good food

Reminder to self:
foods the girls have enjoyed lately:
Shredded cabbage with dressing
Chick peas with dressing
fish sticks with sweet-sour sauce
zucchini muffins (usual oat muffin recipe substitute zucchini for applesauce
kidney beans
spinach surprise -ground beef cooked with chopped frozen spinach and other veggies, add basil and onion. serve over rice.
home made granola- 7 cups quick oats 1 cup whole oats 1/2 c soy grits 1 c wheat germ 3/4 cup honey 2/3 c oil (mix together over med heat) pour over grains bake at 250 stirring every 20 mins until toasted. (I add nuts to my own bowl.)

I printed out a Western rite Calendar of feast days yesterday and printed out some Bible verses to use with the girls. I also borrowed a set of laminated icons which will be useful for religious education at home. Up to this time we haven't done much in the way of celebrating the various seasons and events of the church calendar beyond Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter. I am looking forward to incorporating more.

Some preschool activities we've done recently
learning the major bones of the human body
we talk and sing about bones as she jumps on the exercise ball, she has a digram by her pace at the table
counting by 1, 2, 5, 10 in English
counting by 1 in Spanish
Spanish songs and poems.
recognising more and less, longer/ shorter, heavier/ lighter, darker/ lighter, same different
attending kids concerts
building towers with a variety of blocks
sorting cards by type
sharing with sister
taking turns

preschool activities:
this is what we've done the past few days.
Stacking graduated blocks
nesting graduated blocks
shape puzzles
tracing shapes
decoding three letter words/ sight words
stamping with fruit using finger paint. (thicker paint would be better.)

Outings:
the Grove
Thursday concerts 11:00
Tues summer session 2:00

Library story time

California Science Center

walks to the park
Saturday Virginia park crafts ans farmer's market
My Gym




At home:
learn church music
learn bible verses

menus

well I'm trying to be more frugal with food these days
some things I've been cooking lately:
miso soup
salads with greens from the garden and nappa cabbage
fish chowder
noodle salad
mixing leftover rice, salad and miso soup for lunch the next day

I've been trying to purchase grocery items that cost less than a dollar per pound. apples, watermelon, potatoes, cabbage, bean sprouts, carrots, green onions, summer squash. I am trying to find meat/fish close to $2.00 per pound. I made an exception for the bacon because I wanted some without nitrates which they sell at TJ's.

more preschool ideas

spanish
rading books
singing songs
new workbook
play games like Simon says



music
children sing together class
dancing with scarves/ ribbons
playing instruments
me play guitar or sax for the girls


science
little experiments
mixing oil and water
does it float playing with shadows
reading about animals