tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677819490455686682024-03-12T21:54:53.300-05:00Jeffany: The Browns' BlogThe world of Jeff, Bethany, LittleBear & LadyBearJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736828677096501439noreply@blogger.comBlogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-73602220973962552282018-04-10T21:29:00.000-05:002018-04-10T21:29:20.503-05:00Domecoming 2018Fun father-son weekend as LittleBear and I visited Grandma in Houston and got to go to an Astros game Sunday, followed by a special visit inside the Astrodome on Monday (more on that below).<br />
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First, the game -- a <a href="http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=380408118" target="_blank">4-1 Astros win</a>! Thank you, Astros Buddies club, for the tickets!<br />
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LittleBear was excited about buying his own scorecard and keeping score himself, and he did -- the whole game!<br />
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After the game, LittleBear got to run the bases -- which he also enjoyed.<br />
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Any other weekend, the Astros game would have been a central focus. But this time around, it was actually a bonus -- again, thanks to the Astros Buddies tickets. We initially planned this trip because we wanted to attend "Domecoming 2018" -- one last chance to go inside the Astrodome before work begins that will change it forever (but save it! They're raising the bottom level to create a giant parking garage below, with plans to eventually turn the rest into a convention center space.).<br />
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LittleBear and I got tickets when they became available, and were among 25,000 people who went to see our old friend the Dome one more time. It was my first time in the Dome since my last Astros game in 1999, and LittleBear's first time ever.<br />
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We arrived at the Dome about 4:30 p.m., got in line by 4:45, actually entered the Dome right at 6:00, and exited about 7:00 p.m. Inside was a winding tour of Dome memorabilia, plus the Astros' World Series trophy.<br />
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So it's been a little while since we've posted to this blog. (Ron Howard narrator voice: <i>It had been a LONG while.</i>)<br />
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But I wanted to share our complete World Series experience, and this seemed the best place. So here goes.<br />
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When the Astros clinched a return to the World Series, Bethany strongly encouraged me in my dream of taking Ben to a WS game in Houston. Ticket prices were really pretty insane, but in the end, I took the plunge and bought two tickets to Game Three Friday night -- setting up a once-in-a-lifetime, bucket-list, Ben-can-talk-about-it-at-my-funeral experience.<br />
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And... it really was pretty amazing. We arrived at the stadium about 4:30 -- almost 3 hours before first pitch -- with Ben wearing the Halloween costume Bethany made, a replica 1965 Astros jersey.<br />
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Arriving early gave us plenty of time to wander around the stadium. We had talked ahead of time about possibly finding Ben a souvenir, but when we arrived and were handed rally towels at the entrance, Ben was excited. "Dad -- we got our souvenir!" Such a sweet boy! We headed inside in time to watch some of the Astros' batting practice from the Crawford Boxes. Ben was really excited to get to see BP, and we sat there taking it in for 20-30 minutes.<br />
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Once the Astros were done hitting, we headed out around center field and eventually ended up just above the Astros' bullpen, where we stopped to watch some of the Dodgers' BP another 15-20 minutes. While there, we got a good view of the FOX studio show setup in dead center (see the <a href="https://youtu.be/bZFqK59JY_k" target="_blank">video</a> below).<br />
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By now, we were starting to get hungry, so we grabbed dinner (Ben, Chick-fil-A; me, pizza) and headed up to our seats to eat. <br />
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When I say up, I mean UP. Our seats were at the very top of the stadium, in far left field; I really don't think there was any part of the stadium where people were sitting higher than us. A long way from home plate -- but, still in the stadium, right?<br />
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Here's <a href="https://youtu.be/ARYFa7-CP7U" target="_blank">the view from our seats</a>:<br />
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We had a nice group of Astros fans around us -- a guy by himself from out of town who just wanted to see a WS game, an adult brother-sister pair, an adult father-son pair, a father-son about my/Ben's age, and a young married couple. There were a handful of Dodgers fans nearby, but they were mostly shouted down/drowned out by Astros fans whenever they tried to start some kind of "Go Dodgers" cry.<br />
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The crowd was amped from the start, but when the Astros knocked out the Dodgers starter in the second inning with a four-run rally, it got even more fun. High fives were flying among our new friends (even including Ben), and chants of "Let's go, Astros! (clap, clap, clap clap clap)" and "Houston! Astros!" rang out over and over again.<br />
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We all got a little more nervous as the game went on, the Astros kept leaving men on base, and the Dodgers chipped away to make it close again. But in the end, the Astros came away victorious, and the celebration began.<br />
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Here's <a href="https://youtu.be/gRo270Tj40w" target="_blank">the last pitch/last out</a>:<br />
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I think Ben really enjoyed it, and seemed to appreciate the unique opportunity we had as best as an 8-year-old can. I'll certainly always remember it.
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After some headlines earlier this summer, I decided to take a week and go over personal safety with the kids. We talked a bit about fire safety and things like that, but mostly we talked about what to do with strangers and personal body safety.<br />
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Honestly? I was not looking forward to addressing this topic with my kids, but I'm really glad I did and many of these books made it a lot easier. I decided to post a list here for anyone else who might be looking for good books on the subject. <br />
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Hope this helps!<br />
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<b>Not Everyone Is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution With Strangers by Frederick Alimonti and Ann Tedesco, Ph.D.</b><br />
This book was one that both kids requested a couple of times. It was about a little girl who is approached at school by a stranger wanting to drive her home and tells how her parents talked to her about it. It also made the point very well that most strangers are nice people, but it's the few bad ones that cause us to be cautious, and you can't really tell who is who.<br />
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<b>Who Is A Stranger and What Should I Do? by Linda Walvoord Girard</b><br />
This was a great book that I have considered adding to our permanent library. It gives all different scenarios of where kids might be confronted by strangers and tells them how to handle them. It's clearly written and easily understood.<br />
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<b>The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers by Stan Berenstain</b><br />
Normally, I'm not a HUGE fan of the Berenstain Bears books, but this one was good in introducing the concept of "stranger danger" to both of my kids. Both of them actually asked to read it a few different times. In it, friendly Little Sister was learning all about strangers and how to deal with them. It was very good for my kids and they both enjoyed reading it!<br />
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<b>Bobby and Mandee's Too Safe for Strangers by Robert Kahn</b><br />
This book was really clear about what to do with strangers and jumped right into it without much beating around the bush. I would recommend it as a go-along with the others here. <br />
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<b>Once Upon A Dragon: Stranger Safety for Kids (and Dragons) by Jean E. Pendziwol and Martine Gourbault</b><br />
My kids love these dragon safety books, so I knew this would be a winner when I found it at the library. This one was particularly enjoyable and followed the child and their friend the dragon as they imagined they were in a nursery tale story book and the dragon tried to follow various strangers (the big bad wolf, the fox from the Gingerbread Man story, the old woman from Hansel & Gretel, etc.). The child had to convince the dragon each time not to go because they were strangers and finally at the end they escape the story book and end up back on the playground. <br />
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<b>Some Parts Are Not For Sharing by Julie K. Frederico</b><br />
This book is great, though very basic and probably better for the younger crowd. Both my kids liked it and in fact my 2 yr old requested to read it several times. It illustrates very well that some parts of our bodies are used for good touch and others should be kept to ourselves. <br />
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<b>Your Body Belongs To You by Cornelia Spelman</b><br />
This is another good book for the younger crowd. Again, my 2 yr old seemed to get more out of this one than some of the others, but my six yr old still found it interesting too.<br />
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<b>My Body Belongs To Me by Jill Starishevsky</b><br />
This one was about a small child who had a family friend touch them inappropriately and how they dealt with it. It was simply written and not my favorite of the books we checked out, but was easily understood by my 2 yr old. If you choose to get this one, be sure to read it first to see how you feel about it.<br />
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<b>Bobby and Mandee's Good Touch Bad Touch by Robert S. Kahn</b><br />
This was a really good book for describing good touches and bad touches and was very clear in what one should do if they are ever confronted with a bad touch type situation. After reading this one, both my kids were able to tell me clearly what they should do.<br />
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<b>I Said No: A kid-to-kid guide to keeping private parts private by Zack and Kimberly King</b><br />
This one was very comprehensive and definitely seemed geared toward the old crowd. It was too much for my 2 yr old and my 6 yr old didn't understand some of it and he's a really good reader. We will probably revisit this one in a year or two. I really liked how it described "red flag" and "green flag" situations and gave examples along with how to process those, but it seemed like at this point, it was a little too much for my kids.<br />
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<b>God Made Me: The Safe Touch Coloring Book by Dr. Beth Robinson</b><br />
I liked this one because it not only talked about how God made us and we should take care of our bodies (including brushing teeth, washing hands, etc.), but it was also easily understood and you could copy the pages to use as coloring pages.<br />
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<b>No trespassing-- this is my body! by Pattie Fitzgerald</b><br />
This was another good one that handled this topic well. I particularly liked that it told the child how to handle touching that an adult might view as harmless (pinching cheeks, tickles, etc.), but the child doesn't like in addition to the inappropriate touching that is normally covered in books like this.<br />
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<b>Samuel Learns to Yell and Tell by Debi Pearl</b><br />
I am still not sure exactly how I feel about this one. There are parts I like about it (it addresses dirty magazines and the devil and the boy becoming head of a family some day and some other things like that), but the way it was written confused my 5 yr old who is an advanced reader for his age. I have the girl version too (Sara Sue Learns to Yell and Tell), but that was way over my 2 yr olds head. Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-51856171615169637942015-05-26T14:26:00.002-05:002015-05-26T14:26:56.462-05:00Fun Things From Our Backyard: Some "Other" Fun Garden Helpers...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You all know about my two completely adorable and wonderful garden helpers, but I wanted to show you some of my other helpers that don't get as much recognition around the garden, but I still value :)<br />
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At the top of my list? Ladybugs! I love ladybugs! Not only are they super cute, but they also will quickly take care of any aphid problems one might have and make sure they don't return. Thankfully, they LOVE living in my corn and I found lots and lots of them the other day. <br />
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I even found a red one with no spots and a black one with a red spot! So much variety in one cute little bug...<br />
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Next up, lizards. I know, most ladies don't love lizards, but these have been working hard around the clock to make sure the other bugs in my garden don't go crazy. I was worried they would take out the ladybugs too, but that hasn't been much of a problem, it seems. I think a Texas Spiny mama must have had some babies close by because they started out little and have gotten progressively bigger and there are always a few each time I go out there...<br />
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This Green Anole is a new addition to our backyard and I'm not sure where it came from, but he is certainly welcome also. It particularly enjoys living in our peas. I also saw him trying to impress a lady friend the other day, so I'm guessing we'll have more at some point.<br />
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I suppose this last one doesn't quite qualify as a garden helper, but I do love to check on him/her periodically throughout the day and see how big it has gotten. This is the same Black Swallowtail caterpillar I wrote about in my <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2015/05/spring-2015-garden-update.html" target="_blank">last update</a>, he's getting huge! I really hope he makes his chrysallis somewhere close by and I can find it, but these caterpillars are apparently known for going far away to do that, so I'm not holding out a lot of hope.<br />
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What's missing? The honeybees...I have had them in past years and we even had some this winter hanging around our rosemary, but it's been a long time since I've seen any and they are very dearly missed. I sure hope some find us soon!!Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-29118805181716944862015-05-21T15:30:00.001-05:002015-05-21T15:30:08.973-05:00Spring 2015 Garden Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Happy Spring Garden as it was two minutes ago...</span></i></div>
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I don't know about you, but we here in Central Texas have had unseasonably rainy and somewhat cool weather, which has made for a super happy Spring garden. I have only gone out to water it once or twice because of all the rain we have had...I am so thankful!! I have found myself regretting that I didn't plant more! Anyway, I figured it was probably time for an update since everything looks quite a bit different than it did <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2015/04/spring-garden-2015.html" target="_blank">the last time I posted</a>. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> LittleBear checking out the height of the corn only two weeks ago. Today, the tallest stalks are taller than I am!</span></i></div>
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I had to build a fence with my extra tomato cages because on a really windy day, they would all blow over. Good thing I didn't plant any tomatoes this year!<br />
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So, far I have harvested two HUGE zucchini and there seem to be lots more on the way, which gets LadyBear excited as it was her request to plant zucchini in the first place (though I'll admit it's a favorite of mine). <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Happy LadyBear with her second huge zucchini!</span></i> </div>
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I haven't seen many pollinators around, so I've been trying to pollinate them myself with a dry paintbrush, which seems to be working ok, but I sure do miss the honeybees :(<br />
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The asparagus patch seems to be really happy, which in turn makes me really happy as asparagus is one of my absolute favorite veggies. Each of the crowns have now sent out three or four shoots, which I am again letting go to fern this year, so hopefully I will have a bigger harvest next year.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's an asparagus!!!</span></i></div>
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Here's the whole patch along with some other shots of what we have growing:<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> My unintentionally planted melon, happily growing up around a tomato cage (my attempt to keep things tidy)...</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Baby melon!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> LadyBear's carrots with LittleBear's peas in the background and the melon plant to the left...</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Another zucchini on the way!!</span></i> </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Green beans!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Corn vs. Zucchini</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LittleBear's peas...</span></i></div>
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And lest you think I'm this great gardener with a prosperous green thumb, here's a picture of my sweet bell peppers and basil patch...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Just keepin' it real...</span></i></div>
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Um, yeah, majorly disappointing. Some of the lemon basil came up, but none of the sweet bell peppers or the sweet basil came, which means I need to go buy some transplants in order to get my homemade pesto sauce quota for the year done. I have no clue what happened there... oh well!<br />
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I had no idea that fennel flowers could be different colors from the same plant! How neat!<br /><br />
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Our butterfly garden has it's first resident of the Spring! This is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polyxenes" target="_blank">black swallowtail</a> caterpillar that showed up yesterday and has already doubled in size. We hope he stays around for a while!!<br />
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This week we enjoyed reading an old favorite of the kids and mine, Owl Moon. This book is about a child and their dad who go owling in the woods at night looking for a Great Horned Owl. It's a great story and one that all three of us enjoyed each time we sat down to read it.<br />
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Because several of our books talk about being brave this week, we went back to our character quality of Courageous for <b>Bible/Character Qualities</b>. This is one I don't feel we can emphasize too much in our house, in particular. For <b>Math</b>, we continued with Math-U-See Alpha and we also continued with Explode the Code Book 3 for <b>Language Arts</b>. <b>Handwriting </b>was also covered by sheets from our Memoria Press Copybook 1 and extra sheets I found on Pinterest.<br />
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For <b>Social Studies</b>, we talked about respecting nature and exploring/enjoying it, but also taking care of it. I don't think these concepts really sunk in very far, but at least it was something. I want my kids to love this world and be good caretakers of it as well.<br />
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For <b>Science,</b> we talked about Owls and what makes them different from other birds. My five year old boy LOVED hearing about how owls regurgitate the parts of their food that they can't digest into pellets and could not believe that I didn't order one for us to dissect (maybe another time son...). We also talked about the moon a lot and reviewed our phases of the moon, adding in waxing and waning terminology. My kids love hearing about the moon!!!<br />
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We had a crazy week, so we didn't get any art done, but we did have a really fun food project reviewing the phases of the moon with...Moon pies!!! We have done this before with oreo cookies, but this was better for sure. The kids and I loved it!! I will totally do this again, just for fun :)<br />
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Resources and printable sheets I used for <i>Owl Moon</i> can be found at:<br />
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Go Along books we used for <i>Owl Moon</i> (* indicate ones we especially liked):<br />
*Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes<br />
*Good-night Owl by Pat Hutchins<br />
*Owl Babies by Martin Waddell (LadyBear's personal favorite)<br />
*Owls by Gail Gibbons<br />
*So That's How the Moon Changes Shape by Allan Fowler<br />
*Owls: Birds of the Night by Emily Sollinger<br />
*Owls by Tom Jackson<br />
*On the Moon by Anna Milbourne and Benji Davies<br />
*What Is The Moon Like by Franklyn M. Branley<br />
*The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons<br />
*What the Sun Sees/What the Moon Sees by Nancy Tafuri<br />
*Moon (Eyewitness Books) by Jacqueline Mitton<br />
The Moon by Carmen Bredeson<br />
I Want to be an Astronaut by Byron Barton<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week, we read a book that I really enjoy and the kids seemed to as well, called Miss Rumphius. Because Daddy had Good Friday and the Monday following Easter off (hooray!), we decided to take two weeks to cover Miss Rumphius because there were going to be two shorter weeks and I didn't want to short-change either this book or the one we are reading next. It worked out well!</span><br />
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We loved this book! And I personally enjoyed applying it to where we currently live in Central Texas. Not having grown up here, I know very little of Texas history and this gave me a chance to learn alongside the kids :) Plus, who doesn't love wildflowers!? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Social Studies </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">we talked about Texas and the fact that the state flower is the Bluebonnet, which is a Lupine. We read a lot about bluebonnets specifically and also Texas history. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">We also talked about what we can do to make the world more beautiful, like Miss Rumphius. We also read a great book about LadyBird Johnson and her contribution to making our country more beautiful. I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> REALLY wanted to work in a field trip to the </span><a href="http://www.wildflower.org/" style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" target="_blank">LadyBird Johnson National Wildflower Center</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">, which is about two hours away from us (and super close to our cousins!), but time and budget didn't really allow for that. We'll definitely visit another time!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a great couple of weeks and we learned a ton! The kids also get super excited whenever we are driving around and they see the wildflowers, which is definitely fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" style="background-color: white; color: #007710; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> Pinterest Board</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Go Along books we used for <i>Miss Rumphius</i> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">(* indicate the ones we especially liked):</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Central Texas Wildflowers leaflet by Steven Schwartzman</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers by Kathi Appelt</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*A Child's History of Texas by Sarah Jackson</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*It's Bluebonnet Time by Lucas Miller</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*I Spy in the Texas Sky by Deborah Ousley Kadair</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Bluebonnet of the Hill Country by Mary Brooke Casad</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol by Mary Brooke Casad</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Bluebonnets for Lucinda by Frances Clarke Sayers</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*L is for Lone Star (A Texas Alphabet) by Carol Crane</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Texas (Eyewitness Books) by Simon Adams & David Murdoch</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Check It Out by Gail Gibbons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*The Value of Creativity by Ann Donegan Johnson</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Texas Wildflower Portraits by Lou Ellen O'Kennon</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Texas (State Shapes) by Erik Brown</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">ABC's of Texas Wildflowers by Glenna Gardiner Grimmer</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Texas Gardening Wildflowers by McMillen's Publishing</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">The book doesn't specifically say where it takes place, but it's generally agreed upon to be Maine. However, our story disks for New England are so plentiful that Maine can no longer be seen, so we put the disk over the part of the country where we live :)</i></div>
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Spring is here around our area and that means that our Spring garden is also underway. It might not look like much, but from up-close, there is a lot going on! My quest for an edible lawn continues!!!<br />
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This year, I rebuilt my two 4x4 beds and hope they will hold up better than my last ones did (I used 10x4x2 boards instead of 6x4x1 boards). I also added a 4x8 bed to our garden and in it is planted 21 crowns of <a href="http://www.simmonsplantfarm.com/asparagus.html" target="_blank">Jersey Giant Asparagus</a>. These are supposed to be 2 year old crowns, which I should let grow to fern and then next Spring, I'll be able to harvest asparagus to eat for the next 15-20 years. For now, each crown is sending up one shoot per crown (though one crown has sent up 2 already). From my research, after the crowns establish themselves, they'll start sending up more shoots. I noticed the other day that our last crown (which I had just about given up on) was sending a tiny shoot through the earth, so I'm thrilled to announce that all of them are producing. Hooray! For a newbie gardener like me, this is good news. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Asparagus fern with little bell flowers on it...actually rather pretty!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The last tiny baby asparagus shoot to come up...</span></i></div>
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I asked the kids what they wanted to plant this year and LittleBear wasted no time in shouting out, "Peas!" So, LittleBear planted his peas. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LittleBear's peas...we have <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/tall-telephone-garden-pea/" target="_blank">Tall Telephone</a> and <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/sugar-ann-snap-pea/" target="_blank">Sugar Anne Snap</a> this year...</span></i></div>
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LadyBear wanted to plant corn and carrots, so for the first time ever, we are attempting to grow corn and I'm giving carrots another try.<br />
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Corn...we have <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/golden-bantam-12-row-corn/" target="_blank">Golden Bantam</a> and <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/wades-giant-indian-flint-corn/" target="_blank">Wade Giant Indian Flint Corn</a> (just for fun because I think they are so pretty!)<br />
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LadyBear's carrots...we have <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/chantenay-red-core-carrot/" target="_blank">Chantenay Red Core Carrots </a>this year instead of the baby ones I tried before...<br />
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<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/catskill-brussels-sprouts/" target="_blank">Brussel Sprouts</a>! This is my first time growing these, so I'm curious to see how that goes. <br />
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<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/waltham-29-broccoli/" target="_blank">Broccoli</a>!!! My last broccoli plant grew to be HUGE and didn't really produce any broccoli, so I'm hoping I have selected a better variety for my area this time around.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/zucchini-black-beauty-squas/" target="_blank">Zucchini</a>!!! A favorite of mine and LadyBear's and very easy to grow...<br />
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<a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/blue-lake-bush-274-bean/" target="_blank">Green Beans</a>! I grew these a few years ago and they were super easy, so I'm hoping for another good year this year!<br />
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There is a sneaky melon plant coming up that I didn't intentionally plant, but I think was inadvertently planted by the critter who stole my melons off the plant last year (grr). It's either this <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/ananas-d-amerique-a-chair-verte-/" target="_blank">fancy french melon</a> or a <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/honeydew-tam-dew-melon/" target="_blank">honeydew</a>, but I'm not sure which yet (I'm leaning toward tit being a honeydew). <br />
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We also have planted green and orange sweet bell peppers and basil, but those take a while to come up (they are in the above box next to the green beans). I'll also plant one cherry tomato plant, but I haven't figured out exactly where yet. <br />
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As I type, the garden is getting a wonderful bath from a rain shower, which I am super thankful for. Grow, little plants! Grow!!<br />
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He is risen!!!!! (Picture LadyBear in your mind saying, "He is risen, indeed!") We hope that you have enjoyed this Easter weekend and that you know of the freedom, hope and joy that come from the death and resurrection of Christ!<br />
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After a wonderful service at church, we headed home. The kids were good sports as we took our Easter pictures...<br />
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Then it was time for our annual Easter egg hunt. One of the favorite books we had in our Easter book basket (see our book list at the end of this post) this year was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Easter-Lori-Walburg/dp/0310722713" target="_blank">The Legend of the Easter Egg</a>, so the kids enjoyed remembering why we were hunting for eggs this year, which was fun. <br />
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Several other things we did this year to try and make Lent/Easter a special time were: <br />
- placing a sticker on each day of Lent with this calendar from <a href="http://www.catholicicing.com/printable-lenten-calendar-for-kids/" target="_blank">Catholic Icing</a><br />
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- adding an ornament to our Jesus Tree (similar to the Jesse Tree at Christmas, telling the story of Jesus' life with ornaments). Admittedly, we got off track with this, but when we did do it, it went over well. <br />
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- adding a toothpick each day to a grapevine wreath. Each toothpick symbolized our sin that Jesus took upon himself and made a crown of thorns. This morning, I replaced our crown of thorns with a royal crown symbolizing Jesus is the King of Kings. That went over really well :)<br />
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And reading books from our Easter book basket. We read from these selections every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Here were the books we used :<br />
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The Legend of the Easter Egg by Lori Walburg<br />
Petook by Caryll Houselander<br />
The Story of Easter by Patricia A. Pingry<br />
The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier<br />
The Week That Led to Easter- Arch Books by Joanne Larrison<br />
The Very First Easter (The Beginner's Bible) by Mission City Press<br />
The Legend of the Three Trees by Catherine McCafferty<br />
The Parable of the Lily by Liz Curtis Higgs<br />
God's Easter Promise (Only God Would Have Planned It That Way) by Todd Barsness<br />
Easter Is For Me! by Christine Tangvald<br />
The Story of Easter by Alice Joyce Davidson<br />
Why Is There A Cross? by Kathleen Long Bostrom<br />
Who Is Jesus? by Kathleen Long Bostrom<br />
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When it got to be 12 days before Easter, we also started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Life-Resurrection-Eggs/dp/1602006512/" target="_blank">Resurrection eggs</a> before bed and reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Benjamins-Box-Resurrection-Melody-Carlson/dp/1576731391/" target="_blank">Benjamin's Box</a> to go along with the eggs. <br />
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Hopefully with all of this, the kids are learning about the importance of Easter... <br />
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I leave you with a song we sang in church this morning that describes how my heart feels today and always. My life is radically different because of the miracle and power of what Christ did. I hope this miracle is real to you this Easter...He is Risen!!!!!<br />
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It's that time of year again! We went back to our favorite field right next to a movie theatre that is STILL for sale and looks like a rug of bluebonnets...it's beautiful. We were very careful about where we stepped and found a few bare spots for our pictures in the midst of these beautiful flowers. They smelled so good! We felt quite a bit like we were <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2015/03/ladybear-her-buddy-ferdinand.html" target="_blank">Ferdinand</a>, sitting just quietly and smelling the flowers...<br />
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The sun wasn't out at all, but I wasn't able to get LittleBear to stop squinting, so that's what we got. Oh well, anything is an improvement over the Bluebonnet Pictures Fiasco of 2011...<br />
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<br />We have since had a MUCH happier LittleBear :)<br /><br />
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LadyBear warmed up to her usual cheerful happy self and gave me some good laughs...<br />
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We enjoyed some more time looking at the flowers up close and smelling them and then went on with the rest of our day. But, I had to take two last pictures before we left :)<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Texas has the most beautiful wildflowers!!</span></i></div>
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<a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2014/04/bluebonnets-2014.html" target="_blank">Here are the pictures from last year</a> for comparison..Happy Texas Traditions, Y'all!!!!Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-62681584175363381202015-03-31T14:20:00.000-05:002015-03-31T14:20:15.525-05:00Baylor Easter Egg Hunt 2015: Fun times!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/search?q=Baylor+Easter+Egg+hunt" target="_blank">As in past years</a>, Kappa Kappa Gamma at Baylor puts on an Easter egg hunt for the children of Baylor Faculty and Staff, held at Founders Mall, which is one of the more beautiful spots on campus. We love taking the kids to campus in the midst of Spring and enjoying a fun activity together with lots of other kids. Last year, it was pouring rain and was last minute moved inside to a room that was way too small, so I personally was super thankful the weather this year was beautiful!<br />
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Livvy has no concept of the Easter bunny, but is intrigued by mascot costumes, so she had to go give this bunny a hug, which was cute. <br />
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<br />LittleBear poised and ready to hunt!<br />
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The hunt begins!!!!!<br />
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LadyBear was very careful to put her eggs into her basket when she found them. <br /><br />
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LadyBear found two and LittleBear found five, then gave two to LadyBear, which I thought was sweet. <br />
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Fun times at Baylor!!!!!<br />
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This past week, we departed from our Five In A Row curriculum and decided to spend the week learning about something of LittleBear's choosing. He chose Basketball! So we hit up our local libraries for all the books we could find on basketball. Needless to say, we had a very happy LittleBear this week.<br />
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The biggest hit of a book this week was "Dino-Basketball," which I have to admit was very cleverly written. We also learned about how basketball started as a sport, how it's played, and what the rules are. We learned about Michael Jordan and what character qualities he had that helped him become a great basketball player and, of course, we played a lot of basketball, in addition to our usual bookwork (Math, Handwriting and Language Arts).<br /><br />
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He shoots!<br />
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<br />He scores!! And the crowd (AKA Mommy & LadyBear) go wild!!!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LadyBear had fun being a cheerleader...</span></i></div>
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This week, we're going back to Five In A Row with one of my favorites! Happy reading!<br />
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*Dino-Basketball by Lisa Wheeler<br />
*My Basketball Book by Gail Gibbons<br />
*Let's Talk Basketball by Amanda Miller<br />
*Basketball (A New True Book) by Bert Rosenthal<br />
*On the Team Basketball by James Wyatt<br />
*Cool Basketball Facts by Abby Czeskleba<br />
*J is for Jump Shot: A Basketball Alphabet by Mike Ulmer<br />
*Jump Ball: You Can Play Basketball by Nick Fauchald<br />
*Basketball Rules, Tips, Strategy and Safety by Fred Ramen<br />
*Basketball (Eyewitness Books) by John Hareas<br />
*Hoop Genius by John Coy<br />
*Dream Big by Deloris Jordan<br />
*Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan with Roslyn M. Jordan<br />
Basketball Belles by Sue Macy<br />
Basketball Skills: How to Play Like A Pro by Tom Robinson<br />
Little Basketball by Brad Herzog<br />
The Everything Kids Basketball Book by Bob Schaller<br />
Dickie V's ABCs and 1-2-3s by Dick Vitale (*LadyBear LOVED this one because it had a button you could push and it would talk, but it was not my favorite and wasn't totally about basketball)<br />
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This week we met another book we had never read before in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harold-Purple-Crayon-Books/dp/0064430227" target="_blank">Harold and the Purple Crayon</a>. Needless to say, I think LadyBear has a new favorite and LittleBear really enjoyed it too (as did Orbit, but that sort of goes without saying at this point). It's about a little boy who imagines adventures he draws with a big purple crayon.<br />
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It was a fun week of reading and learning about colors. A lot of people choose to talk about the moon this unit, but we're planning on another book soon that is more "moon-centric," so I am personally leaving our moon lessons for that week instead. <br />
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For <b>Bible/Character building</b>, we continued to talk about being content. That's a hard one to learn and we had plenty of opportunities for it to come up this week in all of us!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>LittleBear working away on his math, which he told his piano teacher this week is his favorite subject...</i></span></div>
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For <b>Math</b>, we did start Math-U-See Alpha and did a mixture of sheets each day from lessons 1-3, which were review of the previous level we just finished. For <b>Language Arts</b>, each day we did <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/explode-the-code-book-3/9780838814628/pd/146262/" target="_blank">Explode the Code Book 3</a> lesson 2 and for <b>Handwriting</b>, we continued each day with the <a href="http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/penmanship/copybooks-i-iii" target="_blank">Memoria Press Copybook 1</a>. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Four thumbs up for apple pie!!</span></i></div>
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I guess we sort of skipped <b>Social Studies</b> this week (oops, oh well). We did decide to have a pie picnic like Harold in the book, only we didn't include nine kinds of pie...just a freshly baked apple pie. Both kids (& Mom) heartily approved. And since it was raining outside, we had our picnic at the dining room table :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>LadyBear pouring over the color wheel talking about what colors mixed with what other colors to make new colors...</i></span> </div>
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For <b>Science</b>, we talked about blending colors to get other colors and we did an experiment to see what would happen when we mixed red and blue. We set up three jars of water with one jar having red water, one jar having blue water and the jar in the middle with clear water. I put paper towels connecting the red and clear jars and the blue and clear jars. We talked about what we thought might happen with the water...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> Let the experiment begin!</i></span></div>
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Several hours later, the kids and I were delighted to find the middle jar was a pleasant shade of purple.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> hooray it worked!</i></span></div>
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For <b>Art</b>, we got out our purple crayons and markers and drew our own stories like Harold. LadyBear was far more into it than LittleBear was. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LadyBear working on her purple story...</span></i></div>
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LittleBear also worked on a color-by-number picture that he thought was fun and turned out to be a rainbow with a sun. <br /><br />
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We were blessed to see our own rainbow outside our window (hooray for when homeschool and the outside world work together)! We were all pretty pumped about that. </div>
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We also played lots of "I spy" and "Can you find this color?" </div>
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It was another fun week!! Definitely check this book out, if you haven't already. I know Harold has lots of other adventures, but our library was out of those books, so we'll have to save those for another time. In the meantime, here's what we did read:</div>
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">* Dog Loves Drawing by Louise Yates</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">*Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">*Mooncake by Frank Asch (LadyBear LOVES this one)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">*The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">*Sight A True Book by Patricia J. Murphy</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">* The Moon by Christine Taylor-Butler</span></span><br />
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Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle (<span style="font-size: x-small;">I liked this book except there is a rather anatomically correct picture of a naked man & woman (Eric Carle style) toward the beginning which I felt was unnecessary</span>)<br />
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This story didn't happen in any particular place, so I let LittleBear choose where he wanted to put the story disk. He chose Idaho...<br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-72271449735038407282015-03-15T20:29:00.000-05:002015-03-15T20:29:08.310-05:00LadyBear & her buddy Ferdinand...Apparently, I've been reading <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2015/03/five-in-row-story-of-ferdinand.html" target="_blank">Ferdinand</a> more often than I thought with LadyBear...she's got almost the whole thing memorized!!<br />
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This week we moved on to Five In A Row Volume 2!! We probably won't do all of Volume 2, so I decided to do the books out of order and start with one of my personal favorites :)<br />
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The Story of Ferdinand is about a little bull who (unlike his friends) likes to sit quietly under an old cork tree and smell the flowers around him instead of running around trying to be a fierce bull that gets picked for the bullfights in Madrid. This story is especially dear to my heart because I have long seen LittleBear as my little Ferdinand (he's more the type to sit quietly and smell the flowers than be rough and tumble). I was reminded this week of <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/BrownBearCubs/status/441789962707423233/photo/1" target="_blank">this tweet from last year</a>...*melt* Anyway, I love my little Ferdinand and this book and had fun going over it with the kids this week. LadyBear wasn't in the mood for sitting down much at the beginning of this week, so it ended up being mostly LittleBear, Orbit and I, but then something happened in the middle and she fell in love with the book so much that now I read it A LOT to her. <br />
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For <b>Bible/Character Building</b>, we talked about Contentment and what that means (and how we are ALL-Mommy included- still learning how to be content). We also talked about ways that we can be content and I challenged myself and LittleBear to try to be content when we find ourselves wanting more. We also took some time to think of things we are thankful for, which helped us realize how much we already have. In addition, we read stories each day out of <a href="http://christianbook.com/childs-book-of-character-building-1/ron-coriell/9780800754945/pd/54948" target="_blank">A Child's Book of Character Building Book 1</a>, which both kids really enjoy. We also talked about how God made everyone unique and we are made that way for a purpose.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LittleBear and LadyBear coloring their Spanish flags...</span></i></div>
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For <b>Math</b>, we finished the last lesson out of Math-U-See Primer and will be moving on to <a href="http://store.mathusee.com/catalog/math-u-see/general-math/alpha/alpha.html" target="_blank">Alpha</a> as soon as the student packet gets here (c'mon UPS!). In the meantime, I've been filling in with pages from <a href="http://lifeoffredmath.com/lof-apples.php" target="_blank">Life of Fred Apples</a>. For <b>Language Arts</b>, we started <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/explode-the-code-book-3/9780838814628/pd/146262/" target="_blank">Explode the Code Book 3</a> (lesson 1) and for <b>Handwriting</b>, we started the <a href="http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/penmanship/copybooks-i-iii" target="_blank">Memoria Press Copy Book 1</a>. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> LadyBear playing with the corks while LittleBear did math...</span></i></div>
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For <b>Social Studies</b>, we talked about Spain and where it is. We talked about things Spain is known for and tried to learn a few words in Spanish. We greeted Daddy every day with a hearty "Hola Padre!" and also had a blast trying to learn to dance Flamenco :) LadyBear definitely wanted to join in on this part and even came out with her twirly skirt on!<br />
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For <b>Science</b>, we talked about cows and their roles on this earth. We also learned about cork trees and how corks are made. We also enjoyed another riveting episode of "Sink or Float!" with a bag of corks I found at <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/assorted-printed-cork-stoppers-938092/" target="_blank">Hobby Lobby</a> (love their 40% off coupons!). We also talked about our sense of smell and the importance of flowers, which was great since we are about to start our spring garden!<br />
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For <b>Art</b>, I introduced Pablo Picasso and we talked about <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/271553052508372463/" target="_blank">this progression of drawings of a bull</a> that I found that he did. We also watched a short video of him painting the outline of a bull on glass.<br />
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For fun, we plan on trying to make Churros tomorrow...we'll see how that goes :)<br />
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It was a great week!!! If you haven't read this book, it's a favorite!!!<br />
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Resources and printable sheets I used for <i>The Story of Ferdinand</i> can be found at:<br />
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></div>
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> Pinterest Board</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/fY90yzeSfU8" target="_blank">The Fascinating Process of Making Corks</a> on Youtube</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/QqzYieCUQ98" target="_blank">Spanish Dancer with Castinets</a> on Youtube</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/X59U4mUqWtw" target="_blank">Pablo Picasso At Work</a> on Youtube</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/0nSBxrFsLTY" target="_blank">Ferdinand The Bull</a> (Disney 1936) on Youtube</span><br />
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Go Along books we used for <i>The Story of Ferdinand</i> (* indicate the ones we especially liked):<br />
*Look What Came From Spain by Kevin Davis<br />
*Spain (A True Book) by Martin Hintz<br />
*Cows by Jen Green<br />
*Roberto and the Bull by Syd Hoff<br />
*First Spanish Picture Dictionary by DK Publishing<br />
*Exploring Flowers by Kristin Sterling<br />
*The Reason For A Flower by Ruth Heller<br />
*World of Plants Flowers by John Farndon<br />
*Butterflies in the Garden by Carol Lerner<br />
First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright<br />
Exploring the Sicent of Nature Flowers by Jane Burton & Kim Taylor<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LadyBear adding our story disk for us...</span></i></div>
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This week we read another new-to-us book that was Robert Frost's poem "Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening." I personally really liked the illustrations and enjoyed the poem, but it was not LittleBear's or LadyBear's favorite book. <br />
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We tried writing a poem this week, which involved an andorable drawing of an elephant, but didn't really work as a poem. <br /><br />
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It also looked like we might get a snow day, but it ended up being more of an ice day and not really good for playing in. <br />
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I apologize for the sparseness of this post and the few pictures. My computer has decided it doesn't want to connect to my camera and upload what I've taken. It was that kind of week! Next week, we go to Five In A Row: Volume 2 and read one of my favorites! And I promise...more pictures.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Snowflake Bentley (LittleBear wanted to get this one again...) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Snow by Cynthia Rylant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft & Richard G. Van Gelder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Snow Dance by Lezlie Evans</span></div>
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We recently started another new-to-us book that LittleBear REALLY likes called Night of the Moonjellies. It's about a little boy in New England who finds two moonjellies on a beach and then after a hectic day helping in his Grandparents' beachside restaurant, finds out more about where they belong. It's out-of-print, expensive and very hard to find, but we hope to find a copy to add to our library since LittleBear likes it so much.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">the other one whose paws I could not get into our first picture...</span></i></div>
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We also enjoyed talking about the beach, the ocean and jellyfish, including their anatomy and what they do all day. Also, much of my family is from New England, so we learned a little bit about the regions of the US and continued our attempt to learn all 50 US States and their Capitols.<br />
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LittleBear also learned how to tell time on a clock with hands! He expressed interest a couple weeks back and I realized we didn't have a clock like that in our house, so I found one I liked at Hobby Lobby and put it in the bathroom. About that same time, our Math-U-See book started teaching lessons on it and now he's got a pretty good grip on it!<br />
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All in all, it was a good week and we are looking forward to the next book!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Jellyfish by Rebecca Stefoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Discovering Jellyfish by Loriijo Metz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*See Under the Sea by Kate Davies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Clam-I-Am by Tish Rabe</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adding our story disk to New England...it's a bit crowded on our map. Lots of great stories!</span></i></div>
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-49862529435013924802015-02-25T13:59:00.001-06:002015-02-25T20:09:59.086-06:00Real Life Snow Day!!We got about two inches of snow this morning that is now all melted, but that didn't stop us from enjoying ourselves and playing in it a bit!!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sing it with me! "Catch a falling snowflake, put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day"...ok, maybe not.</span></i></div>
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For the past two weeks, we've been reading Katy and the Big Snow, which is a favorite around here for most of us. I *almost* hoped it would snow as a great book illustration, but alas, it did not (probably just as well as LittleBear loathes anything cold).<br />
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For <b>Bible/Character Building</b>, we talked about Responsibility and what that means. We also talked about how Katy's responsibility was to clear the snow and I challenged LittleBear to think about what his responsibilities are. In addition, we read stories each day out of our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Childs-Book-Character-Building-Growing/dp/0800754956/" target="_blank">Children's Book of Character Building Book 2</a> and also out of our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Read-Share-Devotional-Tommy-Nelson/dp/1400317177/" target="_blank">Read and Share Devotional</a>.<br />
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For <b>language arts</b> and <b>math</b>, we continued to do pages out of <a href="http://store.mathusee.com/catalog/math-u-see/general-math/primer" target="_blank">Math-U-See Primer</a> (lesson 25) and <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/explode-the-code-book-2/9780838814611/pd/146161" target="_blank">Explode the Code 2</a> (lesson 9). We also finished our <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/student-workbook-grade-k-updated-edition/9781934825563/pd/882263" target="_blank">Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten</a> book.<br />
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For <b>Social Studies</b>, we talked about community helpers (sing it with me! "Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?...")/running a city and then built our own city! I had LittleBear cut out labels and then build and label each building. We talked about what the city would be like if it didn't have an X (like a grocery store or fire station). <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Fire House and Pharmacy labeled...</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The whole city with a pile of unused bricks in the middle...I think our white furry helper also took out a couple of buildings when his curiosity got the best of him...</span></i></div>
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After that, we spent the rest of the week focusing on developing map skills. We talked about where we are on a map from planet to street address and also reading a map, north/south/east/west, etc. LittleBear loves maps, so this part of the week really interested him!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LittleBear's work this particular day...He did it all himself and I am crazy proud...this is huge improvement for him!</span></i></div>
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For <b>Science,</b> we talked a little about winter, but mostly about snow, snowflakes, etc. LittleBear's favorite was learning about "Snowflake Bentley," a farmer in Vermont who was fascinated by snowflakes and tried to photograph them in the late 1800s-early 1900s. When I explained that Grams' family lived in that same area of Vermont, he got super excited! <br />
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All-in-all, we enjoyed these two weeks and are already enjoying our new book this week! Hooray for books!<br />
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></div>
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a> Pinterest Board</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/q3zrQsZr-_A" target="_blank">Snow Plow Plowing Snow</a> on Youtube</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/gfQRn3_Xbs0" target="_blank">People In Your Neighborhood </a>on Youtube (we watched several different ones of these)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go Along Books we used for</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Katy and the Big Snow </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(* indicate ones we especially liked)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">:</span></div>
*The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt<br />
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*The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten by Steven Kellogg</div>
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*The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats</div>
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*There's A Map on My Lap by Tish Rabe</div>
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*The Tiny Snowflake by Arthur Ginolfi</div>
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*t's Snowing by Gail Gibbons</div>
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*Flakes and Flurries by Josepha Sherman</div>
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*Snow by Uri Shultevitz</div>
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*The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht</div>
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*Snowplows by Jeffrey Zuehlke</div>
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*Follow that Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie</div>
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*North, South, East, West by Franklyn Mansfield</div>
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*Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin</div>
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*The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, PhD</div>
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*What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry</div>
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*In the Town All Year Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Putting our story disk on the map, since we don't have a "Geopolis," we chose NYC who was receiving record snowfall at the time...</span></i></div>
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-90793545085743058582015-01-30T14:42:00.002-06:002015-01-30T14:42:20.571-06:00Five In A Row: Storm In The Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week we read a book I was initially hesitant to read, but has ended up being a really great choice for us. I was concerned someone might start becoming afraid of thunderstorms, but ironically, the opposite has happened in that now I have two kids who love to talk about them. Go figure!!! This homeschooling thing is full of surprises. <br />
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Anyone who has talked to LadyBear this week might have heard that it's important to not stand under a tree, but instead go inside if there is a thunderstorm outside. FYI, she is very passionate about this...<br />
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Each day we read the story from the Bible where Jesus calms the storm from the boat, using a different Bible or Bible story book we had in the house. <br />
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For <b>Social Studies</b> each day, we talked about the emotion of Fear and what we do when we find we are afraid. The first day we talked about prayer and putting on our Armor of God.<br />
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The next day we talked about reading the Bible and seeing what it has to say, since we believe it is true.<br />
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Then we talked about listening to Praise and Worship songs when we are afraid. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Jammin' out to some songs about not being afraid because God is always with us...</i></span></div>
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The fourth day we talked about the importance of talking with Mom or Dad when we are afraid, so they can help us work through it. Then the last day we talked about practical ways to prepare ourselves (within reason) in case a bad storm does happen. We talked about storm safety and I showed the kids our emergency kits and what was included and talked about what we do if a bad storm hits us.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ben going through his emergency (72 hr) kit, we found several things we need to update!</span></i></div>
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For <b>Science </b>each day, we tried to cover a different topic relating to storms. I found a lot of great worksheets that were a major help here (linked in my Pinterest board if you're looking for them). We learned about the Water Cycle and defined evaporation, condensation, and precipitation...<br /><br />
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We studied different types of clouds...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Talking through different types of clouds...</span></i></div>
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We talked about how Clouds form with a cool science experiment...<br /><br />
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We looked at the mechanics of thunderstorms in particular...<br />
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And then we went to see the Magic School Bus "Kicking Up A Storm" exhibit at the Mayborn Museum that talks all about weather and thunderstorms!<br />
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<b>Math</b> and<b> Language Arts</b> along with <b>Handwriting</b> were accomplished through our normal daily worksheets. LittleBear has finished the Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten book, but still needs practice, so I have been pulling some free worksheets off the web for him to do each day.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loving the blue corn chips and the worksheets (ok, maybe not the worksheets so much...)</span></i></div>
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For <b>Art</b>, we talked about a few different paintings I found that addressed rain...We also tried drawing our own storm.<br />
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And for our fun food activity, we attempted to make cloud cookies (you know, those cute puffy cookies made of meringue)...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>So excited to be in the kitchen together!</i></span></div>
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Clearly meringue is not my gift...Oh well, the fun is in the trying, right?<br />
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All in all, I think this is the best week of school we have had in a while...mostly because Momma tried to have a really good attitude the whole week :) We had SO many great books this week, it was really hard to get through them all, but we made it through most of them and even kept a few to read for fun next week.<br />
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></div>
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a> Pinterest Board</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/XfPONxDMrMg" target="_blank">Types of Thunderstorms</a> on Youtube</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/2VdYizAKidM" target="_blank">Lightning for Children</a> on Youtube<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/ZCS53UZCQOU" target="_blank">Lightning: The Formation of a Thunderstorm</a> on Youtube<br />
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Go Along Books we used for <i>Storm In the Night </i>(* indicate ones we especially liked):</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Little Cloud by Eric Carle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? by Tish Rabe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Weather (A Scholastic First Discovery Book) by Gallimard Jeunesse and Pascale de Bourgoing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*God's Armor for Me by Amelia Shearer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Meteorology (A True Book) by Christine Taylor-Butler</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branley</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll by Franklyn M. Branley</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">*A Raindrop's Journey by Suzanne Slade</span><br />
*Thunderstorms (A True Book) by Chana Stiefel<br />
*Watching the Weather: Thunder and Lightning by Elizabeth Miles<br />
*Storms and the Earth by Nikki Bundey<br />
*Like A Hundred Drums by Annette Griessman<br />
*Lightning: Sheets, Streaks, Beads and Balls by Suzanne Harper<br />
*Inside LIghtning by Melissa Stewart<br />
*Storms by Seymour Simon<br />
*A Drop of Water by Gordon Morrison<br />
Hurricanes and Tornadoes (Eyewitness) by Jack Challoner (we didn't get to read this one)<br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Tales of Thunder & Lightning by Harry Devlin (we didn't get to read this one)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Experiements With Weather (A True Book) by Salvatore Tocci</span></div>
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-53481853193333995072015-01-24T14:15:00.003-06:002015-01-24T14:15:55.405-06:00Upward Basketball: LittleBear Scores A Goal for the FalconsWe were so excited and proud of our little man (#4 with the green shoes) today!!!!<br />
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These past two weeks we read another new-to-us book called Clown of God, which tells the life of a juggler in the times of the Renaissance. We also learned about monks and St. Francis of Assisi (who is mentioned multiple times in the book), the Renaissance time period, Leonardo DaVinci and Michelangelo. We then reviewed what we had learned during <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2014/12/five-in-row-papa-piccolo.html" target="_blank">Papa Piccolo</a> week about Italy.<br />
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We also took Monday the 19th out to study MLK and learn why that was an important day. Then we went back to our Clown of God study. It was a fun two weeks!<br />
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We did our usual worksheets (LadyBear and I elected to color)...<br />
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We tried a little juggling...<br />
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Made some rainbows with our dot markers...<br />
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And tried our hand at drawing Giovanni juggling...<br />
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i></i></div>
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" style="color: #007710; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a> Pinterest Board</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/CnqES24g2tE" target="_blank">Peter Irish Juggling video </a>on Youtube</div>
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Go Along Books we used for <i>Clown of God</i> (* indicate ones we especially liked):</div>
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*Brother Francis and the Friendly Beasts by Margaret Hodges</div>
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon: The Life and Stories of St. Francis by Margaret Mayo</div>
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*The Renaissance (Eyewitness Art) by Alison Cole</div>
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*Let's Learn Italian Picture Dictionary by the Editors of Passport Books</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Making sure our story disk ended up in the right spot with a little help from LadyBear...</span></i></div>
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We got to build our igloos today! For our very last activity to go along with the <a href="http://jeffany.blogspot.com/2015/01/five-in-row-very-last-first-time.html" target="_blank">Very Last First Time unit</a>, we took turns trying to build some igloos. <br />
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I found these jumbo marshmallows at the grocery store and a box of sugar cubes and set the kids to work. I asked them to each build an igloo with both materials and then tell me which one they thought was easier. I ended up helping LadyBear a lot, but LittleBear did pretty well on his own!<br />
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We all agreed the marshmallows were much easier to build with, and a few of us may have sampled one :)<br />
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<br />This week, we enjoyed another new-to-us book called the Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, which is about an Inuit girl named Eva who walks on the bottom of the sea for the first time in search of mussels for her family. LittleBear, LadyBear and I all enjoyed it and I think this is going to be one we'll have to add permanently to our library :)<br />
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This week we learned all about the Inuit people group, the Arctic, a bit about Canada, igloos, polar wildlife and more! I think the kids really enjoyed it and I know I did.<br />
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Some highlights this week include:<br />
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Making Inuit paper dolls!<br />
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<br />Creating scenes with an Arctic Toob set that found at Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon!<br />
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One of the big highlights of the week was our own search for mussels! Granted, here in Central Texas we aren't exactly able to walk on the bottom of the sea, but the Lord was so kind as to make it super cold outside (19 degrees, I think), so our trek to HEB in search of mussels did seem more authentic today than it normally would have. <br />
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We actually found them and bought half a pound to bring home. The kids really enjoyed holding them, looking them over, getting to touch and smell them, etc.<br />
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After exploring and talking about the mussels (they were still alive), I steamed them in a garlic herb butter and we had them for lunch alongside some super yummy crab cakes. The mussels weren't everyone's favorite, but the crab cakes went over really well. In fact, LittleBear ate two!<br />
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I really wanted to try and build an igloo this week with either sugar cubes or marshmallows, but we didn't get to it. Hopefully, I'll squeeze that in tomorrow and update this post with pictures :)<br />
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<i>Resources and printables I used</i> <i>for Very Last First Time can be found at:</i></div>
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<a href="http://fiveinarow.com/five-in-a-row/" target="_blank">Five In A Row Teacher's Manual</a><i> </i></div>
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/equusbeth/five-in-a-row/" target="_blank">My Five In A Row</a> Pinterest Board</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/-vMZYDQ6v24" target="_blank">Race Against the Frozen Tide- Human Planet- BBC</a> on Youtube (seriously, watch this, it's amazing!) </div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/R-x5QOSqP3E" target="_blank">How to Build an Igloo- A Boy Among Polar Bears- BBC</a> on Youtube</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/9xLS_H2B6hg" target="_blank">Following His Father's Footsteps- A Boy Among Polar Bears- BBC</a> on Youtube</div>
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Go Along Books we used for <i><i>Very Last First Time</i></i> (* indicate ones we especially liked):<i></i></div>
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*The Inuit by Kevin Cunningham and Peter Benoit</div>
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*Igloo by Yasmine A. Cordoba</div>
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*Polar Wildlife by Kamini Khanduri</div>
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*Building an Igloo by Ulli Steltzer</div>
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*Children Just Like Me by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley (pg 23)</div>
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*My Arctic 1, 2, 3 by Vladyana Krykorka</div>
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*Where Do Polar Bears Live? by Sarah L. Thomson</div>
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*Here is the Arctic Winter by Madeleine Dunphy</div>
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332288474847476858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567781949045568668.post-70274853598752073312014-12-29T07:17:00.002-06:002014-12-29T07:17:38.229-06:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!From our family to yours...<br />
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