M has sure enjoyed playing Roxaboxen in our driveway, B joins her sometimes.
Last night we made "Desert Glass" candy. We demonstrated all the stages of candy making to the kids as we brought the candy to 310 degrees Fahrenheit, the "hard crack" stage.
They thought "soft ball" stage was cool, but truly enjoyed "soft crack" more.
We think we need to add more flavoring next time. We added the tablespoon of raspberry flavoring, but it still tastes like cotton candy.
B says look at my tooth! Yummy!
We spent some time coloring the flag, flower, and state reptile of Arizona. I got a cool coloring book by Crayola of the 50 states at Office Depot. I am planning on using it as we explore the U.S. this year. We pasted some facts about Arizona in our lapbook, that I will post when it is done. We have also talked about what it means to be a mayor, and discussed what are some things that we would like to see happen in our city. Typical kids, they want everything to be FREE! Too cute! We used desert colors to work in the style of Barbara Cooney. Here is the original picture we used for inspiration.
This one is B's
This one is M's.
3 comments:
Looks like a lot of fun!!!
Those were great! I liked what you did, and the kids were good too.
I really love that book! I am planning on rowing it with my ds soon. I may just have to use some of your ideas! Your art is very good! Looks like you could have been the illustrator!
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