what are sprouts?

While making our lap books Pitty-pat asked me what the sprouts were that jesse bear had for lunch. I found this science in a bag idea from http://www.preschoolexpress.com/ that explains how to grow your own sprouts in detail  easy peasy

SCIENCE IN A BAG
SPROUTING SPROUTS
Day 1:
Take a small zip-lock bag and using a needle, punch a few holes in the bottom seam of the bag.
Set out a bowl of seeds, and have your child place a teaspoon of seeds in a bag. Alfalfa or mung bean seeds work best.
Zip the bag closed and have your child place the bag in a bowl of warm water.
Soak the seeds overnight.
Day 2:
The next day, have your child take the bag out of the water and let it drain, then let it sit in indirect sunlight the rest of the day.
Day 3:
For the next few days, have your child dunk their bag in water for a few seconds, then drain and again set in indirect light.
Day 4:
On the fourth day, have your child set the seeds in the sun.
Day 5:
Have children watch the sprouts turn green.
These sprouts can be eaten by sprinkling them on top of a green salad or on top of cream cheese spread on crackers.
I am going to try this with Pitty-pat and Tippy-toe. We may not have a book store but we do have  three health food stores in a ten mile radius. I wish we had planned ahead and started this earlier.

Jesse Bear What will you Wear?

We are rowing Jesse Bear what will you wear? This week after a small delay because of the printer and life. I am using some prinouts from homeschool share which has a great lap book for this unit. We also made the bear paper dolls-even little-man. I covered his in contact paper for longer use and because I love everything he colors 'cause he just got to use crayons so each colored picture is so sweet ( especially to this momma who knows he's her last baby and he is growing up too fast!) The kids including Little-man and Cam are really getting into the five in a row. We all really enjoy it. It is much more flexible and fits our multi-age range family better.

My computer is down

     Sorry I won't be able to blog much this week my computer is down but I will save all my photos and back post some of our activities.
     This week will be doing a unit study on dinosaurs. I printed cards from ABC teach and Montessori Print Shop. I also printed out an alligator life cycle worksheet that I laminated so both kids could use it as an activity from ABC teach.
      In our learning book basket is Fossils, a golden guide; DK pocket Dinosaurs,DK readers Dinosaur's Day by Ruth Thompson, Digging up Dinosaurs by Aliki, The Magic School Bus in the time of the dinosaurs by Joanna Cole, To Get A Dinosaur by Tim Johnson, The Question and Answer Book discovering Fossils, Dinosaur Explorer by Douglas Dixon, The Natural History Museum book of Dinosaurs by Tim Gardom and Dinosaur Dream by Dennis Nolan. I wish I owned the book Paul Strickland commented on for use with this unit. I am waiting for it on paperbackbookswap.com.


We are reading  the FIAR  book What will You Wear Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom.