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Week 6

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:55:00 -0600

Well it's week 6 and as usual the question is..."What's for Dinner?" Here is what's on this week's menu:

Monday

Sticky Chicken

garlic and green onion mashed potatoes

steamed sweet peas

Tuesday

Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers

green salad

Wednesday

Baked Pork Steaks

steamed green beans

oven roasted baby carrots

Thursday

Crockpot Chili

cornbread

Friday

Crockpot Salmon

white rice

steamed broccoli

That just about does it for this week's menu. Come back to see "What's for dinner?" next week.

Kentucky

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:24:00 -0600

This week in our study of Southeastern states is Kentucky. The capital of Kentucky is Frankford. Did you know that KFC started in Kentucky? I don't have a specific recipe to try but a google search should pull up a copycat recipe for KFC's Original recipe.

If you are from Kentucky feel free to share a recipe with us to try. I'll be back next week to share what's next in our study of the Southeastern states. Thank you for stopping by to learn along with us.

Note: I forgot we will begin working on the Winter Olympics this coming week. We will take a break from our 50 states studies and learn about Canada. We will resume after the Olympics is over.

Week 5

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:36:00 -0600

I can't believe it's week 5 already. As usual the question is..."What's for Dinner?" Here is what's on this week's menu:

Monday

Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs

baked sweet potatoes

spinach salad

Tuesday

Turkey Salisbury Steaks

rice

steamed sweet peas

Wednesday

Shepherd's Pie

green salad

Thursday

Crockpot Beef Stew

cornbread

Friday

Salmon Patties

brown rice

roasted brussel sprouts

That just about does it for this week's menu. Come back to see "What's for dinner?" next week.

George Washington---Download N Go

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:16:00 -0600

If you haven't already heard Amanda Bennett has created a new series of her Unit Studies called "Download N Go" for kids in K-4th grade. If you like using Unit Studies and lapbooking in your homeschooling you will love this new series. "With the new Download N Go unit studies, you are beginning a new kind of learning experience. Each study is one week in length (5 days), has interactive built in hyperlinks, and five daily lessons with lapbook components for each day. It's called Download N Go because these studies are ready to use as soon as you have downloaded them. There's no preparation, waiting time, or other expensive resources are required." These are very inexpensive. They can be purchased individually or you can pay to recieve a whole full year of them.

We recently had the opportunity to review one on George Washington. I have used several of Amanda Bennett's Unit Studies in the past but I didn't know I was in for a surprise with this Download N Go. I don't purchase many Unit Studies due to the fact that we do lots of lapbooking. I don't know how to make mini books for lapbooks so we've always used ones that are already premade. I have to do lots of printing, helping my son cut and fold but it's worth it. He loves lapbooking and retains what he has learned. Many times he will come to dad and I and say "remember when we learned such and such". He doesn't get bored with it because he doesn't have to always read from a textbook our fill out worksheets. He gets bored with those really quick. Unit Studies help keep us on topic and he gets more out of those types of studies since we focus on just those over a period of time until we've finished.

The George Washington Download N Go has information about his life, short questions to answer about what was learned, quotes, timeline, suggestion of books you can read with the study, craft ideas, internet resources, and fun activities for each day. There is even fun family activities too. You can purchase George Washington Download N Go

for $7.95 at The Old Schoolhouse. My son was thrilled when I showed him the unit study. He said "time to learn some history about George Washington the first president!". As I mentioned earlier we have done some of Amanda's unit studies. He was so glad to see we would be doing a lapbook with it because he loves making them to look back over time and again.

Now I will consider buying more of these types of units. I like not having to search all over the web for information when we are studying something. Being a homeschooling mom wearing many other hats doesn't always leave much time for doing so. Then there's the fact that you get tired trying to find just the right info. The links Amanda provides in her units are real time savers for us. This helps keep mom from being overwhelmed and son from getting restless waiting for mom to hurry up already :) It's easier to get find the answers to the questions too. I also like the fact the graphics for the lapbook mini books are simple and don't use up too much color ink. I can't wait to see what's next in this new series of Download N Go learning experience.

Groundhog Day

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:25:00 -0600

We began our unit study on Groundhog Day last year but never got finished. We picked back up again with it this year and made a lapbook about groundhogs and the history behind Groundhog's Day. We used the printables from Enchanted Learning, as well as from here , and got the lapbook from Homeschoolshare. Here is our finished lapbook...

Florida

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:38:00 -0600

This week in our study of Southeastern states is Florida. The capital of Florida is Tallahasee. Did you know that the Orange Blossom is Florida's state flower? Florida is known for its delicious citrus products like oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and tangelos. How about a fun recipe to try...

Florida Fruit Kabobs

INGREDIENTS:

Tangerine

Apple

Banana

Small cluster of grapes

PREPARATION:

Peel tangerine and separate into sections. Wash apple and slice into 8ths. Peel banana and slice. Wash grapes and remove from stem. Arrange fruit in whatever arrangement you like on 4 wooden sticks. Serve.

Makes 4 kabobs.

We didn't have tangerines so we used a regular orange for ours. Here's a pic of my son making kabobs for us...

If you are from Florida feel free to share a recipe with us to try. I'll be back next week to share what's next in our study of the Southeastern states. Thank you for stopping by to learn along with us.

Week 4

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:42:00 -0600

Alright it's week 4 and the question is..."What's for Dinner?" Here is what's on this week's menu:

Monday

Crockpot Italian Chicken Thighs

baked sweet potatoes

green salad

Tuesday

Bacon wrapped Turkey Meatloaf

sweet corn

steamed sweet peas

Wednesday

Roast Beef with potatoes, and carrots

steamed broccoli

Thursday

White Bean Chili

cornbread

Friday

Baked Salmon with carrots & carmelized onions

white rice

green beans

That just about does it for this week's menu. Come back to see "What's for dinner?" next week.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lapbook

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:30:00 -0600

We did a little unit study with my son on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We found some great printables at Enchanted Learning, Teacher Vision, and here. We also put together a lapbook of the things we were learning. Here are pics of the lapbook:

The places you can visit to find ideas and resources for making a MLK Jr. lapbook are: http://heartofwisdom.com/images/MartinLutherKingJrlapbook.pdf http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/martin_luther_king_jr.htm

http://www.*******.***/mlkjr-lapbook

Georgia

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:08:00 -0600

This week in our study of Southeastern states is Georgia. The capital of Georgia is Atlanta. Did you know that the Coca Cola Company is headquartered in Georgia? The state crop of Georgia is the peanut. Georgia produces 40-50% of the nation's peanut supply. Here's a fun recipe to try...

Georgia Shake

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 c. milk

1 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, crumbled

3/4 cup chocolate ice cream

PREPARATION:

Place milk, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and ice cream in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour and serve.

Makes 1 serving.

If you are from Georgia feel free to share a recipe with us to try. I'll be back next week to share what's next in our study of the Southeastern states. Thank you for stopping by to learn along with us.

Week 3

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:55:00 -0600

Alright it's week 3 and the question is..."What's for Dinner?" Here is what's on this week's menu:

Monday

Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs

oven roasted baby carrots

steamed broccoli

Tuesday

Crockpot Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwiches

mashed sweet potatoes

steamed sweet peas

Wednesday

Beef and Andoulle Sausage Meatloaf

corn

steamed green beans

Thursday

Pulled Pork Stew

green salad

Friday

Salmon Crocquettes

brown rice

spinach

That just about does it for this week's menu. Come back to see "What's for dinner?" next week.