Plans for the Week

More good stuff:

cooking class stir fry

homemade food stuff

chicken tortilla soup

Children's books about food

girls making a notebook

Camera Mail--awesome to mail this to Lori and start it at Grandma Susie's office!!!

Have Jenna make one of these for Caroline:

have Dad make one of these books for the kids about his workday--switch and we could do the same

Making a book for Caroline

The great Sunflower project

A quilt to make with Jenna

Our school needs a jolt this week, so plan to do at least one or two of these Think! experiments as a family this week (think the castle, coins and window blinds would be good):

http://kidswhothink.blogspot.com/

Also for nighttime fun:
this game

the weather report by Jenna and C. using our recorder or phone and a pretend microphone.
Chart with morning temperature and draw a cloud or sun
Ideas for:

• Have your children describe any clouds they see in the sky.
• Notice how hard the wind is blowing by how things are moving: leaves rustling, trees bending, etc.
• Notice the wind’s direction. Where is it coming from?
• Describe the temperature of the air and/or look it up on a thermometer.
• Notice any precipitation that you may have this week: sprinkles, rain, mist, sleet, snow, fog, hail

*My ideas to add: a spring report--gathering a few things from the yard that look they are growing or changing as the weather warms up.

*And since the kids LOVE it when I play with them, I will participate in one or more of the following: set up a store (this worked GREAT for the math stuff), a vet office, or another idea that they have.

*Pick out a new bird project and check birdhouses

A math game on the computer
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