The Super Bowl is over and we were happy with the outcome. Kudos to Peyton Manning who will now go down in history as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
I’ll be gone all day at co-op so no new post today, but I’ve got a nice one lined up for tomorrow. Have a great day!
What do you think about when you can’t fall asleep?
In the blogging world, bloggers play games called “memes.” These games get passed around from blog to blog and spread like a virus throughout the Internet. Some of them are perfect for playing with kids. This one is a game that you can all play together, each child using his or her name to fill in the answers. One of the best ways to encourage word play is to spend time on what looks like idle word associations. These kinds of associations form connections in your brain that help you to become more efficient in thinking of words for the times you need them when you write!
Your name: Julie
1. Famous Athlete: Joe Montana
2. 4 letter word: Jerk
3. Street Name: Juniper Lane (true street where I grew up)
4. Color: Jade
5. Gifts/presents: Jewelry
6. Vehicles: Jeep
7. Tropical Locations: Jamaica
8. College Majors: Journalism
9. Dairy Products: Jersey milk
10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Jellybeans
11. Boy Name: Jacob
12. Girl Name: Jill
13. Movie Titles: Journey to Jo’burg
14. Beverage: Juice
15. Occupations: Janitor
16. Flowers: Juniper berries (best I could do!)
17. Celebrities: Jennifer Aniston
18. Magazines: Ladies Home Journal
19. U.S. Cities: Juno
20. Pro Sports Teams: Jacksonville Jaguars
21. Something Found in a Kitchen: Jug
22. Reason for Being Late: Just behind schedule
23. Something You Throw Away: Junk
24. Things You Shout: Jump for joy!
25. Cartoon Character: Jesse James (not even close, so help me out)
Have fun!
(Taken from: The Two Noble Kinsmen)
If you worry that your kids think Shakespeare is a bore and totally out of step with today, I’ve got the remedy! Go to the Shakespeare Insulter and let the Bard hurl one at you! The insults would be a fun change of pace for copywork or dictation if language arts are getting a little tedious or routine.
(One small caveat: a few of the insults I turned up have some overtones you might want to preview.)
Check out more ideas about how to incorporate Shakespeare into your language arts program.
Hi Julie
Just thought I’d e-mail you about yesterday’s teatime… We love your ideas and website! Thanks for everything!
11ds had a baseball game last night after 9dd’s Girl Scout meeting. Before we left, I was scrounging around the kitchen to find something somewhat healthy and portable to take for the kids to eat at the game and ended up making musubi or rice balls. Thanks to the kids’ cousin Rachel’s family who mailed us kim (Korean-style roasted and seasoned seaweed) and other Korean market goodies! I still have not made it to the Asian market in Pensacola. I think these kids like just plain ol’ kim and rice almost better than candy…
If kim is not readily available in your area, you could easily substitute furikake which might be in your supermarket’s ethnic foods aisle. Anyway, today for Tuesday Teatime with an Asian twist, we expanded our repertoire and the kids (well, mostly J9dd) made it again, this time with some canned tuna and sauteed carrots inside (and with green tea, of course). I was looking online for other things to put inside them or on top of them other than Spam or umeboshi (pickled plum), neither of which we are crazy about…
By the way, 7ds is showing that we’ve also been playing some Dining Table Boggle lately as well…
We continued our reading of the The Golden Goblet (Newbery Library, Puffin) By Eloise Jarvis McGraw.
In a book I read, it mentioned an interesting idea: open-your-refrigerator Google recipes. Just look in your refrigerator, Google the ingredients you have on hand, and a compatible recipe will pop out! I’ll have to try that sometime…
Vicki
