Sunday, October 14, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Mall (rants and raves)
I took the kids to the mall for the first time in forever yesterday.
THE GOOD
People were NICE, actually NICE! The lady at Lush (yes, there is now a Lust @ 12 oaks) gave me a TON of samples!
The nice guy at TCYB gave the kids two toppings on their yogurt for the price of one.
The new wing, is BEAUTIFUL.
The spot they moved the kids area has only one opening and the alluring escalator is sort of hidden (major bonus).
THE BAD
My favorite yogurt place (upstairs Macy's) is under remodel, don't know if it'll be the same when it reopens.
When did the food court become such a market place? I was just trying to get to the bathroom and I was assaulted with free samples and come eat here :) Yeeesh!
The new kids area is far away from the bathroom, not a good thing when you have kids!
All in all, a good day at the mall. Exhausting, but good!
THE GOOD
People were NICE, actually NICE! The lady at Lush (yes, there is now a Lust @ 12 oaks) gave me a TON of samples!
The nice guy at TCYB gave the kids two toppings on their yogurt for the price of one.
The new wing, is BEAUTIFUL.
The spot they moved the kids area has only one opening and the alluring escalator is sort of hidden (major bonus).
THE BAD
My favorite yogurt place (upstairs Macy's) is under remodel, don't know if it'll be the same when it reopens.
When did the food court become such a market place? I was just trying to get to the bathroom and I was assaulted with free samples and come eat here :) Yeeesh!
The new kids area is far away from the bathroom, not a good thing when you have kids!
All in all, a good day at the mall. Exhausting, but good!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
This is our second week using the Five in a Row curriculum. The basic idea is you read the book, everday, then take your lessons from the book. I am LOVING this curriculum, it's been a great jumping off point for homeschooling! This week we read How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World The premise of the story is what happens if you want to make an apple pie and the market is closed? You'd have to travel the world to gather the ingredients. Italy for wheat, France for eggs, Sri Lanka for cinnamon, England for a cow (milk then butter), Jamaica for sugar cane, seawater for salt and Vermont for apples. Here is how our week went.
Monday; First I asked Carter how he thinks we make an apple pie. Here is what he said; Cut the apples. Dough, sugar and flour. Roll the dough. Put it in a bowl pan. Add the apples. Bake for 15 hours. Put in on a plate and eat it while it's warm.
Then we read the book. Later we did a connect the dots that made an apple.
Tuesday. We read the book, then.... we went to a preschool co-op with many other children at my friends house. There we sliced apples, grated cinnamon, ground wheat, made butter and finally but it all together for apple pies! The kids each got their own and one for the adults too!
Wednesday. We read the book, then.. We did math! We read 10 Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss. Apple patterns, but apples in baskets. And in the morning we went on a field trip to a cider mill!
Thursday. We read the book, then... Vocabulary. I let Carter trace the words, then we talked about the definition. Paul had the great idea to use our vocab words whenever possible during the next week or so it will become part of Carter's everyday speech. The words were; superb, locate, elegant, native, coax and ingredients.
Friday. We read the book, then... On the last day I like to let Carter help me 'read' as much as possible. Then we did a storyline activity and put up our story disc on the map.
What a great week! Looking forward to
Mike Mulligan next!
Apple Patterns
Apple Baskets
The Pies!
Carter and his pie
Monday; First I asked Carter how he thinks we make an apple pie. Here is what he said; Cut the apples. Dough, sugar and flour. Roll the dough. Put it in a bowl pan. Add the apples. Bake for 15 hours. Put in on a plate and eat it while it's warm.
Then we read the book. Later we did a connect the dots that made an apple.
Tuesday. We read the book, then.... we went to a preschool co-op with many other children at my friends house. There we sliced apples, grated cinnamon, ground wheat, made butter and finally but it all together for apple pies! The kids each got their own and one for the adults too!
Wednesday. We read the book, then.. We did math! We read 10 Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss. Apple patterns, but apples in baskets. And in the morning we went on a field trip to a cider mill!
Thursday. We read the book, then... Vocabulary. I let Carter trace the words, then we talked about the definition. Paul had the great idea to use our vocab words whenever possible during the next week or so it will become part of Carter's everyday speech. The words were; superb, locate, elegant, native, coax and ingredients.
Friday. We read the book, then... On the last day I like to let Carter help me 'read' as much as possible. Then we did a storyline activity and put up our story disc on the map.
What a great week! Looking forward to
Mike Mulligan next!
Apple Patterns
Apple Baskets
The Pies!
Carter and his pie
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Nature Bangles
I read about this idea in several places so I'm not going to site one source. The idea is you either use double sided tape or (like we did) make a tape bracelet with the sticky on the outside. Then simply walk and collect anything you'd like! We also brought along a bigger bag to put big stuff in. Simple, and fun!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Neighborhood kids :)
I must have overpaid a couple of neighborhood kids last year for raking my leaves. Now anytime there are more than 5 leaves on the lawn or more than an inch of snow they are knocking on my door. They must see me as their sugar mama ;) HA HA, oh well!
Monday, September 24, 2007
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