tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75156972024-03-13T08:49:14.499-07:00MarkHu BabyRandom musings, mostly on family life.
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300">Jen</a>
and
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09061023028311884734">Mark</a>
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other sites: <a href="http://www.silverlib.com">silverlib.com</a>, and hobby <a href="http://www.hudsonicdev.com/">hudsonicdev.com</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061023028311884734noreply@blogger.comBlogger618125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-75996989650547661452015-01-31T17:35:00.001-08:002017-10-31T17:15:18.492-07:00Had a good visit with Canadian grandparents lately.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-14394600241249459932014-10-01T14:51:00.001-07:002014-10-01T14:51:12.684-07:00What's CookingI've been trying to cook more at home lately.<br />
Some of the things I've made are:<br />
sweet potato muffins<br />
Chicken Pot Pie<br />
curry chicken<br />
lentils w/brushetta over rice<br />
breakfast (sausage, potato, caulifl, cabbage, onion, mushroom)<br />
Korean noodles (jap chae)<br />
Multigrain pancakes<br />
Nutty granola<br />
caroby treat<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-70517281214171041662013-08-27T11:56:00.001-07:002013-08-27T11:56:26.853-07:00Not your average wish listThis is not a list of things I want but instead a list of things I want to get done around here.<br />
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Not in any particular order<br />
1. Paint my bathroom<br />
2. clear off the top of the dryer<br />
3. declutter every room of the house<br />
4. do regular meal planning<br />
5. organize the den<br />
6. finish stripping living room floor<br />
7. get craft items out of entryway<br />
8. Install dining room light/fan.<br />
9. train the girls to wash up breakfast dishes and sort and put away their laundry daily.<br />
10. eat or juice more of what grows in my garden<br />
11. Create a place to entertain in the back yard<br />
12. Get caught up on mending<br />
13 finish a quilt or two<br />
14. Patch holes in walls in various rooms of the house<br />
15. frame and hang some children's artwork<br />
16. clean off front porch<br />
17 finish planing for homeschool year<br />
18 organize and cull in attic<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-33243184945704343182013-06-12T22:17:00.000-07:002013-06-12T22:17:57.543-07:00I am thinking about what Claire and Emily should take for lunches during summer school. Emily has been so picky lately she suddenly doesn't even want to eat yogurt, applesauce, cheerios, bananas, English muffins etc. I think I need to focus more on veggies. Today she ate a pretty good lunch. And even before lunch she had some sauerkraut and home made pickles.This post is to brainstorm ideas for what to send for lunch:<br />
<b>Emily</b><br />
broccoli<br />
green beans<br />
zuccini<br />
cauliflower<br />
okra<br />
cucumbers carrots<br />
celery<br />
grated cheese or sliced<br />
salami<br />
peaches<br />
grapes<br />
apples<br />
pineapple <br />
blueberries<br />
Cesar salad <br />
pea soup<br />
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<b> Claire</b><br />
Beans and tortilla chips<br />
salami<br />
roast beef<br />
celery<br />
carrots<br />
cabbage salad<br />
pea soup<br />
lentil soup<br />
cous cous salad<br />
teriaki chicken<br />
peaches<br />
berries<br />
pineapple<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-86690626083109893532013-02-05T20:58:00.003-08:002014-10-01T14:51:42.174-07:00Country Moose and City Moose <div>
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<span style="font-size: 21px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">A story dictated to me by Claire after reading Aesop's County Mouse City Mouse</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 21px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Country Moose and City Moose </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Once upon a time there was a country moose and the country moose wanted City Moose to come to her house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">She didn't like the food there. It was just bread and cheese and water. In a day or two City Moose asked country moose to come to her house. When they got to City Moose's house they were hungry. When they got there they found food on the table. They helped themselves to cake and dabs of jam. After they were done eating they went upstairs for a nap. Then they got up and went to the store for more food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">They bought peas and onions and potatoes, carrots, radishes, turnips and celery and some potato chips, pretzels and fruit leather and water to snack on in the car. Because all the nice food was so great Country Moose decided to move to the city and live with City Moose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Chapter 2 - </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Country Moose goes to town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Country Moose got up one day very early and quickly ate her breakfast and brushed her teeth then put her clothes on and got into her car and went to the store to buy more food because they had used up all their food. She went without her friend because they would quarrel too much at the store if they went together. She got all the things that she knew her friend liked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Then she came home and put the things away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Next she got out some of the things and made lunch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Then City Moose came home from work and sat down for lunch. They said their prayers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">She said. "Thank you very much for making lunch Country Moose." Then they went upstairs to listen to CD's. They don't really nap they listen to CD stories. They had a cat named Rosie and she came upstairs and she was their furry alarm clock and she jumped on them and licked them. They said, "Funny Kitty you really like licking us." Then they go downstairs...</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-69911811938703771642013-02-05T20:49:00.000-08:002013-02-05T20:49:20.711-08:00Current RecipiesI made two things this week which Claire likes so have decided to share them here.<br />
Bulgar wheat salad<br />
I soaked 2/3 cup bulgar in hot water 15 mins (I also added grated carrot, several tablespoons dried barberries (commonly found in Persian food) and 1 tsp curry powder before pouring boiling water over everything.<br />
later I added<br />
a handful of raisins<br />
a splash of cider vinegar<br />
juice of 1/2 lime<br />
several tablespoons of olive oil<br />
Notes: Next time I might add some diced apples or grapes or leftover chicken chunks<br />
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Yum Stew<br />
with olive oil I sauteed<br />
1 medium onion<br />
1 tsp fresh minced garlic<br />
1 tsp fresh minced ginger<br />
2 c finely chopped napa cabbage<br />
1 c cauliflower chopped<br />
1 potato diced<br />
a handful of chopped arugula and kale<br />
1/2 c chopped summer sausage. (Emily thought this was spicy but ate it up)<br />
1 c broth<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7515697"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-31799881514616981482012-11-24T20:07:00.002-08:002013-01-30T21:54:54.232-08:00pics posted at other blog<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-14954518728521939952012-09-13T16:08:00.000-07:002012-09-13T16:10:02.118-07:00My mind is all a jumble these days. It is hard to keep up with everything now that we have started out home schooling school year. I want to take this opportunity on this Thursday free afternoon to make some lists and un-do the jumble. (Some of this jumble is also so to taking allergy medication. UGH!)<br />
Things to do on future Thursdays:<br />
sewing<br />
tidy/ organize/ purge<br />
make a checklist of materials we have<br />
make a checklist of goals and ways to meet them for various school subjects <br />
search for age appropriate story problems online.<br />
read Charlotte Mason books<br />
assemble last Ikea cabinet and organize contents.<br />
Get all homeschool materials together in one place.<br />
Compile a list of nature study locations and invite people to meet us there.<br />
Prep craft and lesson for CBS<br />
<br />
Order some things on Amazon or find free equivalents:<br />
Spanish CD ROM or spanish apps to help us keep on top of learning Spanish.<br />
Hymn CD that all of us can enjoy.<br />
School house rock Math cd?<br />
Poetry CD/book combo<br />
Drop stuff off at the thrift store<br />
exercize<br />
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Penmanship:<br />
Goals:<br />
1. be able to correctly form capital letters A-Z<br />
2. be able to correctly form small letters a-z<br />
3. be able to correctly form numerals 0-9<br />
4. be able to copy any sentence with spaces between words and punctuation.<br />
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methods:<br />
1. tracing with dry erase markers and books.<br />
2. writing letters to family and friends<br />
3. copy a sentence from poetry or scripture<br />
4. increase pencil control by tracing pictures<br />
5. Make a picture using only diagonal lines<br />
6. Rainbow name<br />
7. sand tray writing<br />
8. tape a paper to the wall or easel for writing.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-15914166755019217532012-06-03T19:05:00.001-07:002012-06-03T19:05:49.180-07:00Tips to myself:
1. Have children help cook they can harvest veggies from the garden, cut soft veggies with plastic knives, put things in the pot etc.
2. Spend some one on one time with each child having them help with a few cleaning tasks.
3. Learn good habits on e at a time and teach good habits focusing on one at a time. It is never too late to improve.
4. take time out to swing, play and read to children frequently throughout the day... especially when you thing you are doing something "important"
5. Spend some time doing things that require concentration ....organizing and sorting and tidying while children are sleeping... a little each evening.
6. Form an after breakfast routine... This is my worst time of day (Second only to the 3:30-7:30 block.) I am fuzzy headed and if I have a set list of things that I do everyday and that the kids so everyday things will go more smoothly...I guess I should make up a late afternoon routine/pre-bedtime routine too. We have our bedtime routine in place we need to know what is supposed to habitually happen before that. Some days we are away at class or playgroup till 6 or 6:30 so I haven't developed much of a routine for when we are here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-5836729325445818732012-06-02T15:49:00.000-07:002012-06-02T15:49:51.604-07:00what you can doIt's amazing what you can do on a Saturday Morning when circumstances allow...
1. Made coffee and drank 2 cups
2. put dinner in the crock pot-- pork ribs with vegetables
3. filled and ran the dishwasher
4. washed the stove with Emily
5. Emily helped wash the sink
6. Scrubbed hard water deposits off sink
7. Scrubbed grease stains off toaster oven
8. Emily helped sweep and mop laundry room.
9. Stripped Emily's bed and washed her bed linens and some other dirty laundry
10. used the weed whacker and shrub trimmer in the front yard
11. did easel painting (tempera cakes) with Emily
12. played doctor and pretend face painting with Emily
13. read 30 mins to both girls from Golden Name Day
14. colored my hair
15. took a shower
16. read a few pages of P.G. Wodehouse
17. made noodle salad for lunch
thanks to Mark who took Claire to run errands and then took both girls across the street to play with neighbor kids and made Indian princes crowns and arm bands and planted sunflowers.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-50850525494640392102012-05-25T11:40:00.003-07:002012-05-25T11:40:38.149-07:00more poetry from the girls<b>A car </b>
Cars, cars, cars
Cars, cars
So many cars
too many cars to count
enough cars
By Emily
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Bees Buzzing</b>
Buzz buzz buzz
Bees buzz and buzz and buzz and buzz
when they want some honey
By ClaireAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-12419839169334903162012-05-10T21:12:00.001-07:002012-05-10T21:12:16.054-07:00Claire tells about her new garden hutMy hut has a chair in it.
My mom started my hut on Saturday.
I like to do school in the hut.
Emily likes to have cookies in the hut.
The door is made of bamboo sticks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-29532266096606322732012-05-10T21:09:00.002-07:002012-05-13T17:45:12.656-07:00Emily's PoemYour Face<br />
February January<br />
blink, blink, blink<br />
Nose, nose, nose, nose
Cheek, cheek, cheek<br />
Teeth teeth, nose nose, everything, everything<br />
Hair, hair, lovely, lovely<br />
Row your boat across the sea.<br />
<br />
(Jen added the title)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-12538798614498993152012-04-12T11:19:00.002-07:002012-04-12T11:28:16.241-07:00busy little lion<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1HXF3RocTY8/T4cdA-og4iI/AAAAAAAABrE/h5a7i4kEwRM/s1600/IMG_1618.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1HXF3RocTY8/T4cdA-og4iI/AAAAAAAABrE/h5a7i4kEwRM/s200/IMG_1618.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730580953502376482" /></a><br /><a href=""></a><br />Emily said she was a princess in this costume but I think she is a colorful Lion!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-59112886348303844892012-04-07T13:03:00.004-07:002012-04-07T18:48:05.020-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a8qySyrnkAA/T4Ceiv_Fo9I/AAAAAAAABqk/OWsWaD3Sgwo/s1600/IMG_1416.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a8qySyrnkAA/T4Ceiv_Fo9I/AAAAAAAABqk/OWsWaD3Sgwo/s200/IMG_1416.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728753045849088978" /></a><br />Still taming the mess. I am actually sorting through some of the chaos in the entryway and filing and or categorizing things in useful ways. Should be able to find supplies for creative projects easier after this.<br />The girls have been having fun working in their art journals (and mine) with stencils, oil pastels, crayons and colored pencils.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-60973073177990023782012-04-03T20:54:00.001-07:002012-04-03T20:54:59.512-07:00tremenduos messI have a tremendous mess spreading from dining room to living room. The girls and I have done multiple art projects including art journals and we have art supplies, magazine scraps etc. scattered over two tables and spilling onto the floor also the girls have also pursued other interests while I've been editing photos on the computer and reading blogs.YIKES! Today we left it all behind and went to the zoo. Tomorrow we will have to tame the beast.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061023028311884734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-18700370043131178242012-03-26T08:50:00.003-07:002012-03-26T09:07:27.246-07:00fort<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALwyYYEAs7I/T3CSbD70RvI/AAAAAAAABhk/SsVdCwiKLb8/s1600/IMG_1397.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALwyYYEAs7I/T3CSbD70RvI/AAAAAAAABhk/SsVdCwiKLb8/s200/IMG_1397.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724236119998220018" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p_vr77F2XKQ/T3CSbsiPJ_I/AAAAAAAABhw/KhR4cmVW3lg/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p_vr77F2XKQ/T3CSbsiPJ_I/AAAAAAAABhw/KhR4cmVW3lg/s200/IMG_1394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724236130896783346" /></a><br />On this still wet but not quite rainy morning the girls have built a fort in the kitchen and are playing very sweetly together. They even made a bed for me and we pretended to tuck each other in and go to sleep.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-46760277911818480322012-03-22T08:25:00.002-07:002012-03-22T08:29:24.501-07:00About shadows by ClaireSHADOW<br />At the beginning of the day <br />my shadow is very long<br />and your shadow is long too.<br />They jump when you jump.<br />They stand still when you stand still.<br />A big shadow can swallow up a little shadow.<br />CLAIREAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-69855027719662529312012-03-12T08:18:00.002-07:002012-03-12T08:25:34.630-07:00Quote of the day"I have a woodpecker hole in my nose."--Emily<br />Claire says, "Could you write something about me?"<br />Claire currently knows about 60 sight words and her reading is really taking off. So much fun to watch! Claire loves being quized on sight words from some Dolch word lists I printed off the internet.<br />The girls slept till 8:00 this morning! Wowie!<br />Emily is working on night time potty training.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-62514156447350685822012-01-29T21:07:00.000-08:002012-01-29T21:10:46.766-08:00progress with the houseWe have been taking up cracked vinyl tiles from our living room and dining room floors. Almost done. I have a 3x4 foot area left. Saturday Mark scraped loose paint and plaster from the living room ceiling and patched. The girls and I have been working on removing wallpaper from this room. This is a project the girls started and initiated when I was napping a month ago. half a wall to go. It feels so good to see progress.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-58853603913813125072012-01-29T21:03:00.000-08:002012-01-29T21:07:06.799-08:00sprouted bread<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTeCJQI7HFY/TyYk98TBg7I/AAAAAAAABbE/zqusfLdCxXU/s1600/IMG_1019.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTeCJQI7HFY/TyYk98TBg7I/AAAAAAAABbE/zqusfLdCxXU/s200/IMG_1019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703286624687850418" /></a><br /><a href=""></a><br />I've been buying sprouted cinnamon raisin bread for the kids. The course dry texture takes some getting used to. Emily wanted me to take a picture of her eating this sandwich :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-26739582464782004512012-01-16T10:12:00.000-08:002012-01-16T10:15:40.999-08:00Clothespins poemClaire made up this poem in November. I don't think I ever posted it.<br /><br />Clothespins<br />Clothespins, clothespins<br />on my pants<br />on my wrants and dance<br />Clothespins, clothespins<br />in my dish, in my fish<br />how many clothespins do you wish?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-90947529197663517742011-12-14T20:08:00.000-08:002011-12-14T20:42:05.461-08:00Photos<a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lHxkmA0xSUM/TulzKwiy8DI/AAAAAAAABTw/kAR0zatsFu4/s1600/IMG_9128.JPG'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lHxkmA0xSUM/TulzKwiy8DI/AAAAAAAABTw/kAR0zatsFu4/s320/IMG_9128.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <br /><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMCvIv2LaeI/TulzLTeKShI/AAAAAAAABT8/qhutzq84ygY/s1600/IMG_9152.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMCvIv2LaeI/TulzLTeKShI/AAAAAAAABT8/qhutzq84ygY/s320/IMG_9152.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <br /><a href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CzuM3tLHkQI/TulzNqvShSI/AAAAAAAABUI/c24hu-yz0_I/s1600/IMG_9197.JPG'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CzuM3tLHkQI/TulzNqvShSI/AAAAAAAABUI/c24hu-yz0_I/s320/IMG_9197.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; 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Thanks Mom and Dad for all the creative inspiration and time to get crafty. Also had a good visit with Linda and her family and bought an armload of wool sweaters and started an Etsy sight.<br /><script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.etsy.com/assets/js/etsy_mini_shop.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>new Etsy.Mini(6636708,'thumbnail',5,3,1,'http://www.etsy.com');</script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677862835956509300noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515697.post-77109017154069964122011-10-27T10:12:00.000-07:002011-10-27T12:36:45.316-07:00kinesthetic phonicsWe have been using some books called <u><a href="http://www.explodethecode.com/01_overview/">Explode the Code</a></u> for Phonics. I have been supplementing with some active games that I though of. I wrote each of the letters for the sounds we've been working on a piece of paper and set them around the room. For the first game (musical chairs variation) I sing and when I stop the girls stand on a letter and tell me what sound it makes and a word that starts with that letter. The second game we use the same papers and I call out a sound and everyone puts foot on the letter that makes that sound (I plan to do this with blends, digraphs, sight words etc.)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061023028311884734noreply@blogger.com2