Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Literature Extension: Fish is Fish


What's Schoolin'?

Another literature extension dd-17 did in her 1st grade class.  After reading Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni they used paint daubers on a pre-drawn fish.  When it was dry they cut out the fish shape and glued it on blue paper.  Simple but fun!  Each activity related to a book connects children to literature in a positive way.







You can find the book at most libraries but here is the book at amazon:




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Aldi Shopping Trip ~ They have organics!


What's Savin'?

 I guestimated that I saved at least $12 on these items in all. 3/4 of the purchases are organic. Many are snacky pre-packaged items, so that ups the cost. Since I'm not cooking right now we are getting more snacky foods these days. Organic apples, carrots, and tomatoes at Aldi - pleasant surprise!

 
 
This is posted as part of Real Food Wednesday.
 
 

Friday, October 24, 2014

Deal Alert: 20% off at Might Nest



What's Savin'?

Right now you can get 20% off using coupon code 20MIGHTYFALL at Mighty Nest.

I'm torn between the natural food coloring or natural sugar sprinkles:

http://mightynest.com/shop/kitchen-table/pantry/natural-food-coloring

http://mightynest.com/shop/kitchen-table/pantry/natural-sugar-sprinkles

This offer expires 10/26/14.

15% of your purchase goes to a school of your choice and they have free shipping for orders over $50 (flat rate shipping is $5.95).

Enjoy!

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Literature Extension: Seven Blind Mice

What's Schoolin'?

My dd-17 has been doing lessons with the first graders at a homeschool enrichment program.  I've had a blast subbing in her room and letting her take the reins (instead of me being main teacher and her the second person - we flip-flopped the roles).  This is an activity she did for Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young that we put together.  She led the creating of the activity while I tried to mainly just be support and helped her create it.  The kids enjoyed it and each literature extension connects them to reading.

~ We found an elephant coloring page that we printed 125% size for each child.  This is the background page put behind the page with flaps.  We used this one:
http://www.9coloringpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/elephant-coloring-page.jpg

~ We made a template to cut out the little flaps to lift up each section as described in the book.  The center was cut out completely.

~ We used a mouse coloring page to creat little mice for the children to color/cut/glue on the appropriate flaps (7 little mice per child).  She liked this one.  We pasted into our word document, resized, and copied/pasted to make enough mice.
http://www.supercoloring.com/pages/mouse-19/

A picture of one of the children's finished product [still pending - I had to borrow someone's cellphone since mine doesn't send photos]:







What's Cookin'?

Another big pot of beans is simmering on the stove.  They soaked yesterday and last night. I changed the water before bed last night when I realized I was too tired to cook them... beans are so forgiving!  This time I put a bunch of Real Salt, granulated garlic, and dried onion in them while they cook.





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