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We are back to our normal shenanigans and will start posts...

Wed Sept 1, 2010


See ya then!  Comment if you want to see specific activities...and I will do my best to work it all in. :)

Healthy Kids Activities - Taste #3

Sweet Lunch!

Sweet things...Strawberries, Cinnamon Graham Crackers, Jelly and PB Sandwiches, Raisins, Marshmallows, and Cantaloupe.

The girls picked what they liked best.

N just ate everything! 

We didn't do much on the sweet thing but we did talk about what was the sweetest.

We had a delicious little lunch.

we need to interrupt service

I am on hiatus for the week, but don't you worry next Wednesday I will be picking up where I left off!

Sorry to leave you hanging without notice.  My little sister is finally getting married and we are flying to Cali to party!  Maybe I will post a picture of her, maybe I will post a Boredom Buster that I whip out like Macguyver or is it McGruber? at the wedding...who knows?

Have a depressing week without me...I know I am the only one on your blog list who consistently blogs and you just have to check! Haha Just kidding.

Take this time away from me to make a batch of cookies, then send me some! :)

Healthy Kids Activities - Taste #2

We had a SALTY lunch!

Bugles, Pretzels, Peanuts, Popcorn, Ramen and Buttery Toast!

Delicious right?

We rated everything on a Salty scale and it was unanimous that the Ramen was the saltiest.  Must be that delicious MSG! Hehehe.

Healthy Kids Activities - Taste #1

Stick your tongue out and look at it in the mirror. Have you ever noticed all the tiny bumps that it is covered in? These are called taste buds and they tell you whether your food is sour, sweet, salty or bitter.

That’s because there are taste buds in different parts of your tongue that can understand all the different tastes. But, that’s not the only job that your tongue does. It also helps us to form words, and is therefore a very important organ in helping us to speak.

I printed out this chart HERE
Then we talked about the different tastes..Salty Sour, Sweet and Bitter.  Since they didn't know what bitter meant that is where we started out!


Bitter.  This one was particularly fun for me.


I grabbed 2 squares of baking chocolate. One unsweetened, one semi-sweet.


I put them on the table and asked the kids what they were.  Of course they knew it was chocolate.

Then we talked about what bitter is, and where it is located on the tongue.  They didn't care they just wanted chocolate, so I chopped it up a bit and let them have at it because they thought they knew it all!

Heh heh heh.

Then it hit them!

Then they finished the semi sweet, hahaha.

Healthy Kids Activities - Eyes #3

We finished up our eye unit with a silly snack.  I peeled some grapes and told the girls we were eating eyes for snack.

L didn't believe me and B laughed and laughed.  I had them feel the grapes and asked them if they were wet like our eyes.  They said yes.

Then we bit them in half and talked about how grapes and eyes are the same.  Look the inside has a circle like the pupil...etc.

Then they devoured about 2 cups of grapes. Peeled and unpeeled.  It was fun.

Healthy Kids Activities - Eyes #2

Today we talked more about the eye and how it works.
The little dark circle in the center of each of your eyes lets light in. It is called a pupil. If you are in a dark place where no lights at all are on, can you see anything? No, you can't because our eyes need light to be able to see! Once the light goes in, it hits a part inside at the back of your eye that is very sensitive to light. This part is called the retina. When light touches the retina, it makes an upside-down picture of whatever you are looking at. A large nerve called the optic nerve carries the image to your brain where it gets turned around so that you see it the right way instead of upside-down!

Then we talked about how some people who can't see are called blind.  What does that mean?

How do they read?
Then I went to THIS site and printed the Braille Alphabet.
To make the letters raised like Braille, put a drop of white glue over each black dot. When the glue is dry you will be able to feel the raised dots with your fingers. We also turned it upside down and poked holes so the raised parts were on the top.

Then we went to Old Chicago and asked to see the Braille Menu and we had the kids guess what each item was.

It taught them that even though we look alike all of us are very different inside. There was a girl there in a wheelchair and L asked me if she had broken legs, we then talked about how we need to learn about handicaps! :)