It turned out to be a nice simple math lesson as well. G took his $5 bill to the store, the bars were $3, and he got $2 back. We discussed that more on the way home.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
First Purchase
G made his first purchase with his own money today. DH and I occasionally get Dove bars to eat after G goes to bed, and we're pretty stingy with them, so G decided he would buy his own. When we got to the store, we found that the Haagen-Dazs bars were on sale, so G got those instead. He was so excited to have his special treat tonight that he bought with his own money.
It turned out to be a nice simple math lesson as well. G took his $5 bill to the store, the bars were $3, and he got $2 back. We discussed that more on the way home.
It turned out to be a nice simple math lesson as well. G took his $5 bill to the store, the bars were $3, and he got $2 back. We discussed that more on the way home.
Let the Christmas Baking Begin!
We kicked off the Christmas baking season with these gingerbread cookies. G had fun drizzling icing all over them and decorating them with sprinkles. 
Here's the recipe we used for these. It was fun to see how the baking soda reacted with the molasses mixture!
Here's the recipe we used for these. It was fun to see how the baking soda reacted with the molasses mixture!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Poinsettia Craft
Today we did this poinsettia craft using construction paper, glue and glitter glue. G loves crafts, and we haven't done many lately, so I thought this would be a great week to do a few.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
How to Bake an Apple Pie and See the World
This week's Five in a Row book was How to Bake an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman. It was a fun book about traveling to several different world locations to gather ingredients for baking an apple pie. Some of the activities we did to go along with the story were:
1. We looked at a book about Italy, introduced G to some of the major Italian landmarks, and found Italy on the world map.
2. We did the same for France and then built our own Eiffel towers out of popsicle sticks. Daddy was the perfect leader for this project!
3. We found Sri Lanka on the world map.
4. We looked at a book about Jamaica (paying special attention to pictures of sugar cane plants).
5. We found Vermont on the US map.
6. We read a great science book called How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro.
7. We did a science project: Evaporating the water out of salt water and finding out what was left (salt crystals). G even enjoyed a taste test.
8. We made an apple pie and discussed measurements and fractions as we prepared the pie for baking.
1. We looked at a book about Italy, introduced G to some of the major Italian landmarks, and found Italy on the world map.
2. We did the same for France and then built our own Eiffel towers out of popsicle sticks. Daddy was the perfect leader for this project!
3. We found Sri Lanka on the world map.
4. We looked at a book about Jamaica (paying special attention to pictures of sugar cane plants).
5. We found Vermont on the US map.
6. We read a great science book called How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro.
7. We did a science project: Evaporating the water out of salt water and finding out what was left (salt crystals). G even enjoyed a taste test.
8. We made an apple pie and discussed measurements and fractions as we prepared the pie for baking.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
On to Christmas
And just that quickly, Thanksgiving is over and our thoughts go directly to Christmas. G drew this last night. It's one of his first drawings of a person who has a body and not just legs coming out of his head. :-) This is Santa on a sled full of gifts.
Thankful Tree
Here's this year's thankful tree. This year G is thankful for Dad, Me, Grandma, 1234 (numbers?), Uncle Erik, Grant, Plants, Mom, Grandpa, Vitamin D (he likes his new vitamins), God and Kiki (the cat).
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