cup of hot chocolate.<br />
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The
eBook takes you on a journey through each party of the Willy Wonka
factory, and each different room or part of the factory has an activity
that pertains to what happened in the book. To introduce the book to my
girls who are a little younger, we first got the Book on CD out at the
library and listened to it in the car as we drove. The girls never
wanted to stop listening to it, and we therefore finished listening in
two days. I have started reading the book aloud, as well as my older
daughter, who is only in Kindergarten, has become so eager that she
wants to read it aloud too. This is what makes a homeschooling moms
heart melt. To have a child who has been so inspired and excited to read
through making the book come alive.<br />
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That is exactly what this
eBook will do for your family. It will not only make the book come
alive, but it will also make you as a family feel more alive. We had so
much fun doing some of the activities, I wanted to share a few photos of
what we did. There are more activities than I could fit in the few
days I have had the eBook, but we will continue to do activities. The
next thing we are going to do is make our own gum!<br />
We couldn't
possibly read Charlie and The Chocolate Factory without making the
wonderful recipe of 'Hot Chocolate Churned by Waterfall'. The girls
loved the process of making the hot chocolate from scratch, making the
whipped cream and then topping it off with a little cinnamon. You can
see how important they felt as we sat and read the book while we sipped
our hot chocolate.<br />
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The
next thing we did was to do a craft of making a Willy Wonka Luminary.
This was a fun craft that I did with my oldest child since the cutting
was a little intricate. But the end result was great, and the kids loved
when I put a candle behind the luminary at night. It was as if the
candy truly was floating in the air.<br />
I
could go on and on about the educational benefits, history lessons,
quality family time and fun that you could have with the eBook, but I'd
rather give a few away so you can see for yourself. If you simply can't
wait for the giveaway to end, you can head right over to <a data-mce-href="http://ultimateguidetocharlie.com/purchase-options/" href="http://ultimateguidetocharlie.com/purchase-options/">'the purchase page' for The Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. </a><br />
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I
am so excited to be able to give away 2 copies of this eBook! The
winners will be chosen through Random.Org and this giveaway will end on
Monday, October 31, 2012 at 11:59 pm EST.<br />
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Here's how to enter:<br />
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1) Leave a comment, include your email, and tell me who you would do the activities in the ebook with.<br />
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2)
Head on over to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheUltimateGuideToCharlieAndTheChocolateFactory?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Facebook </a>page, 'like' them and leave a comment on this post telling me you
did so.<br />
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3) Tweet about this giveaway or re-post on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you did so.<br />
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Good Luck and happy reading!!
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We had a great first FULL week of school without any illnesses and special events to focus on! If you are interested in the activities I do that are additional to Sonlight, you can follow my <a href="https://pinterest.com/thymeathome/" target="_blank">Pinterest Boards</a> where I have separate Sonlight Core A pins for 5 weeks at a time. This week's projects are<a href="https://pinterest.com/thymeathome/sonlight-weeks-6-10-core-a/" target="_blank"> here. </a>The first five weeks of <a href="https://pinterest.com/thymeathome/sonlight-weeks-1-5-core-a/" target="_blank">Sonlight Core A can be found on this board. </a><br />
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Some of the highlights of our week were:<br />
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<li> Continuing with our All About Reading lessons and filling in our stars on our Progress Chart, </li>
<li>Skip counting by 5's in Math-U-See, </li>
<li>Learning about the early life of Moses and doing the Moses in a Basket Craft</li>
<li>Flipping eggs with sight words on the back,</li>
<li>Reading Surprise Island- the second book in the Boxcar series,</li>
<li>Learning about St. Patrick, St. Augustine and Boniface as missionaries,</li>
<li> And last but not least, Lily got her part in our homeschool co-op's Christmas Play! She will be Cindy Rella...one of the toys in the story. She has about 9 lines and can't wait to practice them and go to her practice every Tuesday afternoon. </li>
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We loved watching this funny cartoon from Veggie Tales about the story of St. Patrick..it really helped the kids to remember who he was. </div>
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This upcoming week, we will be exploring the 10 Commandments, Medieval Times <br />
(going to try a Lapbook), Starting Here's a Penny, telling time, and more All About Reading Lessons! For the future, I am scheduling a field trip to go to the Medieval Faire near us called <a href="http://camelotdays.com/#" target="_blank">Camelot Days</a>, in November! Should be a fun week!<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-82354182482404654772012-09-25T13:22:00.003-07:002012-09-25T13:22:52.605-07:00Week 5 - Sonlight, Birthdays and Teeth!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week was again not a typical week as we had my mom come into town to celebrate Lily turning 6! We enjoyed a wonderful birthday dinner on Tuesday (<i>thanks mom</i>!), a first lost tooth that fell out in a pear on Thursday,<br />
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and a Cowboy/Cowgirl party on Saturday...whew, I'm exhausted.</div>
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Our homeschool week was kind of sporatic, and we did a lot of work in the car on the way to different events or shopping for the party. I'm excited for next week because we will have our first TRUE full week of school. I am very ready to get in a groove and rhythm.<br />
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As far as schooling topics for the week, we continued on with our Math-U-See. We only have 10 lessons left, and then Lily will head into the Alpha book. We are really loving this curriculum! Our All About Reading is coming along nicely as well. My mom even pitched in a taught a lesson or two. One of the activities we did was play Letter Sound Bingo. The girls liked this game a lot.<br />
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We explored the Vikings, and made fun masks that made us feel like big burly men...<br />
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I wanted to talk a little bit about how we used the birthday party to teach about the time and era of the Cowboys heading West. We panned for gold which the children enjoyed immensely. I used<a href="http://restlessrisa.blogspot.com/2010/05/cowboy-birthday-party-perparation-part.html" target="_blank"> this tutorial from Restless Risa. </a> We talked about why the cowboys headed West to search for gold. Each child got to bring home a little bag of their own gold. <br />
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The children also learned <i>'Wild West Lingo'</i>. lassoed a horse, shot a bank robber (with a marshmallow shooter), learned how to line dance AND roasted <a href="http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/04/smores-marshmallow-pops.html" target="_blank">marshmallow s'more pops</a> over a fake campfire while singing camp songs. Overall, the party was a huge success!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-75782257017202299982012-09-15T17:37:00.001-07:002012-09-15T17:37:58.787-07:00Week 4- Sonlight, Joseph, and Madeline<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I almost cringe as I write this, but our family is still in the throws of sickness. This is a record for our family...three solid weeks of one or many of us being sick. My husband and I are just now getting over the flu and now the baby has it.<br />
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Nevertheless, we pushed through and did accomplish most of what was on my lesson plans sheet!<br />
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I wanted to talk about a few changes that I made with the Sonlight Bible Curriculum for Core A. The daily reading was getting a little monotonous and Lily wasn't seeming too interested in what she was hearing. I want to make the Bible come alive to her, and mean something to her. So I decided to examine what stories were suggested for the week and then do a 'character' study on the main people in the stories. So this week, I decided to focus on Joseph from The Old Testament. We did a fun 'Coat' Craft shown above from <a href="http://www.challahcrumbs.com/parshaCrafts_Torah%20Study.php?artId=285" target="_blank">Challah Crumbs</a>, and the girls (even my 4 year old) actually absorbed the information which I am thrilled about!<br />
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Lily really enjoyed transforming her name into Hieroglyphics using <a href="http://discoveringegypt.com/">DiscoveringEgypt.com</a>. This was a great site that allowed us to dig deeper into the early Egyptian Civilization. We really love the Usborne Book Living Long Ago that comes with the Sonlight Curriculum. Lily enjoys the small excerpts that explain about food and travel.<br />
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We also 1/2 Rowed the FIAR book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014056439X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=014056439X&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">Madeline</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpthymeatho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=014056439X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> , and the girls had a grand old time trying to make the Eiffel Tower out of vanilla wafers and marshmallow fluff. I would call my attempt a 'Tower FAIL'. When I went to nurse the baby, I came out and found an entirely different type of Landmark of the mess variety...I'll post more about our FIAR Madeline experience a little later this week when we finish! But for now, enjoy the picture of the mess I found when I came out of the baby's room...<br />
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We are moving along with our Math and All About Reading. Lily is definitely beyond what we are going through right now, but I just want to make sure she knows all the basics before moving on. <br />
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This coming week we will be taking a look at the Vikings, and doing a few fun things with that, along with studying Job. Should be a great week!!<br />
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I shared a photo <a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/week-3-sonlight-pink-eye-and-seasons.html" target="_blank">last week</a> of our Seasons craft to go along with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486498344/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486498344&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpthymeatho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0486498344" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and I wanted to share a little more photos and explanation of how we did it. My inspiration came from a post by <a href="http://theartofteachingut.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-03-08T16:22:00-08:00&max-results=7" target="_blank">The Art of Teaching.</a> I wanted to add a little more to it, so I used her wonderful craft as a jumping point.<br />
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Here is what you will need:<br />
Template from <a href="http://theartofteachingut.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-03-08T16:22:00-08:00&max-results=7" target="_blank">The Art of Teaching Site</a><br />
Watercolor paper<br />
India Ink- <i>This is needed because it won't run when using watercolors.</i><br />
Watercolors<br />
Multi-colored Tissue Paper<br />
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Glue- <i>Old fashioned Elmer's worked best for us</i><br />
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If your child is old enough, he or she could sketch out the frame of the tree and draw the lines on watercolor paper as shown in picture above. If you are just going to use crayons like the original craft, you could just print this template out on a regular piece of paper.<br />
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Once the sketch is dried, you can begin to talk about the different colors one might see in the different season. Your child can then paint the background of the tree in the colors of their choosing according to each season. Then have your child paint the tree itself.<br />
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Once this is completed, grab your tissue paper. Cut the paper into strips, and then into squares. <br />
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The next step is to ask your children again what colors would go with each season. We started with winter, and the girls had fun pulling out greens, blues, whites and dark blues.<br />
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The children can then start gluing the squished up pieces of tissue paper in the proper season section. I think this craft turned out beautiful and would highly recommend it as a keeper for years to come!<br />
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Our week was still filled with sickness. We had a double ear infection, and four pink eyes in the house... I'd say we were in full on infirmary mode. So again, we didn't get as much accomplished as I had on my lesson plans, but I feel pretty confident that Lily is learning!<br />
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We are WAY ahead on the Sonlight Read Alouds... We finished My Father's Dragon last night, which is not even started until Week 5. I have decided to take a little detour and spend some time reading more of The Boxcar Children series since my girls loved the first book so much.<br />
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Lily is doing very well at her <a href="http://www.mathusee.com/" target="_blank">Math-U-See</a>, and it seems that one lesson a day is appropriate and just the right amount of work for her. She loves using the <a href="http://store.mathusee.com/catalog/general-math/primer/primer.html" target="_blank">manipulatives</a> (shown above) that come with the curriculum. <br />
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Lily also loved writing a story based on the picture of the boy and his robot...She could have gone on forever about their relationship!<br />
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Our favorite activity by far was our watercolor and tissue paper Seasons Tree. We read through the first part of The Berenstain Bears Big Book of Science which takes you through the four seasons. We loved reading the rhymes and looking at the funny pictures!<br />
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My next post will be a tutorial of how we made our seasons craft!<br />
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We did however, slack a little on our history this week due to all the sickness. I reserved a bunch of books on Egypt and we will be reading them as we continue our study of Early Civilizations. <br />
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Thanks!<br />
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This week started out a little crazy, and finished out crazy. </div>
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Hence, we did not get to all I had hoped for this week but we did do all of the basics. </div>
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And we even got to make our Coracles with the neighbor!!</div>
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We had Tropical Storm Isaac to deal with and had tons of rain</div>
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which caused regular schools to be cancelled for two days.</div>
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My middle child goes to preschool, so we had everyone in the house for two days. </div>
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We also were touched with a bit of a 24 hour bug, </div>
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which in a house of 5 people becomes a 'week long family bug.'</div>
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<i>Claire playing in the water...fish were swimming on top of the grass</i></div>
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We accomplished all of our<a href="http://www.mathusee.com/" target="_blank"> Math-U-See</a> lessons for the week which is still pretty much review for Lily but she enjoys it (I've got a Mathlete on my hands).<br />
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We finished up The Boxcar Children, and started and finished Dolphin Adventure for our Read-Alouds. </div>
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We are now about 2 weeks ahead on the read-alouds so after our next book,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1453782052/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1453782052&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">My Father's Dragon, </a> <br />
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The Boxcar Children Series from the library,</div>
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The girls enjoyed narrating the two books in their own words.... </div>
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At the end of the school year, I will compile these narrations and turn them into a book. I think it will be great memories for the girls as they grow older!</div>
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Here is a look at our Coracle that we made as part of our study of the earliest civilizations...<br />
We tried to float them in the bowl to make sure they worked.<br />
The craft instructions were in the Usborne Book Living Long Ago<br />
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The directions called for pipe cleaners but we used Bendaroos because that's all I had on hand.</div>
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Overall, the kids had a great time seeing if their coracle would float,<br />
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I started our <a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-reading/" target="_blank">All About Reading Curriculum</a> with Lily, and we both really like it. </div>
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I didn't get a chance to start the book Madeline with Five In a Row series</div>
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due to the Library being closed,</div>
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so we are anxious to start it this week!</div>
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I'll share more about the upcoming week with you in my lesson plans for Week 3 post on Monday!</div>
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We are heading into week 2, and I am a very visual list type person...well, actually, I need a visual list to keep me anywhere near organized and on task, because I'm actually a 'get distracted by everything' type person:)<br />
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I thought I would post my 'goals' or lesson plan for the week, and then at the end of the week post a summary of what we did as well as photos of something fun that stood out to the kids!<br />
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Here is the lesson plan for Week 2:<br />
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Circle Time: We do a circle time every morning before we technically 'start' schooling. I'm going to do a more in depth post about this, but basically, we light a candle, pray for others and our day, sing our memory verse song, and read our FIAR (Five In a Row) Book.<br />
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Then we head to our kitchen table and begin or morning activities.<br />
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FIAR: Our book for the week will be: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014056439X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=014056439X&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">Madeline</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpthymeatho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=014056439X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Ludwig Bemelmans.<br />
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<i>We get all of our books for FIAR at the library. </i></div>
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<i>We will be learning about Paris, France by locating on our Map, </i></div>
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<i>and talking a little bit about the culture at the time of Madeline along with landmarks that make places recognizable- ie The Eiffel Tower. </i></div>
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<i>We will also talk about human relationships in the story.</i></div>
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<i>We will be going over our Daily Routine in the mornings, and comparing them to Madeline's...</i></div>
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<i>trying to get back into a daily rhythm before the start of homeschooling.</i></div>
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Bible: Read up through the story of Jacob<br />
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<i>We will record events on our Timeline, discuss the different stories.</i><br />
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<i>I am also going to start a project with Lily where she finds her own 'favorite' verse this week. I want her not just to memorize verses, but realize that they have a big impact on her life, and they are God's Word that he has written for her. I will give her a bunch of verses and have her read them to see if any stand out to her. We will then do some sort of art to create a verse card that she can keep in a frame by her bed to remind her that God speaks to her! </i><br />
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<i>We will learn about how the Early travellers moved around, and will actually make a mini <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracle" target="_blank">coracle! </a></i><img alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Coracle_Hampi.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Coracle_Hampi.jpg" height="300" width="400" /><i> </i></div>
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<i>We will also begin to explore the homes and clothes of early Egyptians. </i></div>
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<i>We will continue reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807508527/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0807508527&linkCode=as2&tag=httpthymeatho-20">The Boxcar Children </a> which my girl's love! I'm so excited that they are able to pay attention to a chapter book, be genuinely interested, and have wonderful conversations after each chapter!!! This is why Sonlight is awesome! </i></div>
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<i>We will also continue reading poetry out of </i></div>
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<i>The Llama Who Had No Pajama and The Mother Goose Book. </i></div>
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<i>Lily will continue her review of her Math Skills with the Primer book from <a href="http://www.mathusee.com/" target="_blank">Math-U-See. </a>I don't have a plan as to how far she will get because she can do about 7 lessons in one hour... once the subject matter gets a little more difficult, I will slow her down and do more daily lessons.</i></div>
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Handwriting: </div>
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<i>Continue with Handwriting Without Tears, 3 Worksheets a week.</i><i></i></div>
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<i>Start <a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-reading/" target="_blank">All About Reading</a> Lesson 1-3, Continue with Creative Expression-</i></div>
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<i> Summarizing stories we read, and work on story sequencing.</i></div>
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Science: <i>Work on the Seasons- Going to do this shutterstock photo I found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/thymeathome/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>...perfect for Lily!</i></div>
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<i> I'd like to do something like this using cue tips, and a <a href="http://theartofteachingut.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-03-08T16:22:00-08:00&max-results=7" target="_blank">tree template like this.</a></i><br />
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That's about all I have for now...I may add some things during the week, and I'll definitely share in the end of week Summary Post !!</div>
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<i>Thanks!!</i></div>
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<i>Kristen </i></div>
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We read through the first parts of the Bible which included Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, Abraham and The Tower of Babel...pretty cool stuff. Sonlight incorporates dinosaurs into this week, and I wanted to expand on this a little more but given that it is our first week homeschooling and we were attempting to find a new rhythm, I chose to let it go for now.<br />
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In addition, this week we also learned about the Cavemen! We discussed how different things were back then...the girls were pretty amazed!<br />
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We learned all of the different skills that they had to aquire in order to live a better life at that time. I explained how there was no electricity, no washer and dryer, not even homes! My oldest couldn't believe that they lived in caves. One of the skills they used often was weaving. I decided this was a great first 'Hands On' learning experience. I think I am going to call anything that I add on that involves a craft or activity will be called 'Hands On'.<br />
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<i>First we gathered sticks, and palm fronds, and I cut up yarn into 2' length</i>s'</div>
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<i> Then we started the weaving process,</i></div>
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<i>Make sure to start your weaving at the bottom because you will build going up!</i></div>
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<i>Lily's finished product!</i></div>
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<i> She was so proud! We attached yarn at the top to hang their creations on the back patio...beautiful!</i></div>
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I am also going to continue teaching about Cavemen and early civilization by painting with berries, crushing them and making our own 'paint', as well as making our own 'coracle' boat as suggested in Sonlight. My kids thrive on hands on activities, so I am going to try to incorporate as much as I can!<i><br /></i></div>
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<i> </i>We also ROWED the book, 'The Story About Ping' which allowed us to look a little deeper into China using <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a Homeschooler</a>'s curriculum called <a href="http://store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=70_73_74&products_id=186" target="_blank">Expedition Earth</a>, and it allowed us to delve into the culture...there are also many wonderful teaching tools in the <a href="http://fiarhq.com/fiveinarow.info/index.html" target="_blank">FIVE IN A ROW</a> Curriculum which we will be using often.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-14380628256554680412012-08-20T13:08:00.001-07:002012-08-20T13:24:32.142-07:00Kindergarten Curriculum for 2012-2013<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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Summer is rolling to an end, hence... <br />
I have officially enrolled my daughter, Lily, into homeschool.</div>
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Over the past two years,<br />
I haven't posted on here much because<br />
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My two girls both went to afternoon preschool last year,<br />
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But I knew that I would always homeschool the children<br />
as they got older and I transitioned into having more children.</div>
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I thought I would start off my new blogging journal posts<br />
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along with some helpful websites that I use.<br />
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I have been very much influenced by Michelle over at<br />
<b><a href="http://delightfullearning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Delightful Learning. </a></b><br />
She is such an inspiration as a mother as well as a homeschool mom.</div>
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I am using a lot of the same curriculum that she uses with a few minor changes.<br />
You can find her curriculum list for this year <a href="http://delightfullearning.blogspot.com/search/label/2012-2013%20Curriculum" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-reading/" target="_blank">All About Reading Level 1</a><br />
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Grace Homeschool Connection: A church where homeschoolers go and take classes with other homeschooolers. Lily will be taking Art, Latin and Memory. We started last week, She loves it!! </div>
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That's about it, I will be journaling about our experiences an fun things we do on here... stay tuned!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-42698312660946172732011-06-16T12:06:00.000-07:002011-06-16T14:09:06.411-07:00Week 22: Where We Live! Florida<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNJsBbeK3pHH2i7nZ4ce7_5HhHu1_MtIEVOGefKAfLaDqHBn_UmXyC9W7xOluU7TgeJljoukfvcRXmPhyphenhyphendNbLs8gFJzvfMlBzg6MR-A7ueKXXWEFcze-axo17qR3VJGbb9kflS3QQfuFk/s1600/Picture+5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNJsBbeK3pHH2i7nZ4ce7_5HhHu1_MtIEVOGefKAfLaDqHBn_UmXyC9W7xOluU7TgeJljoukfvcRXmPhyphenhyphendNbLs8gFJzvfMlBzg6MR-A7ueKXXWEFcze-axo17qR3VJGbb9kflS3QQfuFk/s320/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618898264688251426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skirsner/3082744862/">{Source}</a></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our last lesson on </span></span><a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-21-butterflies.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Butterflies</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is actually still going on.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We just received our caterpillars and they are sitting </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in our dining room in their jar eating </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">until they get big enough to do something...er,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> get out of that jar.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(We are so excited to watch this whole process but boy, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">does it take a long time!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Updated Pictures to follow.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our library is teaching about the Continents this summer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was thinking that it would be great</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to do some sort of geography with the girls.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also thought how important it is to teach</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> them about where they live....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hence, our lovely state of Florida.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will also be memorizing our town, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and trying to memorize our address.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sidenote</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: Lily has been reciting her phone number for a while now...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is about 4 digits less than a real phone number.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Perhaps that is the next topic....our phone number!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsM-Lyx4WbZQgPX7fVbD0AYcDC5qcl-GnuR3FB650B__m-4sIkLxLTE-wXRrdVLJFKHroSqPRiKHFL3asUF7rZ4Svp2yZ64LfCMluU07tWWnuSJaf22h_5iXg322URw33GNuhL6NqXc1Yh/s320/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618898273520065186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As I am thinking about this topic of Florida, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am realizing that there are so many things to talk about!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will focus on where it is located on a map of the US,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">what types of animals are 'indigenous' here,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and special facts about our state.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also found that there are a ton of fictional children's books </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">that are based upon Florida which is what you will find in the list below.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love to read books that are based on our topic </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and not just informational books too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Books:</span></i></b> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1416911790/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The secret river</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1607180685/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Felina's new home : a Florida panther story</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wlodarski, Loran.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780981703688/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The last egret : the adventures of Charlie Pierce</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Oyer, Harvey E.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0399247823/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Duck, duck, moose</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Horowitz, Dave, 1970-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1403478066/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Florida manatee</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Spilsbury, Louise.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0689846401/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Roy makes a car</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Lyons, Mary E.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1561642495/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Florida A to Z</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ryan, Susan Jane.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0823960641/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How to draw Florida's sights and symbols</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Quasha, Jennifer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1585360120/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S is for sunshine : a Florida alphabet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Crane, Carol, 1933-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0027657051/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">D</span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">jango</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cech, John.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Crafts and A</span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ctivities:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/florida.html">Here is a site I found that has information about Florida</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1) We have been going for a while to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.buschwildlife.com/">Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> which is has almost every native Florida animal you can think of. We will definitely be visiting this week to learn about native Floridian animals.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"></span></span><img src="http://www.buschwildlife.com/images/logo_web.png" width="143" height="191" border="0" longdesc="http://www.buschwildlife.com/images/logo.png" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">2) <a href="http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/alligators-crocodilescraftsideasactivitieskids.html#content">Artists Helping Children</a> has a ton of Alligator/Crocodile Crafts</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">3) We'll be going to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/nature/daggerwing_nature_center/">Daggerwing Nature Center </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">to learn about Florida!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/nature/daggerwing_nature_center/_images/slideshow-3.jpg" name="SlideShow" width="425" height="240" alt="Daggerwing Nature Center Slideshow" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Songs:</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>FYI- The Swanee River is the Official State Song of Florida!</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdFen2FfR-3RTriSiXT0yYK6NvntCTUBCU8iwCma8ApNFYoIDv-Y6qANmfPZIcmNzIEyw6XjNJxGQPhuNl9JXo-Y7vbegemWSNM71FjMAdLhQ2m3T8IFBmudk6ZcgsUJOseCWA5W27Tkr/s320/swanee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618927229567268674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px; " /></span></i></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:+3;color:transparent;">The Swanee River<br /></span></i><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:+1;color:transparent;">(Old Folks at Home)</span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:+3;color:transparent;"><br /></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Written by Stephen C. Foster</strong><br /></p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Way down upon de Swanee Ribber,<br />Far, far away,<br />Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,<br />Dere's wha de old folks stay.<br />All up and down de whole creation<br />Sadly I roam,<br />Still longing for de old plantation,<br />And for de old folks at home.</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Chorus</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">All de world am sad and dreary,<br />Eb-rywhere I roam;<br />Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,<br />Far from de old folks at home!</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">2nd verse</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">All round de little farm I wandered<br />When I was young,<br />Den many happy days I squandered,<br />Many de songs I sung.<br />When I was playing wid my brudder<br />Happy was I;<br />Oh, take me to my kind old mudder!<br />Dere let me live and die.</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">3rd Verse</p></div><div align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">One little hut among de bushes,<br />One dat I love<br />Still sadly to my memory rushes,<br />No matter where I rove.<br />When will I see de bees a-humming<br />All round de comb?<br />When will I hear de banjo strumming,<br />Down in my good old home?</p><div><br /></div></div></span></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Snacks:</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thought we could try a few recipes out of here for dinner!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802119537/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The flavors of the Florida Keys</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Gassenheimer, Linda.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is a site that has <a href="http://www.semtribe.com/Culture/Recipes.aspx">Florida Seminole Tribe recipes</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-2269620823538246152011-05-29T12:57:00.000-07:002011-05-30T12:10:33.180-07:00Week 21: Butterflies<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://static.colourlovers.com/uploads/2007/05/winter_butterfly.jpg" id="il_fi" height="280" width="482" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week marks the beginning of a more 'laid back' schedule for us. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This gives me more time to spend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with my children having fun and learning! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We are all very intrigued by butterflies, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and with the first signs of summer upon us, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">what better than to learn about butterflies! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have ordered our caterpillars from </span></span><a href="http://www.insectlore.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.insectlore.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">where we will receive 5 caterpillars + food! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hopefully they will come soon...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the girls are getting anxious</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (and by girls, I mean me).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first part of the week will be about Caterpillars, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">then we will talk about the life cycle of a butterfly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will be using the Eric Carle book, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Very Hungry Caterpillar </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">to learn about the life cycle, but also about the days of the week. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Books:</i></b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0152064222/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A butterfly grows</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Swinburne, Stephen R.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780545071598/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Adios, Oscar! : a butterfly fable</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Elwell, Peter</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780061235894/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fancy Nancy : bonjour, butterfly</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">O'Connor, Jane.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375835971/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /> </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Velma Gratch & the way cool butterfly</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Madison, Alan.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375828829/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My, oh my-- a butterfly!</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rabe, Tish.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=061856313X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Butterfly eyes and other secrets of the meadow</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Sidman, Joyce.</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1590780825/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wings of light : the migration of the yellow butterfly</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Swinburne, Stephen R.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0823416070/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Butterfly count</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Collard, Sneed B.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0753452405/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Are you a butterfly?</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Allen, Judy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0553057049/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The butterfly jar by </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Moss, Jeffrey.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0590480030/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The butterfly alphabet</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> by Sandved, Kjell Bloch, 1922</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Crafts and Activites:</span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">1) We will be taking care of our caterpillars by making sure they have enough food and are ready for their next phase of life!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shop-insectlore.com/Butterflies/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.insectlore.com/media/product_imgs/2221-giant.jpg" width="360" height="200" style="border-style: none" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2) </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/children-s-crafts-in-nashville/c-is-for-caterpillar-handprint-craft"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Caterpillar Craft</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Handprint Caterpillar ( I am such a sucker for handprint crafts)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID23759/images/0930090817.jpg" id="il_fi" height="336" width="448" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">3)</span><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/handprint/butterfly/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></a><a href="http://cometogetherkids.blogspot.com/2011/05/footprint-butterfly-wall-canvas.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Butterfly Craft</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Footprint Butterfly (Why not?) This was done on Canvas from </span><a href="http://cometogetherkids.blogspot.com/2011/05/footprint-butterfly-wall-canvas.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Come Together Kid</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">s!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizB3kMfAR1xTGfDApVRndGwsy9nBi3eO2T1yUcYMs8kLv17QMWmc7PkcvdHSJl9n4Gjf8wxVRReJaG4kcXTLG8rVmMuCRGA5UUBXKI-huciT1szDx0jfOjvr0tVKEV-kl40LwqmKRBTFfA/s1600/Footprint+Butterfly+Canvas.jpg" id="il_fi" height="452" width="679" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">4)</span><a href="http://www.rainbowstarbooks.com/butterflyunit"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Butterfly Life Cycle Craft</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Plate Craft ( I love the simplicity of this )</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.rainbowstarbooks.com/files/2246768/uploaded/056.JPG" id="il_fi" height="480" width="639" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Songs:</i></b></span> </span><i><a href="http://www.rainbowstarbooks.com/butterflyunit"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(Source)</span></a></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly</span></span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(Original Author unknown)</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tune of:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Flutter, flutter, butterfly.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Floating in the summer sky.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Floating by for all to see.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Floating by so merrily.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Flutter, flutter, butterfly,</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Floating in the summer sky.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pretty Butterfly</span></span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(Original Author Unknown)</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">tune of:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> "Up on the Housetop"</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First comes a butterfly</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Who lays an egg.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Out comes a caterpillar</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">With many legs.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oh, see the caterpillar</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Spin and spin.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A little chrysalis to sleep in.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oh, oh, oh, look and see,</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oh, oh, oh, look and see.</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Out of the chrysalis, my, oh, my,</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Out comes a pretty butterfly! </span></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Roly-Poly Caterpillar</span></span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(Original Author Unknown)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Into a corner crept. (place right pointer finger in left cupped hand)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Spun around himself a blanket (spin around)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Then for a long time slept. (place head on folded hands)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wakening by and by. ("stretch" right pointer finger)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Found himself with beautiful wings</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Changed to a butterfly. (flutter arms like wings)</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Snacks:</i></b></span></span><a href="http://www.bakedecoratecelebrate.com/projects/butterflysnacks.cfm?cat=2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i> (Source)</i></b></span></span></a></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">These look super fun! </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">...Salty chocolate anyone? Yes Please:) </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.bakedecoratecelebrate.com/images/projects/butterflysnacks/butterflysnacks.jpg" alt="Butterfly Snacks" /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We'll also do some butterflies with </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Apples and Raisins for a little more healthy snack!</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Additional Fun Things I will try to do with them:</i></b></span></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">1) When learning about the chrysallis, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">the girls will wrap each other in TP and imagine themselves in a cocoon </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">turning into a beautiful butterfly.</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">2) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><img border="1" src="http://www.thebutterflysite.com/images/5-butterfly-crafts-s.gif" hspace="2" alt="Lots of Butterfly Coloring pages and Activities like Butterfly Kits and More!" width="60" height="144" /> Here's a<a href="http://www.thebutterflysite.com/butterfly-drawings.shtml"> link </a>for a butterfly bookmark...always want to encourage reading!</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">3) You gotta love the butterfly wings they can put on to flutter around the house in!</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Home/Crafts/Halloween-Costume-How-to-Butterfly-Wings.html"><img src="http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/wd2/content/family-lifestyle/holidays/halloween-costume-how-to-butterfly-wings/1013863-2-eng-US/Halloween-Costume-How-to-Butterfly-Wings_full_article_vertical.jpg" id="il_fi" height="384" width="324" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></a>Thanks!</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /> </span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></p></span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-41248380022879928382011-02-18T16:56:00.001-08:002011-02-22T11:11:38.819-08:00Week 20: Honesty<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.graphicsbucket.com/graphics/images/quotes-honesty/quotes-honesty5.jpg" id="il_fi" height="288" width="360" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This week we are going to do a topic that</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the girls did not necessarily choose...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">but rather one that has come about due to necessity,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> so it kind of chose them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I really want to see if we can get the topic of the Big L (lying) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">to be better understood, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and more so focus on telling the truth, or honesty. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I did some research online, and apparently, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">many pediatricians and doctors agree that lying</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a part of cognitive development and it is actually a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">recorded 'milestone' to show that your child is learning</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to make decisions on their own,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">realize that they are separate from you,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and also that they have an imagination </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">which can make the real word a lot better!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am really interested seeing how this lesson impacts </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lily and her understanding of telling the truth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://voiceinrecovery.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/honesty.jpg" id="il_fi" height="333" width="500" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alright,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To be totally </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">honest ( ha ha)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">we all came up with a plan to have a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gum Night</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> if we can all go three days without lying.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We start the day with a sticker, and if we lie, we lose our sticker...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Needless to say, Mommy and Daddy were the first to lose their stickers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Who needs this lesson more? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hmmm...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(FYI- my lie was </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">exaggerating ( a weakness of mine)</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b> that the girls have seen a million cats....not true.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My husband's lie was that he wanted to eat the rest of the trail mix</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and told the girls there was no more...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">his guilt set in, and a sticker was lost.)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The only one at the end of the three days</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to get to have gum was our 2.5 year old Claire...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">great job Claire!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Books</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0061882704/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fancy Nancy : my family history</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> O'Connor, Jane.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0385746881/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Big whopper</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Giff, Patricia Reilly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=037585620X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tell the truth, B.B. Wolf</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sierra, Judy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807541784/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Princess K.I.M. and the lie that grew</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cocca-Leffler, Maryann,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780761431251/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Honesty</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Pryor, Kimberley Jane.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780822561934/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Honestly, Mallory! by</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Friedman, Laurie B</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781599287355/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Honestly!</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Doudna, Kelly</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781599900100/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ruthie and the (not so) teeny tiny</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">lie</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rankin, Laura.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"></span><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0698400143/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Miko. "It was me, Mom!"</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Weninger, Brigitte.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0735815798/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alex did it!</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Weigelt, Udo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0316106755/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Edwurd Fudwupper fibbed big by</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Breathed, Berke</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0618003320/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Edith & Mr. Bear</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Wright, Dare</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crafts & Activities</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will make a truth wheel using a printable PDF- </span><a href="http://www.truthforkids.com/crafts-for-bible-lessons/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Click on the website</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and then scroll down and click on the PDF entitled Telling The Truth vs Lies.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I couldn't find many crafts, so I decided that we would do a story board... I will ask Lily to come up with a story where a child has the opportunity to tell the truth, or lie...we will have two different endings. Lily can draw her own pictures of the story, and hopefully the ending for telling the truth will be a positive one for her. I'm excited to see what she comes up with!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Songs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J-NGJy9KB38" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Snacks:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0805012176/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will read the book The Empty Pot by Demi- which is a Chinese fable about rewarding a child for telling the truth.... the main part of the story is about Seeds, so I thought we would make some kind of snack dealing with seeds...possibly a trail mix that has seeds in it, or even a <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/lemon-poppy-seed-muffins-100943">lemon poppy seed muffin</a>..mmmm.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://food.sndimg.com/img/recipes/10/09/43/small/picZqNwNx.jpg" class="photo" alt="Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins. Photo by KC_Cooker" title="Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins. Photo by KC_Cooker" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_Image1" src="http://www.doorposts.com/images/products/IFimage.jpg" style="border-width:0px;margin-right: 10px" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On a personal note, I ordered these </span><a href="http://www.doorposts.com/details.aspx?id=14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If/Then</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">arts to help me with consistent discipline. They also include verses that go with the particular behavior. To go along with that, you can order the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.doorposts.com/details.aspx?id=3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blessings chart </span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">which rewards your children for being a blessing to others...best of both worlds!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-64361242615093157912011-02-05T14:17:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:18:31.517-08:00Week 19: Bridges<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; " src="http://www.arthursclipart.org/bridges/bridges/bridge.gif" width="622" height="600" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When you randomly ask your child what he/she would like to learn about,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> make sure you are prepared to hear</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the most random thing you can think of....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">enter Bridges. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why on earth my daughter, while eating bagels at the bagel place, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tells me she wants to learn about bridges is beyond me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I even looked around (we were outside)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to see if there pictures or logos with bridges. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nope. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Out of thin air; bridges. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So here it is, a lesson about Bridges.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/akl/lowres/akln58l.jpg" id="il_fi" height="300" width="400" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i>Books</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781583417041/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Golden Gate Bridge</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Riggs, Kate.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781599289342/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brooklyn Bridge by</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Tieck, Sarah, 1976-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0060537930/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The bridge is up!</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Bell, Babs, 1944-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1565548906/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /> </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Who's that tripping over my bridge?</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Salley, Coleen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=067089916X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hey kid, want to buy a bridge?</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Scieszka, Jon. (Assuming this is a chapter book, but we'll see if its appropriate for reading aloud when we get it.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0823413403/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cross a bridge by </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Hunter, Ryan Ann.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0679881069/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The monkey bridge</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Martin, Rafe</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0060209917/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The family under the bridge</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Carlson, Natalie Savage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0689870116/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twenty-one elephants</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Bildner, Phil.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i>Crafts</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.brighthub.com/education/early-childhood/articles/44067.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bright Hub</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> has a great lesson plan for The Billy Goats Gruff...story. You can read it online </span></span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/stories/thebillygoatsgruff/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I'll read the story, and then we'll talk about bridges, and why we have them. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then we'll construct our own popsicle stick bridge. Everything I have found is for a little bit older aged children, so I think we'll just wing it. We'll probably make a bridge more like the ones in the Billy Goats Gruff picture, rather than a real 3d bridge...but we'll see. If I get daring, we might try to build </span></span><a href="http://www.garrettsbridges.com/photos/popsicle-bridge-1/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">THIS </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">bridge.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If only we could accomplish this.... {</span></span><a href="http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163086&page=7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Photo Source</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">}</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3810893242_f98b544ff1.jpg" id="il_fi" height="375" width="500" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's a great </span></span><a href="http://www.arthursclipart.org/bridges/bridges/page_01.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bridges Clip Art Site</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i>Songs:</i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">London Bridge is Falling Down ( Have to do this one!)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">London Bridge is falling down, </span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 255); line-height: 18px; font-family:garamond, arial, helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Falling down, Falling down.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">London Bridge is falling down,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Take a key and lock her up,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Lock her up, Lock her up.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Take a key and lock her up,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">How will we build it up,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up, Build it up?</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">How will we build it up,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady?</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with silver and gold,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Silver and gold, Silver and gold.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with silver and gold,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Gold and silver I have none,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I have none, I have none.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Gold and silver I have none,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with needles and pins,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Needles and pins, Needles and pins.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with needles and pins,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Pins and needles bend and break,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Bend and break, Bend and break.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Pins and needles bend and break,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with wood and clay,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Wood and clay, Wood and clay.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with wood and clay,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Wood and clay will wash away,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Wash away, Wash away.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Wood and clay will wash away,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with stone so strong,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Stone so strong, Stone so strong.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Build it up with stone so strong,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Stone so strong will last so long,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Last so long, Last so long.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); line-height: 14pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Stone so strong will last so long, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">My fair lady.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Snacks:</span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">We'll probably make bridges out of</span></span></span><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">pretzel dough</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> and I will bake them...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Thanks!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><div><br /></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-62540352822660476802011-01-23T18:00:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:32:32.410-08:00Week 18: What time is it? Telling Time & Clocks<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img class="aligncenter" title="compare-alarm-clock" src="http://writerwoman61.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/compare-alarm-clock.jpg?w=400&h=666&h=533" alt="" width="400" height="533" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I knew it was time to teach Lily how to read a clock...even a digital one when I asked her to tell</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me what time the clock read on the oven:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lily: "Mom, its one-one-four-eight."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Me: "You mean its 11:48?"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lily: "I don't know."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's that easy folks...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">find an area that needs work, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and focus on it...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so here we go....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">this should be interesting...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BTW: </span></span></i><a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-17-jam-and-jelly-cooking.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Click here if you want to see the updated photos and commentary </span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-17-jam-and-jelly-cooking.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">about making jam from last week.</span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i>Clocks</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Books:</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0822590670/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The clock struck one : a time-telling tale</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Harris, Trudy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0060291842/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bunny day : telling time from breakfast to bedtime</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Walton, Rick.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0881063967/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Telling time : how to tell time on digital and analog clocks!</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Older, Jules.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0618216952/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My grandmother's clock</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> McCaughrean, Geraldine.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=068950604X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tick tock tales : stories to read around the clock</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mahy, Margaret.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0756504554/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time to tell time</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Scott, Janine.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://berenstainbearsstore.com/images/P/1327_lg.jpg" id="il_fi" height="350" width="350" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Berenstain Bears catch the bus : a tell the time story</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Berenstain, Stan, 1923-2005.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i>Key Learning Points & Concepts:</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. Lily can count from 1-100 very easily, but I'm not so sure she can recognize those numbers. So the first thing I am going to do is make a counting chart and point to numbers to see if she knows them by sight. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2. The next thing she needs to learn is to count by 5's and 10's..at least up to 60.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3. Learn about the parts of an analog clock... The short hand, the long hand...the numbers etc.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4. Talk about minutes, hours and seconds.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">5. Teach her how to read a digital clock- ie- 1:30 is one-thirty...not one- three-zero :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(I think this is about all we can handle for now without having her get either really confused or really bored...or me really crazy)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i>Crafts and Activities:</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~ Pull out a number chart and count to 100...then color in the number that I call out. (This number chart can be found </span></span><a href="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math/games/100-number-chart-one.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojp0LvXju9qSeENGw_GXkSTkZSIz0aHCW8DJDnhjPSzMUCX6tlrRGiJU2BIWaC_lA2OYDdYmcffde72nsnB_semuWFI2R20xw6gMETtq-ba-7oArZXX_7YWGM6xl-SZZ5a9bC_iavlrfp/s320/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565574041866203042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 312px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~ Count by 5's and 10's...I realized I can use the chart above again, color in numbers to be counted, and learn them that way....or, we could all dance to this awesome video!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GTYxfltyPgg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~ We'll make our own clock...to go with the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock..</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You can find the clock craft over at</span></span><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/hickory/clock.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> DLTK (great resource site!)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img border="0" src="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/hickory/mmouse7.jpg" alt="mouse clock craft" width="218" height="281" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's a </span></span><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/hickory/words.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">link to the words for Hickory Dickory Dock.</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~ We'll play digital clock bingo. I found a clock bingo game at the dollar store, but you can print out some from the internet </span></span><a href="http://www.webeans.net/hutt/educ/clockbingo.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-calagsOQbKKUX9CGMl8Tk5MxxSmVztSipDEYfaAznh2Uyy8VZpiDGEYToQRbWxDQSy6XvG8vRAJzzlSYB5rZhoEbNGPBPeD4mwydBiuBb74rvZOaG1epx0vHCmysI0HnKtlqRdsiPgTQ/s320/blog_011811_image1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563581912708103074" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~ Found this great interactive site called </span></span><a href="http://timemonsters.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Time Monsters.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Great way to practice computer skills and learn how to tell time! (Note: This might be a little over her head, so we'll have to try it and see.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Songs: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/telling-time-1.html">This site </a>has great songs and videos...I think we'll just have fun with them!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Snacks:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1388" src="http://thepumpblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/toast-clock-1_6648-21-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> </span></span><a href="http://thepumpblog.com/2010/09/18/3-reasons-to-eat-a-midnight-snack%E2%80%A6and-not-feel-bad-about-it/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Photo Source</span></span></i></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I think I'm going to make chocolate chip pancakes.... and have really big pancakes with 12 chocolate chips for the different numbers. Then, Lily can pour the syrup in lines to make the short hand and the long hand... we'll see how this goes. Kind of a long shot..but I really like chocolate chip pancakes, so it seems like a win/win for me!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Linking up to<div>HomeSchool Village...Our Accomplishments!</div><div><br /><center><a href="http://thehomeschoolvillage.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab130/steflayton/HSVillageButton3.jpg" /></a><center></center></center><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-75873982963491461192011-01-12T09:37:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:57:32.908-08:00Week 17: Jam and Jelly & Cooking!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://img4.sunset.com/i/2009/07/canning-raspberry-l.jpg?400:400" id="il_fi" height="400" width="400" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/kitchen-assistant/preserve-season-canning-00400000047068/">(Photo Source)</a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Last week while we were learning about the </span></span><a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-16-moon-phases-and-such.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">moon(updated photos),</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-16-moon-phases-and-such.html"></a> my 'nighttime' blackberry jam was a huge hit! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lily was interested in making her own jam with raspberries. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I thought it would be a perfect lesson </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for the girls (and me too) to spend the week </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in the kitchen and experiment with making jam! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Books </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1585361097/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jam & jelly by Holly & Nellie</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Whelan, Gloria.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0786804602/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Making plum jam</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stewig, John W.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=006022360X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bread and jam for Frances</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hoban, Russell.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0395160332/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The giant jam sandwich by </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lord, John Vernon.</span></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Resource Books</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781580089586/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jam it, pickle it, cure it : and other cooking projects</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Solomon, Karen.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0754813037/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Preserves : the complete book of jams, jellies, pickles, relishes and chutneys, with over 150 stunning recipes</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Atkinson, Catherine</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0143020617/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In a pickle : chutneys, preserves, salsas, sweet treats</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brewis, Jill</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jam and Jelly Resource Sites:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.jelly.org/lore.html">Jelly Folklore</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Key Learning Points</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. All Jams and Jellies come from real fruit that is cooked.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2. Adding heat to fruit makes them change their shape and the way they feel and taste.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i>Crafts and Activities:</i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;">First, we will be going to pick our own strawberries...you can visit <a href="http://www.pickyourown.org/">PickYourOwn.org</a> to find out the closest u-pick places to you. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i>Update: The girls and I had a wonderful time picking strawberries. The farm we went to had hydroponic organic strawberries...</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhJ2NCdqW0aapfiwJ_sFAa66o4uQmQxOI2XqvTc2r0M5Vq8vu0fs5Z_v3NpEE2VF27dYtQf0fNAMPIvlEPB20UPpHM2qsuAd06y9FN_RbpavXXUzRG1MflevZ45uoUkKP12HzMMmc5uAb/s320/DSCN0343.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564081071122996546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NBLOeG9Dzzi_jkwJKRrD4XMIzClCQHwihV23tMxVHmkkZxFvAMIwA6acwCMsbFWjZf4TLKL7c00ukLtFNjSxdEq7LdSkrnlXp8Tb8mgSI6r7CgYHRPkCXlG7n37wlb1V68PTt4U5kIAf/s320/DSCN0328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564081062266373730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial;"><i>We picked about 6 pounds of strawberries. </i></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial;"><i>I loved that the girls each got their own basket, and scissors.</i></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial;"><i> It was a great opportunity for them to practice their coordination skills.</i></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMBND6AUTzzqYIdYAy6fBOMT4az_mgbYXpFfqst-PrlYyORoGCZn3TJvezJNxNrF8lCPfdc_s4fs9dQNTKs_XBXqRnp70Ep2JldG3gYUGvOGYoN9FpP0rKg7VOcG79QiIbXR3mCbBefX1/s320/DSCN0331.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564081069265689666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4e6sc6WGd_luW9WmlSrJUQ6ftv8lXM7bMx1PhaBPiQAQGSoHSYN_gzC8gs95sIjB86Y7moSiVoaMIBNaJuYuBeVcMGiJg-UVHAqfi5ahefdbJ-WhIavOPXxtgz1JcpN0kkgdVTvWJCJJ/s320/DSCN0342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564081059796365682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I also took this opportunity to include a little science lesson too. </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A lot of the strawberry plants had flowers on them </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">where you could see the middle portion becoming a ripe strawberry. Love it!</span></span></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKHM1v011Dr-N6ffIJ2lQe-I0gT2PFpe5yRnc65m7tCS99-d5DUcrjyeDdPaa12xl_JOVHdF9vdntG4GStT81Q2WyxBHqx6N4Mt7a5m-OOfXdDOR33lZXN9oX2SHPlbLkI5joSc47Aiq9/s320/DSCN0341.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564081078751960562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We'll be doing a little computer work and learning how to print out our jam labels. Here is a site that provides free labels- <a href="http://tipnut.com/canning-jar-labels/">Tip Nut</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;">Since I am a visual person, here is a tutorial for making jam from the Blog- <a href="http://bakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2010/10/jam-tutorial.html">Make Cupcakes</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love <a href="http://chantalvincentart.blogspot.com/2010/12/tutorial-nicoles-squishy-squashy.html">this tutorial </a>which actually has kids making the squishy jam...so fun!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Songs:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Peanut Butter and Jelly Song</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p align="center"><strong>Chorus:<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>First you take the peanuts<br />And you dig them.<br />Dig them.<br />(Children repeat.)</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Then you take the shells<br />And you crack them.<br />Crack them.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Then you take the shells<br />And you crack them.<br />Crack them.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Next, you take the peanuts<br />And you mash them.<br />Mash them.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Then you take the bread<br />And you spread it.<br />Spread it.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Chorus:<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!<br />Peanut butter — And Jelly!</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Next, you take the grapes<br />And you pick them.<br />Pick them.<br />Next, you take the grapes<br />And you pick them.<br />Pick them.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Then you take the grapes<br />And you squish them.<br />Squish them.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Then you take the bread<br />And you spread it.<br />Spread it.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Now, you take the sandwich<br />And you eat it<br />Eat it.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Dig them<br />Crack them<br />Mash them<br />Spread it.<br />Mmmmmm Mmmmmm looks good.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Pick them<br />Squish them<br />Spread it<br />And eat it<br />Tastes good.</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Peanut butter — And Jelly!</strong></p></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i><b>Snacks:</b></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i><img src="http://blogs.uab.cat/travellingaroundtheworld/files/2009/04/bread-with-butter-strawberry-jam-on-chopping-board-posters.jpg" id="il_fi" height="450" width="337" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bakati.com/s~q-bread%20and%20jam.aspx">(Photo Source)</a></span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OF course we will be 'testing' our jams and jellies all week long! MMMmmmm can't wait!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Update: Here is a photo journal of our experience making jam....</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvgdcznmlk8bLlRXd62cVpyL0djoLIyzhBGz1ewsx1TAb76fIp5tu38J2p28swmOXLKYN_K8dUu-stXEv0WKZQFvEeLNC8iFJW6Vu1VVTuNBf_zQNB0L1Z37NsnccfXur3BuUz0zH2jov/s320/DSCN0008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565561944226082018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>Step 1- Occupy your 2 year old washing dirty dishes... and getting wet</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbqN86ISrcxUDzEAc05sV2O6lRkCRpMUzmScZ3xzz28kpDoW98r94eRHIru-jtV8A7gBHDP-Oq7iZ05rKTFy38M5BPmNbmf77SJ7P4Ij2Lf6gi9kuOymAy22c7ReumlMOotojmA3Uifbr/s320/DSCN0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565561945576435442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Step 2- Exercise your hand cutting many, many, many strawberries</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7WRvUwI9C6DraaFl0bLMHi2Wku2rr-0hX63NRInz-8hIaG8__GWzMsLi_1FvEjPjGvteM0wQDLp6-UFIU-nFmSGRqpJKRcs8eFfog837EGeYTLc80cY5EQ3H_uODpkwmb-Ohl9JXm_vV/s320/DSCN0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565561953799565074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Step 3: Sterilize your jar... we used a 1 quart jar and boiled for 10 minutes</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZDpRYeixkQbsh3_9xnw0zsx6lzEmbBTJyOhREc3-cLkNQlpp2btf900CnGSvFpFs6_D1_H-xNwS4yzCCxVYqumb7aYqmh0tR85XW46fRAgT2K82fbqI0ljvZZKMp7k1fjbQrsB7DKLAY/s320/DSCN0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565561956002310354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Step 4: Add this funny looking ingredient...oh, I mean vanilla bean..and sugar</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHoJJeTIjhOnFO7F25bnVdKQusBbJUWxfJ2xI2o5A_wPB6M8BCopma39SsNRxMEVhMZaQD2Hcfi8swv7k_RSCUJGYO3DCCwz83AK9EzGXiLS9q58OQ8A9ceZ_hwJAdqv6T-iEIxy-PsCS/s320/DSCN0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565561961345278514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Step 5: Get to work squishing....so fun!</span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bfvCd16jQNEevfpHW-mVNyMF4f4Yd4ZERaHqkZyDlJRSXej3zEPIGxGtKi4wExME4blH4dVOa4nfmMbRKydU-mlhJn5ydvkPx2Drwp7SSKXb3tHkh7TvAdWFRk_rBqI-j_7okZPLskHm/s320/DSCN0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565564370508651570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>Step 6: Take some time to enjoy having red hands!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNwsT2v1gNWP-Igh776dljck60RjwTCgdpZVjGGJe0zxDcjDp20KX2OiOuLjY5w7YdmyYeT-V6D3IqRr4TmgORQ7_Wz1rgIR4-p7COeFyMV7AzA7jEnnVTlg_lsgmubKtFkU_vI912q5h/s320/DSCN0024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565564373261929906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Step 7: Give the 2 year old a break from dish duty, and let her squish a few...</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkzhVV5Ad6HzMVlPRhvpQJ-7pClZbPPgA-wWPs3LGEJ61QH5ncg6DTvX0BcDuxCJP3qP_RRVo9gxY_uipfnGbX_P-U_IouQfs5b5MFpkh-wMXAQ5s0stb9kMFxMzkRD4OEHheK0-pqQHe/s320/DSCN0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565564379688037842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>Step 8: Have a heart attack that there is </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>strawberry drippings and pieces all over your kitchen...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>then remember that preschoolers can HELP clean up!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoL1MKCKmbOgxIsgIWk0s-TrgbR77GXZhPN4VxTqGV240hlllpqIHOZt5CzXuRT6rjUUMDSj-CdhUMTeUwltZKxrJLAeogKBeBWwzH9ZZBhDgjW_UJ-Gw7fdOtsHQc2pdWWhKDoCr5eDVX/s320/DSCN0028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565564397147234642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i>Step 9: Enjoy the fruits (or jam) of your labor...delicious!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Simple Jam Recipe: I love Jamie Oliver and how simplistic his recipes are...source <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamie-oliver/strawberry-jam-recipe/index.html">Food Network</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="card threebyfive" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 14px; padding-right: 14px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 14px; border-top-width: 2px; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-width: 2px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; position: relative; width: 4.61in; height: 2.61in; "><div class="card-meta" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); position: relative; "><h3 class="recipe-title" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Strawberry Jam</h3><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; ">Recipe (c) Jamie Oliver 2002</p></div><div class="recipe-summary clrfix" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; width: auto; float: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); font-size: 10px; "><dl class="times" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; width: 200px; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: dotted; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 36px; "><dt style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); cursor: default; float: left; clear: both; width: 110px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Prep Time:</dt><dd class="prep-time" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; ">5 min</dd><dt style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); cursor: default; float: left; clear: both; width: 110px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Inactive Prep Time:</dt><dd class="wait-time" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; ">45 min</dd><dt style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); cursor: default; float: left; clear: both; width: 110px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Cook Time:</dt><dd class="cook-time" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; ">4 min</dd></dl><dl class="level" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 28px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; float: left; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: dotted; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 36px; "><dt style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); cursor: default; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Level:</dt><dd class="difficulty" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Easy</dd></dl><dl class="serves" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; float: left; height: 36px; "><dt style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); cursor: default; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Serves:</dt><dd class="yield" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">about 2 jars</dd></dl></div><h4 style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, serif; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; cursor: default; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Ingredients</h4>Seeds of 1 vanilla pod<br />10 1/2 ounces (300 grams) sugar<br />2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) strawberries, washed<h4 style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, serif; color: rgb(47, 47, 47); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; cursor: default; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Directions</h4>Run your knife<br />down the vanilla pod scrape out the seeds and add with the pod to the strawberries and the<br />sugar. Mush it up a bit with a whisk leaving some large chunks. Put on a medium heat to<br />bring to a gentle simmer and leave to cook for about 4 minutes. Using a ladle remove the<br />scum from the top and leave to cool. 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I guess this is why the idea of the moon intrigues me so much..</i> (Side-Note Complete:)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i>Books</i></span></div><div><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0763650129/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>Moon dreams</strong> by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"> Martin, Ruth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1561486728/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>Little Rabbit couldn't sleep</strong> by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"> Shoshan, Beth.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"></span><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781429623728/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>Las fases de la luna = Phases of the moon</strong> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;">Olson, Gillia M.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780761429210/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span>Why does the moon change shape?</strong> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;">Stewart, Melissa</span><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399250743/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>The way back home</strong> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;">Jeffers, Oliver</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780439576864/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>Catching the moon</strong> by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"> Goldberg, Myla</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"></span><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0374350469/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>The moon</strong> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;">Stevenson, Robert Louis</span></div><div><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781561485338/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><strong>Little Honey Bear and the smiley moon</strong> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;">Lobel, Gillian</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Learning Points:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1. Wh</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">en we cannot see the moon, it is called the New Moon...its when the moon is 'missing'</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">2. The phases of the moon are: Crescent, Half, Gibbous, Full and back down again to Gibbous, half and Crescent.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i>Crafts:</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlE0CJ6V4D_7TKbzhkgR60mcVUia1iVA9_hAgmScJh9R3MVSRdPd4NU0kS2VvL3GoxajIvlLH7I0eDd23dydM-rpf1nDlwloSdrtljK6dShmD0zY4sQzweM7eRjf2_318SydHYunWu3pm/s320/DSCN0297.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563958258200800034" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/moon/mphases.htm"><br /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/moon/mphases.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img border="0" src="http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/moon/sphases.gif" width="81" height="147" /></span>We will be doing marble painting</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> with all of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">phases of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">oon...then hanging them on our wall next to the window where we can </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">see the moon. Then we can compare the moon and our phases and see where we are.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(I hung up their phases artwork and l<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>labeled them)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i>Songs:</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><b>Going to the Moon</b>- Who doesn't love pretending you are in a spaceship!<br />(Do movements like you are sitting down) Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon, going to the moon, going to the moon.<br />Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF! (When the group says "Blast off" jump out of the chair with arms outstretched)<br /><br />(Stretch your arms out like you're flying) Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon, flying to the moon, flying to the moon.<br />Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!<br /><br />(Walk around with very tall, exaggerated steps) Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the moon, walking on the moon, walking on the moon.<br />Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!<br /><br />(Do movements like you are very sleepy and ready to get back home) Get in the spaceship we're going back home, going back home, going back home. Get in the spaceship we're going back home. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i>Snacks:</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">English Muffin Moon Craters..... I'm going to make <a href="http://thehappyhousewife.com/cooking/english-muffins">homemade English Muffins</a>, then we will explore the 'terrain' of them... show the kids what the moons surface looks like... Then we'll practice coordination with a butter knife, and use 'nighttime jelly' (blackberry) and try to create the different phases...we'll see! I'll try to take pictures...should be interesting! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6C2m2Z1ZH_A1tH_uU4PwZzl_S3K-mgX5ez29WI-XQ_O1ZO3w8DfnFhueNT9-YLGPnA7BTEgZsHv7Jmf0ZFKihCoAd0usFGnokRE4bA0lt2PAn_hyjarS6GTAX6q8cOihWfHUuGRJbZfQq/s320/DSCN0298.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564002259232094306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf5VrHIORo-pV20dFnceAdKv5ghbwY-ig5ZMVQgx5Vd6HpCuHnbrxZyc1OyqHh4CxGa4CaOWzJaEOBOJCllt3kDAE7XXiJnunJJwd-9bgC4qMGXHouH-_YxvDr4odySO1ApAiLhgzimHx/s1600/Moon+in+phases.jpg"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf5VrHIORo-pV20dFnceAdKv5ghbwY-ig5ZMVQgx5Vd6HpCuHnbrxZyc1OyqHh4CxGa4CaOWzJaEOBOJCllt3kDAE7XXiJnunJJwd-9bgC4qMGXHouH-_YxvDr4odySO1ApAiLhgzimHx/s1600/Moon+in+phases.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf5VrHIORo-pV20dFnceAdKv5ghbwY-ig5ZMVQgx5Vd6HpCuHnbrxZyc1OyqHh4CxGa4CaOWzJaEOBOJCllt3kDAE7XXiJnunJJwd-9bgC4qMGXHouH-_YxvDr4odySO1ApAiLhgzimHx/s1600/Moon+in+phases.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Making our homemade English Muffins...( I accidentally read the directions wrong, so ours came out more like dough discs, but it was still fun!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3B2W2npZ9X8CLgY0jZGPuE0QHkxxZVV36rOO5fcTz2-9QSQyoLFD04ou0Dgmp2_Z0DDw15j9xHDYfWdHCgeo0MnuY8edsQF6F86KEleFuOLe_GC9UyzmCcT4eqQQCILbvOkB3l3QXYr6/s320/DSCN0299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564002270449178834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Even the little one got involved in measuring and putting in the ingredients!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0rDEPG6TYHBGmpgiJwNH2rITJ4gszC2bbFjc3T7Z5u85CqN9_ZNkVKHB2kM93rPIvpBhgVHTvX1rTUX59Ycer2YHySvcVnu4oSAz1R0lfULQ1YCLU837tP0PZq0dktzdDOrhPMLTy7BC/s320/DSCN0303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564002274255853570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This was Lily practicing her knife skills and our 'nighttime' jam to create a quarter moon...</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks!</span></span><img src="http://www.wildyeastblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/split-muffins.jpg" id="il_fi" height="355" width="500" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fsp6K-mrDO4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fsp6K-mrDO4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-60148485358490640982010-08-02T15:31:00.001-07:002010-08-15T14:07:04.977-07:00Week 15: Solar and Wind Energy<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I know.... I know... you are thinking,<br />Solar and Wind Power to teach Preschoolers?<br />Well, it wasn't necessarily my choice...<br />I asked Lily what she wanted to learn about and she said,<br />"Well, first I want to learn about Tigers and then Solar Panels..."<br />I was so intrigued and frankly freaked out by this that I thought I should try it right away<br />(before her ecological passion is gone)<br />and see how it goes.<br />I decided to add Wind Energy on there because<br />I thought it would be fun to do some experiments with it.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cheapestelectricityprices.co.uk/solar%2520power%2520house.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cheapestelectricityprices.co.uk/solar_power.html&usg=__Qc2lqo9FDfo-enGhGut0WRUrHLw=&h=372&w=310&sz=33&hl=en&start=55&sig2=VSVtbLr5MTMUm6E41J5Qzw&tbnid=TbRN1GFpS5grkM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=119&ei=5lZoTL-MD4OB8gb2r-GyBA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsolar%2Bpower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1008%26bih%3D560%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=125&vpy=207&dur=5476&hovh=246&hovw=205&tx=111&ty=150&oei=zVZoTIm3JISclgfhx-GfBQ&esq=9&page=5&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:55" class="rg_hl" id="rg_hl"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSuOQMn1e-xy-XHZkAzDjHB1lTkR_fMocAbdXV721atCStMLzU&t=1&usg=__Q_Ef-rsQ72JzF4cd6a7n_NuL8YY=" style="width: 205px; height: 246px;" height="246" width="205" class="rg_hi" id="rg_hi" width="205" height="246" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Books<br /><br /></span><strong>Solar power</strong><br /></span> <!-- Print the author, if one exists --><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Benduhn, Tea<br /><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780836892635/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><strong>Solar power</strong><br /> Rooney, Anne<br /><br /><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780836884036/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong>Wind power</strong><br /> Benduhn, Tea<br /></span> <!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- author --> <!-- Print the author, if one exists --></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780836892659/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Science Project/ Experiment</span>-<br /><img src="http://www.hometrainingtools.com/images/art/SolarOven.jpg" alt="" align="right" border="0" hspace="10" /><br /><br />Here's the <a href="http://www.hometrainingtools.com/build-a-solar-oven-project/a/1237/">link</a> to make your own simple solar oven...we're going to 'cook' hotdogs in it!<br /><br />We're also going to use this as an excuse to buy a<a href="http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/wind/science.htm"> kite</a>:<br /></span>When your children get done flying a kite, instead of rewinding the string to bring it down. Wrap the string around another stick or your hand. When you get it down then you can stretch out the string and show your children how high up the kite was.<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Solar Craft-</span><br />I'm going to use <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/nature-crafts-for-kids#slide_13">THIS</a> craft for inspiration, and let the sun help us make a sun with construction paper!<br /><br />Here's another one from one of my favorite blogs- The Long Thread....guest posting on another fav kids craft blog- <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/06/30/sun-prints-from-the-long-thread/">Skip to My Lou</a>! Painted Sun Prints<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/06/30/sun-prints-from-the-long-thread/"><img style="width: 210px; height: 210px;" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13933" title="painted-sun-prints" src="http://www.skiptomylou.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/painted-sun-prints.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Solar Songs:</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mister Sun</span><br /></span>Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Mister Golden Sun,<br />Please shine down on me<br /><br />Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br />Mister Golden Sun,<br />Hiding behind a tree...<br /><br />These little children<br />Are asking you<br />To please come out<br />So we can play with you<br /><br />Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br />Mister Golden Sun,<br />Please shine down on me!<br /><br />Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br />Mister Golden Sun,<br />Please shine down on me<br /><br />Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br />Mister Golden Sun,<br />Hiding behind a tree...<br /><br />These little children<br />Are asking you<br />To please come out<br />So we can play with you<br /><br />Oh Mister Sun, Sun,<br />Mister Golden Sun,<br />Please shine down on...<br />Please shine down on...<br />Please shine down on me!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">W-I-N-D-Y</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(Sung to BINGO)<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">There was a day when we were blown<br /> And windy was the weather-O,<br /> W-I-N-D-Y, W-I-N-D-Y, W-I-N-D-Y,<br /> And windy was the weather. Continue<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Sun Shaped Snacks:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I'll be doing this but with a pointy star.... hence a sun!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.incrediblethings.com/home/daisy-shaped-egg-fry-rings/">Photo credit</a>:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/daisy-shaped-egg-fry-ring/?pkey=ccooks-tools-new" target="_blank" class="checkItOut"><img style="width: 224px; height: 143px;" src="http://www.incrediblethings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Daisy-Shaped-Egg-Fry-Rings.jpg" class="productImage wideImage" alt="Daisy-Shaped Egg Fry Rings" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /></p><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-21019776210262858922010-06-17T18:14:00.001-07:002010-06-17T19:22:41.910-07:00Week 14: Lions<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, Lions it is....says Lily. She said she has REALLY been wanting to learn about Lions....and who is to stop someone who REALLY wants to learn about anything. So, here is our lesson on Lions...ROAR!!!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0NBF0s24taIqB_YXxuDBUXxXyavfltnRBm0c9HmTJ0cUoBQILh8X5aKp4dOKsfaN3PlvOniOYS33ncTVHBJzst8xRCSOfTTWtC0CXX0rG9cIjyt4Gg3bRtt2ZNBdLfqEhxQzqYHbjww6/s200/animal_clipart_lion.gif" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Books: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0545176913/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^1"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lions's Lunch</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Fiona Tierney</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0618473009/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^16"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Do lions live on lily pads?</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Walsh, Melanie.</span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1402720769/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^27"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm going to New York to visit the lionsby</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Roitman, Tanya. </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0316013560/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^3"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">he </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">li</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on & the mouse by </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pinkney, Jerry.- One of my FAVORITE boo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ks</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780761454540/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^12"></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We're going on a lion hunt</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Cuyler, Margery.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781592969333/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^14"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lions by </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lockwood, Sophie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><input type="image" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0316741329/SC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="[Cover]" name="VIEW^17"></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Daniel in the lions' den : a Bible story</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Marzollo, Jean.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CRAFTS</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.preschool-learning-and-crafts.com/preschool-spring-crafts.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paper Plate Lion</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin:8px 0 0 12px; border:0;" src="http://www.preschool-learning-and-crafts.com/images/paper-plate-lion-craft.png" align="right" width="158" height="142" alt="" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://family.go.com/recycled-crafts-contest/just-for-fun/paper-bag---newspaper-lion-5074/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paper Bag & Newspaper Lion</span></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img id="entryPhoto" src="http://family.go.com/images/upload/C/Christine_So217717443118_C_Detail.jpg" class="simple_frame" alt="Paper Bag & newspaper Lion photo" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/lioncrafts.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Danielle's Place</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> has a ton of amazing lion crafts too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Songs </span><a href="http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschoolsongs.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(Source)</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR! ROAR!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR! ROAR!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear lions roaring, you can hear lions roaring,</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear lions roaring at the zoo! ROAR! ROAR!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear snakes hissing at the zoo, SSSS! SSSS!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear snakes hissing at the zoo, SSS! SSS!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear snakes hissing, you can hear snakes hissing,</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can hear snakes hissing at the zoo, SSS! SSS!</span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Others: The kids start thinking up their own!</span></p><div style="text-align: -webkit-left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Snacks</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://czeched.blogspot.com/2007/04/lp-edible-lion.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Carrot Stick Mane</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">! I love it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056341351017114354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9XIEc9SPqrl94rKUaYOmHDmBBy3AOBfAHdOOGCH28NRc4cxYq2woutz6h3FtraMv7HhD-RYQ08DS0MFM1WmG3FqPpHmGi-IkrezpWt52u6smMKcQ1s3Ut8Hyo3jJZZIKqp8uv_IGyo8/s320/lion2.JPG" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thanks!</span></div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-10300722132883337732010-04-23T12:10:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:24:05.908-07:00Week 13: Dinosaurs<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial;"><br />Well, I finally think me and (mostly Lily)<br />are ready to begin our weekly topic lessons...<br />I knew it was time when Lily said,<br />" Mommy, what are we going to learn this week...."<br />and I was like,<br />" That's a really great question... I have no idea!"<br /><br />I asked Lily what she would like to learn about,<br />and I pretty much knew the answer before she even said it....<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >DINOSAURS!</span><br /><br />Before bed at night and at naptime,<br />my husband or I tell Lily stories<br />either from when we were little,<br />or completely ridiculous made up stories...<br /><br />Sometimes I like to combine them.... for example:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">eh' hem</span><br />Once when I was a little girl, I found a big egg in my closet...<br />I brought it to my daddy and asked him if I could keep it.<br />He let me keep the egg in my closet under a lamp.<br />About a month later, it hatched and it was a dinosaur!!<br /><img alt="http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/CSP/CSP244/k2446711.jpg" src="http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/CSP/CSP244/k2446711.jpg" /><br />A Pterodactyl to be exact!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">( In all honesty, I don't even think the Pterodactyls are actually dinosaurs, </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> but hey, its a fictional story right?) </span><br />And Pterodactyls can fly!<br />When the pterodactyl grew up, it would take me for rides over our neighborhoods. I could see over the tops of trees, and even flew over the ocean once!<br /><br />Blah blah blah, the story goes on...and every day I would switch what kind of dinosaur it was that hatched in my closet... ie- stegosaurus which helped me climb up things because he was like my personal ladder, or the brontosaurus who was like a walking slide because I could slide from the top of his head to the bottom of his tail....(she loves that one!)<br /><br />Anyway, there is my long winded(written) explanation of why I knew Lily would want to learn about <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">DINOSAURS </span>(You can imagine me roaring everytime you read that :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, now onto what we will actually do to learn about dinosaurs...this is kind of refreshing getting back into it...I feel recharged!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Side Note:</span> </span>My goal is to teach Lily about Dinosaurs from a Christian perspective ie- "Creation" Here are some resources for you if you are interested in teaching the same!<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/lesson-plans.html#dinosaur">Christian Answers.Net</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">-</span> Great resource for lessons about dinosaurs<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/dinos.shtml">Clarifying Christianity</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">- </span> Great resource for you, the teacher to catch up on Christianity and Dinosaurs<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/07/22/from-ancient-dinosaurs-to-biblical-truth">Answers in Genesis</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">-</span> A Woman's Testimony about her journey to God through Dinosaurs! Pretty Cool!<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >DINOSAURS! ROAR!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Books:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 121px; height: 153px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=141693927X/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">No T Rex in the Library!</span> by Buzzeo, Toni<br /><br /><img style="width: 99px; height: 114px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1416989382/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinosaurs Love Underpants!</span> by Freedman, Claire<br /><br /><img style="width: 117px; height: 162px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0375956395/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong>Have you seen my dinosaur?</strong> by Surgal, Jon<br /><br /><img style="width: 177px; height: 137px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0375836799/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><strong>Buying, training & caring for your dinosaur</strong><!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- edition --> <em></em><!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- author --> by Rennert, Laura.<br /><br /><img style="width: 165px; height: 147px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0803734468/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><strong>The super hungry D</strong><strong>inosaur</strong> by Waddell, Martin.<br /><br /><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0805088172/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><strong><br />Boo's surprise</strong> by Byars, Betsy Cromer.<br /><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525478843/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><strong>Skippyjon Jones and the big bones</strong> by Schachner, Judith Byron.<br /><br /><img style="width: 122px; height: 155px;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780060531263/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong>T. Rex and the Mother's Day hug</strong> <!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- edition --> by Grambling, Lois G. ( Had to do this one....since Mother's Day is coming up!)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Resources from the Library</span>:</span><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780822568094/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" alt="Cover" border="0" /><br /><strong>Crafts for kids who are learning about dinosaurs</strong> by Ross, Kathy<br /><br /><strong>Sesame Street. Dinosaurs! [videorecording (DVD)]</strong> <!-- and/or display linked 880 data --> <!-- edition --> <em> Full screen ed.</em><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Crafts: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Click links to see sources</span><br /><span style=""><img src="http://www.daniellesplace.com/images/dinofeet.jpg" alt="dinosaur feet" id="Picture329" align="LEFT" border="0" vspace="10" width="102" height="144" hspace="10" /></span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/dinosaurs.html#">Dinosaur Feet</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">- </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/dinosaurs.html#">How to Found over at Danielle's Place</a>- Just because they are fun, and I can incorporate make believe!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/Dinohat.shtml">Paper Mache' Dinosaur Hat</a> from Enchanted Learning<img src="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dgifs/Dinomask3.GIF" border="0" width="79" height="49" hspace="2" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/dinosaurs/images/shape-a-saurus-mine.jpg" alt="Dinosaur Shape Craft" border="1" width="300" /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/dinosaurs/shape-a-saurus.asp">Shape- A -Saurus</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">-</span> when you combine 8 shapes, you can make a dinosaur!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/dinosaurs/songs.htm"></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Songs</span><a href="http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/dinosaurs/songs.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">(Source)</span></span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">FIVE ENORMOUS DINOSAURS</span><br />Five enormous Dinosaurs letting out a roar<br />One went away and then there were four...<br />Four enormous Dinosaurs munching on a tree<br />One went away and then there were three...<br />Three enormous Dinosaurs didn't know what to do<br />One went away and then there were two...<br />Two enormous Dinosaurs having lots of fun<br />One went away and then there was one...<br />One enormous Dinosaur afraid to be a hero<br />He went away and then there was zero...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DINOSAURS OF LONG AGO</span> (Action Song)<br />The Dinosaurs lived long ago,<br />And walked like this, and that. (Walk heavy like Dino's)<br />Some were large (Stretch arms apart.)<br />And some were small. (Squat down.)<br />Some liked water (Swimming motion)<br />And some liked land (Stomp feet.)<br />Some had wings that flapped and flapped. (Flap arms)<br />Some had long necks that stretched and stretched (Put hand above head)<br />The meanest, rudest one of all was ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex<br />These were the Dinosaurs of long ago.<br />Goodness gracious! Where did they go?<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Snacks</span></span><br /><br />Dino Dig Cupcakes- <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://partiesandholidays.blogspot.com/2009/03/dinosaur-themed-storytime.html">Found at Homemaking Fun</a>- Have the children go on a dinosaur hunt inside the cupcake!! Awesome idea!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-91934498003758521392010-04-06T12:09:00.000-07:002010-04-06T12:36:02.464-07:00A Needed Break....& A Much Needed BookMany of you know from my other blog, or from me talking to you that I recently was in the hospital with viral meningitis...you can read (if anyone at all cares) about my exciting March on <a href="http://thymeathome.blogspot.com/2010/03/menu-plan-monday-week-of-march-22-2010.html">my other blog here</a>.<br /><br />If you are visiting here often, you will find that I haven't posted in a long time. I have been trying to recover, and in doing so, basically let go of everything except taking care of my family. I did however during that time, purchase a book for Lily that we have been enjoying very much.<br /><br />One of my biggest fears when it comes to homeschooling is..."Will I Be Able to Teach My Child to Read?" Then I was talking to some other homeschooling friends, and they mentioned this book:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://s2.hubimg.com/u/2231361_f260.jpg" class="half" alt="Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons book cover" title="Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons book cover" width="260" height="260" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Its called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985">Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann</a>. I would highly recommend this book for a Preschooler if.... and the key word here is if....<br /><br />1. They have an attention span large enough where they can sit for at least 15 minutes and concentrate on one thing.<br /><br />2. They already have a strong desire to read.<br /><br />3. They don't get easily bored by repetition.<br /><br />4. You have the patience to do this EVERY day.<br /><br />The lessons are definitely repetitive, and pictures don't start until I think around lesson 18. All in all, I truly think the method of this book works for the right child.<br /><br />Ok, if this is you and your child, read on!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qjKNTnZzL.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cheapze.com/buy-cheap-bob-books-set-1-beginning-readers-for-9-48-2/&usg=__BVtCENmMi9BMvkUofu2CadqwjtA=&h=500&w=471&sz=40&hl=en&start=3&sig2=R1xyFWC9QC02XgllgUU8VA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=krHroWRQzknSCM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBOB%2Bbooks%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vou7S4i6BMP58AaB0fGLCw" id="apf2"><img style="border: 1px solid ; vertical-align: bottom; width: 166px; height: 176px;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:krHroWRQzknSCM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qjKNTnZzL.jpg" id="ipfkrHroWRQzknSCM:" /></a><br /></div>I also purchased the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Books-Set-Beginning-Readers/dp/0439845009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270582480&sr=1-1">BOB books</a> seen here. These books have been TREMENDOUS in helping Lily to read. They give her confidence, and they fit in almost perfectly with the sounds she is learning in the Lesson book. Lily and I are on Lesson 14 of the other book, and she is already reading the first 3 BOB books on her own.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O_gehG4991Q/SllQxUtkOmI/AAAAAAAAAvI/ZFUzR9q8Ilk/s400/bob2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://classicalcurriculum.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindergarden.html&usg=__zuNGT_jDopU7KnVAU9DBEoOhmmc=&h=280&w=350&sz=14&hl=en&start=10&sig2=JJnl07HVJmId8CnBxXBqQA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=45Yl_wSqaeaqJM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBOB%2Bbooks%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vou7S4i6BMP58AaB0fGLCw" id="apf9"><img style="border: 1px solid ; vertical-align: bottom; width: 188px; height: 151px;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:45Yl_wSqaeaqJM:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O_gehG4991Q/SllQxUtkOmI/AAAAAAAAAvI/ZFUzR9q8Ilk/s400/bob2.jpg" id="ipf45Yl_wSqaeaqJM:" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, for now, I am still taking a break on creating weekly lesson plans, although looking back at this blog, I am definitely itching to get back into it...and I am sure Lily is too.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /></span></span><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-45454614828639708612010-02-23T17:34:00.000-08:002010-02-23T18:46:06.437-08:00Week 12: Money<div style="text-align: center;">Last weeks (or 2 weeks ago) topic on Birds went pretty well...</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">we did a ton of craft projects, but no bird counting. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every time we found a good time to go outside and count birds, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there were none in sight- go figure.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By the time the weather cleared up, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the week was over and the Backyard Birdcount was over. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I plan to take Lily outside this week to identify some birds using pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lately, I have been asking Lily what topic she would like to learn about next, and she said "Money"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/money.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ok...here goes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Books:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Isabel's Car Wash</b> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> Bair, Sheila.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807536520/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Making Cents</b> by<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Robinson, Elizabeth Keeler</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781582462141/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Sorting <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">money by</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Marks, Jennifer</span></span></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780736867382/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Money, money, Honey Bunny!</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Sadler, Marilyn.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0375933700/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The pickle patch bathtub by </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kennedy, Fran</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1582461120/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Willimena and the cookie money by</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Wesley, Valerie Wilson.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0786804653/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My rows and piles of coins</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Mollel, Tololwa M.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0395751861/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Crafts</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Piggybank.shtml">Paper Mache Piggy Bank</a>- We were just talking about paper mache' today, and Lily wants to do it, so why not make a piggy bank! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We already have out <a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2010/02/week-10-chores.html">Giving, Saving & Spending Jars from the chores week</a>, so I thought I could have her decorate them...we'll probably do Mod Podge with Tissue Paper.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Songs:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/One%20a%20Penny.pdf">One A Penny</a>- From Marcia's Lesson Links- GREAT SITE!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/money.html"><b>The Money Rap</b></a><b>-</b> Yup, I'm gonna rap :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'comic sans ms', Helvetica;font-size:large;">Well, I know a song</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'comic sans ms', Helvetica;font-size:large;">It's really kind of funny</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'comic sans ms', Helvetica;font-size:large;">It's all about coins</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'comic sans ms';font-size:large;"><div style="text-align: center;">And learning to count money.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now a penny means one (hold out 1 finger)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And a nickel means five (hold out 5 fingers)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dimes are worth ten (hold out 10 fingers)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And quarters twenty five (flash... 10 twice & then 5)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Five pennies in a nickel</div><div style="text-align: center;">(hold out 1 hand- fingers stretched)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two nickels in a dime</div><div style="text-align: center;">(hold out 2 fingers)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Five nickels in a quarter</div><div style="text-align: center;">(hold out 1 hand - fingers stretched)</div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll know it every time!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(using both hands do a downward motion)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'comic sans ms';"><b>Three Little Nickels</b><br />A Fingerplay<br /><br />Three little nickels in a pocketbook new,<br />(hold up three fingers)<br />One bought a peppermint, and then there were two,<br />(bend down one finger)<br />Two little nickels before the day was done,<br />One bought an ice cream cone, and then there was one<br />(bend down another finger)<br />One little nickel I heard it plainly say,<br />"I'm going into the piggy bank for a rainy day!"</span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Snacks</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I think we'll make some cookies and we'll use icing and label them 1 cent, 5 cents and 10 cents, and act like its money...I'll probably have about $1.50's worth :) Couldn't really find much else online...any ideas?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-873551824354311412010-02-15T17:57:00.000-08:002010-02-15T18:18:26.798-08:00Beautiful Blogger AwardI am so honored to get the Beautiful Blogger Award from <a href="http://homegrownfamilies.blogspot.com/">Home Grown Families</a>! Thank you so much! This is my first award for this blog, and I wanted to pass it on to some other Beautiful Bloggers. Here's how it works:<div><a href="http://homegrownfamilies.blogspot.com/"></a><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRZwWqXhXkYX0dSiRePzbG2Tfi7s2-SDvGAmzLVXE6fLH4E-_KXWuy9Rg24f46klRGbnsiVlTlaaqpbQWc4k7nJYBYd559lGlf2bNl2OrLapDktzF3Y7B4ojTv82Dm5E_5N1uTOZ2EWk/s400/beautifulbloggeraward%5B4%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437168429839448978" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">The rules for this award are as followed:<br /><br /><ul><li>Thank the person who kindly passed this to you, and link your award back to them.</li><li>Pass it on to 15 (I only have time for 5) blogs that deserve a Beautiful Blogger Award. Let them know they earned this award.<br /></li><li>List 7 things about yourself.</li></ul><div>Ok, 7 Things about Me.....</div><div><br /></div><div><ol><li style="text-align: left;">I used to be in a band called Jimmy Roots... I sang and played keys. We traveled across the country in an RV and recorded an album.... fun times.</li><li style="text-align: left;">I love the idea of homeschooling my children, but am really scared about how it will all pan out..I don't want my children to count on their fingers like I still do... (did I just tell you that?)</li><li style="text-align: left;">I LOVE LOVE to craft, but am about the least crafty person you will ever meet...hence the best job for me.... Lesson Plans Craft Editor over at <a href="http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/">Craft Gossip</a>....</li><li style="text-align: left;">I am reading the Twilight Series....its taking me a REALLY long time.</li><li style="text-align: left;">I get really sick during pregnancies, but want to be pregnant again...yup, I'm crazy:)</li><li style="text-align: left;">I'm not a numbers person and I don't care if people know how old I am....30 FYI </li><li style="text-align: left;">I dance in my living room with my family many times a week...</li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The much deserving Blogs are...( in no particular order)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bradandmichellerobison.blogspot.com/">A Day in the Life of a Robinson</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blessingsoverflowing.blogspot.com/">Blessings Overflowing</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dustythornfarm.com/">Dusty Thorn Farm</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://onemomfiveboys.blogspot.com/">One Mom, Five Boys</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://5ericksonsplay.blogspot.com/">Views From My Window</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccRy9iHSpoTI7XrRvRLI4iC5m3snUzDJmWZVfOoT6Ce88LDTmfKUMN9uqXZS4nBSGJSYibJhFq_wtbb7SuHKsUjIAtd0YhcM-C9pRiWUZ-kV8cSWU3M-mp3TPmJQtrdSZ9fzdEm3bYRw/s320/Signature.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428879287320293938" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-14608894712021365522010-02-11T10:00:00.000-08:002010-02-11T18:52:04.743-08:00Week 11: Birds<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Last week's Chores went really well. Lily is really into completing her chores and having me look at them which is nice to hear. Her favorite chore is making her bed which she is becoming better at every day. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Tomorrow, Friday, February 12 starts the beginning of the </span></span></span><a href="http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Great Backyard Birdcount! </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">I am sooo excited about this opportunity to talk to Lily about birds, explore classification and identification using birds! I actually am not a huge fan of birds being around me....but looking at birds through binoculars is RIGHT up my alley :)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> You can visit their site </span></span></span><a href="http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">here</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">. This is actually going to be a family activity for us, and I encourage you to try it out too! I also did a post about this over at </span></span></span><a href="http://savvymomsaves.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Savvy Moms Save</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">...scheduled for tomorrow! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img class="image-inline" src="http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/2010-web-buttons/GBBC-button_kids.jpg/image_preview" alt="<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
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<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Books:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> Henry the impatient heron</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> by Love, Donna, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=1934359904/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Sylvie</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> by Sattler, Jennifer Gordon.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0375957081/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
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<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">A place for birds</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> by Stewart, Melissa.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781561454747/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Even an ostrich needs a nest : where birds begin</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> by Kelly, Irene.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780823421022/MC.GIF&client=sirsi&type=rw12" border="0" alt="Cover" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Twitter and tweet : bringing home a bird</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> by Tourville, Amanda Doering</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Crafts and Activities</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://data3.blog.de/media/458/2430458_0ecafacbb0_m.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://wubbzy.blog.co.uk/2008/03/25/paper-plate-birdy-bird-craft-3938851/&usg=__d63YmGa2rv-HfVmHWRrR0oUXk3E=&h=375&w=500&sz=31&hl=en&start=11&sig2=N4nBNr7I-YxNEyz5uvLjVA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=_Ww_3vAHr1Cc5M:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbird%2Bcraft%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=8Ld0S8ypKdK0tgemzJjzCQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Paper Plate Bird Craf</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">t</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">- Picture from Site</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://data3.blog.de/media/458/2430458_0ecafacbb0_m.jpeg" alt="Paper Plate Birdy Bird" title="Paper Plate Birdy Bird" /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/familycrafts/1/0/v/i/1/milkbirdhs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://familycrafts.about.com/library/photalb/blphotopic303.htm&usg=__BAWdxQVA-mkjwQeHGoKkZcwdKfk=&h=300&w=400&sz=136&hl=en&start=50&sig2=PUAJLbabvoLL3HbsgDgFAw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=0SrlbWJLTNQb2M:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbird%2Bcraft%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1&ei=hrl0S7vRE4uQtgfzqYD1CQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Milk Jug Bird House</span></span></span></a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/familycrafts/1/0/v/i/1/milkbirdhs.jpg" /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Songs </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">5 Little Birds</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Five little birds in a nest in a tree</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(hold up right hand)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Are just hungry as can be</span></span></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">"Peep", said baby bird number one</span></span></span></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(wiggle one finger)</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mother bird promised she would come</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">"Peep, Peep", said baby bird number two,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">If she doesn't come what will we do?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">"Peep, Peep, Peep", said baby bird number three,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">I hope she can find this tree.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">"Peep, Peep, Peep, Peep", said baby bird number four,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">She never was so late before.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">"Peep, Peep, Peep, Peep, Peep", said baby bird number five,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">When will our mother bird arrive?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Well, here she comes to feed her family</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(use left hand as mommy bird)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">They're all as happy as can be!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Five Little Ducks</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">5 little ducks went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">But only 4 little ducks came back.</span></span></span></span><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">4 little ducks went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">But only 3 little ducks came back.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">3 little ducks went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">But only 2 little ducks came back.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">2 little ducks went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">But only 1 little duck came back.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">1 little duck went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">But no little ducks came wondering back.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">No little ducks went out one day</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Over the hills and far away,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Mommy (daddy) duck called quack quack quack,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">And 5 little ducks came wandering back.</span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Two Little Black Birds</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">A simple action rhyme</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Two little black birds</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Sitting on the wall,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">hold up one finger of each hand</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">One named Peter,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">The other named Paul.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Fly away Peter!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">put a hand behind your back</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Fly away, Paul!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">put the other hand behind you back</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Come back, Peter!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">bring the first hand from behind your back</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Come back, Paul!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">(</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">bring the second hand from behind your back</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p></div></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Snacks:</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">I love this idea, but its a little sugary...perhaps we'll do it! Both by Make Me a Saint</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="http://makemeasaint.blogspot.com/2008/04/pigeon-poop-bird-theme-snack-for-kids.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Pigeon Poop!</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">- </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">
<br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="http://makemeasaint.blogspot.com/2008/04/bird-crafts-and-snacks.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;">Kidseed! Love this idea too!</span></span></span></a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><b><i>
<br /></i></b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080829757974845208.post-89003638180288199572010-02-01T11:36:00.000-08:002010-02-02T05:03:58.970-08:00Week 10: Chores<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I must admit, I have completely been thrown out of wack by my all of a sudden highly energized and needy 1.5 year old, as well as feeling the pressure to try to find quality time with both of my girls. It seems to be few and far between.</span></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;font-size:medium;" ><img name="slideshowpicture" src="http://render3.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6lQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3DG-qpDofRtglf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQQPlxaaexPooxv8uOc5xQPPPaalQJlQQlqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6qgXGQQJe%7CRup6aQQ%7C/of=50,332,442" width="332" height="442" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I think we all have been frustrated at how the last few weeks have been going, there have been a few gleaming moments, but for the most part, my life seems completely chaotic...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><img name="slideshowpicture" src="http://render3.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6lQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3DG-qpDofRtglf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQQPlxaaexPooxv8uOc5xQP0eeJenn0QQlqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6qgXGQQ0e%7CRup6aQQ%7C/of=50,332,442" width="332" height="442" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Yes, that is a bike ramp in the middle of our living room...such is my life)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" >What can I do about this?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Enter me. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I have decided to partake in creating <a href="http://themagiconions.blogspot.com/2010/01/discovering-waldorf-rhythm-in-home.html">Rhythms</a> in my children's lives. This includes scheduling (just a little) more than I have been, as well as creating some 'responsibilities' for Lily.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Over the next week, I will be posting my weekly schedule as well as Lily's Responsibility and Earnings Chart.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Our <a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/week-10-baking.html">baking week</a> was great! I just updated it with some pics too. It actually turned into 2 weeks, and for that I am sorry, but that's just the way my life has been going! I will be posting pictures as soon as I can find some time to do so. The <a href="http://52weekpreschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/week-8-rhyming.html">Rhyming Week craft</a> has also been updated with pics.<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">This week, I will be implementing some chores into Lily's routine. I wanted to separate Lily's chart into activities that are 'expected' because she is a part of this family, and then there will be extra activities she can do to earn money.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I will also be implementing the 3 bottle money management system for her. The bottles will be labeled "Giving", "Spending", and "Saving". I feel that this life tool is so important, and this is one way to start early.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Here is what I've got planned:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">CHORES</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><img style="" src="http://whatkidsenjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/kidschores.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Books: </span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Once upon a Saturday</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> by Lammle, Leslie.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;" ><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><b>The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores</b> by Jan Berenstain</span></span></span></span></h1><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nG%2B-j80-L._SL110_.jpg" alt="The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores" align="center" border="0" width="110" height="110" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chores-Salina-Yoon/dp/0843132027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265074988&sr=1-1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Chores Chores Chores!</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="ptBrand" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">by Salina Yoon</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511S4ZRaCEL._SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA115_.jpg" class="" alt="Product Details" border="0" width="115" height="115" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Berenstain-Bears-Messy-Room/dp/0394856392/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265075135&sr=1-20" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">The Berenstain Bears </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Berenstain-Bears-Messy-Room/dp/0394856392/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265075135&sr=1-20" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">and the Messy Room</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="ptBrand" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">by </span></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stan-Berenstain/e/B001H6GPIW/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_8?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1265075135&sr=1-20" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Stan Berenstain</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> and Jan Berenstain</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="ptBrand" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"></span></span></span></span><span class="binding" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chores-Do-Kawanna-L-Hagood/dp/1595266844/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265074988&sr=1-3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Chores to Do</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="ptBrand" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">by Kawanna, L. Hagood</span></span></span></span><span class="binding" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i>Activities and Crafts:</i></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I found a great site for free printables. I am choosing the Dora chart found </span></span></span><a href="http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/chore%20charts%204-10%20pdf/chore%20chart%20dora.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">here</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">. We will be talking about what chores will be on the expected activity list and what chores will be on the earning list. Here is a list of </span></span></span><a href="http://www.preschools4all.com/age-appropriate-chores.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">age appropriate chores</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">The next step is to discuss money, and how much she will be paid when she completes an 'earning' activity. My girlfriend just started this exact system with her daughter, and she pays $.05 a chore. She keeps all of the change and at the end of the week, they divide it up evenly into the three different jars- Spending, Saving and Giving. I don't think Lily is at the age level where she will understand monetary value and amounts, but I do think she can grasp giving, saving and spending... there are actual 'piggy' banks that are meant for this type of saving, but we are just going to use baby jars, and Lily can decorate them.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">If you think your child is ready for a </span></span></span><a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2008/01/money-lapbook.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">money lesson</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">, here is a great one!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/animals/insects/bee.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">First Schoo</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">l has a great lesson on </span></span></span><a href="http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/animals/insects/bee.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Bumble Bees</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">- There is a short story on there about the Buzzy Bee and her chores. There is also a Valentine's Day Bee Mine craft that we will do. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Songs:</i></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I have had a hard time finding songs about Chores, but one of the first things I thought of was the "This is the Way" song...I can then ad lib whatever chore we decide upon. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">If I Were a Farmer ( Sung to Did You Ever See A Lassie) </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">We'll pretend we are on a farm..doing farm chores</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Oh, if I were a farmer, a farmer, a farmer</span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Oh, if I were a farmer, what would I do?</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I would milk the cows each morning</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Each morning, each morning</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I would milk the cows each morning, that's what I'd do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Continue using:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I would feed the baby chickens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I would gather eggs for breakfast</span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i>Snacks: </i></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:GlCglDGny5VB9M:http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Ice_cream_cone.jpg" style="border: 1px solid ; margin: 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" alt="See full size image" width="52" height="80" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:arial,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I figured since this is the first week we will be implementing chores, that I would offer a little more incentive.... Ice Cream. If she successfully completes her 'expected' chores for the week, she can have Ice Cream...this might actually entice her more than earning money! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3