For the Parents

My daughter is involved in a research project at Providence College called Kids Think.  This is a great article that the professor in charge of the project posted that I wanted to share.  It has been such a pleasure to teach your children and I have you to thank for that.  Many of you are already doing what is suggested in this article and I can see that in the children that walked through my door in September.

Enjoy!http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-be-a-better-parent/

10+1Picture Books that Spark Creativity

In a recent post by the amazing teacher who started the Global Read Aloud, pernillesripp.com/2015/06/12/10-1-picture-books-that-spark-creativity/  .  I found this wonderful book. The children enjoyed exploring with the chalk today. I imagine there will be more to come!

Friday Night Sky Above My House

Can you see the triangle? The crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus! 

All 3 have Fledged!

At  the end of the day, we turned on the eagle cam and it had a new focus!  Below is a video that answers one of our questions - will the parents continue to bring food to the nest? 

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/64175495/highlight/635653

Today We Made BUTTER!!!!!

In the story Manny's Cows:

1. It was the end of school, Manny didn't think he could take a vacation because of his 500 cows!
2. He found a way to take his 500 cows to Niagra Falls.
3. There was a big problem when the 500 cows all went to the gift shop!! It was a mess!!
4. One cow ran out of the store with a bucket of cream and fell over the falls.
5. When he landed it had turned to butter and everyone wanted to buy the butter and Manny could pay for the damages.  They had enough money to ride home in style!

So we decided to try and make butter!

1. Buy heavy cream.  Leave it out for a couple of hours.
2. Pour heavy cream into a mason jar. Fill it 1/2 way.
3. Put a marble in the jar.
4. PUT THE TOP ON TIGHT!
5. Shake it VIGOROUSLY!
6. Watch it turn to butter.
7. Take off the top, pour out the buttermilk.
8. Pour the butter into the bowl.
9. Add salt and stir.
10. Enjoy it!

We got to try it on corn muffins and bread. YUM! YUM!

List of Great Books for Summer Reading

Below is a link from Huffington Post for wonderful summer reading books.  I have not read some and am anxious to read these  new titles!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/summer-reading-books-for-kids_n_7547634.html?ir=Education&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000023

Author Visit

Today we had a visit from author/illustrator, Susie Becker.

She taught us:

• Cows have four stomachs!
• Cows give us milk from their pink udders!
• Cows chew for 14 hours a day! And have no top teeth!
• Cream when shaken turns to butter! (We might experiment with this idea this week!)

And she taught us how to draw cows and chickens!!!!!

Thank you Cove PTO!!

Mo Willems Blog

Continuing our excitement about our new Mo Willems books, Happy Pig Day and Listen to My Trumpet, we visited his blog.  There are a lot of events coming up in the area - plays based on his books and museum displays.

http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.com/

Great Opportunity! One of our favorite authors!