Here's a picture of yesterday's Mini-Mission #4:
And a picture of today's breakfast...eggs, bacon, toast with jelly, hot tea, & apple juice.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Mini Missions #4 & 5 Complete
We did a Mini Mission "Conversation Bite" yesterday and the last one for November today. Cutting it close, yes, but it's hard to have a family breakfast when Alan is usually up and gone before daylight. What's completing the mission mean? 2 free books from Scholastic for the girls!
Here's a picture of yesterday's Mini-Mission #4:
And a picture of today's breakfast...eggs, bacon, toast with jelly, hot tea, & apple juice.
Here's a picture of yesterday's Mini-Mission #4:
And a picture of today's breakfast...eggs, bacon, toast with jelly, hot tea, & apple juice.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Learning About "Bee Spit" (Honey)
Today we studied about honey bees and how they make honey. Maddy and Kenna love honey and they were all into the process...until they learned that honey was "bee spit". They were a little grossed out, but love honey so much decided that they'd still keep eating it!
There are 3 kinds of honeybees in the hive: the female worker bees, the male drones, and the queen.
First, a worker bee finds a nectar source then goes back to the hive to tell the other bees where the flowers are. To communicate this information, the little bee will do a dance. The worker bees join in, learning where to fly to find the nectar source.
When the bees find the flowers, they go to work drinking in the nectar. They carry the nectar back to the hive, where they spit it back out into the honeycomb sections. Then they cover it with a special substance to keep it clean.
For the honey for form, 2 things happen: A bee produces an enzyme that turns the sucrose (a sugar) in the nectar into glucose (an energy source sugar and carbohydrate component) and fructose (another type of simple sugar). Another enzyme produced by the bee turns some of the glucose into an acid and hydrogen peroxide, which kills any bacteria that might get into the honey. The second thing is to get rid of the extra water. Most of the moisture has to be evaporated, then fanning it with their wings.
Honey is a very stable food. One of nature's perfect foods. It naturally resists molds, fungi, and other bacteria. Honey can be stored for years without refrigeration.
Learn more about bees at these websites:
Amazing Bees
Big Oven: A Kid's Guide To Honey
There are 3 kinds of honeybees in the hive: the female worker bees, the male drones, and the queen.
First, a worker bee finds a nectar source then goes back to the hive to tell the other bees where the flowers are. To communicate this information, the little bee will do a dance. The worker bees join in, learning where to fly to find the nectar source.
When the bees find the flowers, they go to work drinking in the nectar. They carry the nectar back to the hive, where they spit it back out into the honeycomb sections. Then they cover it with a special substance to keep it clean.
For the honey for form, 2 things happen: A bee produces an enzyme that turns the sucrose (a sugar) in the nectar into glucose (an energy source sugar and carbohydrate component) and fructose (another type of simple sugar). Another enzyme produced by the bee turns some of the glucose into an acid and hydrogen peroxide, which kills any bacteria that might get into the honey. The second thing is to get rid of the extra water. Most of the moisture has to be evaporated, then fanning it with their wings.
Honey is a very stable food. One of nature's perfect foods. It naturally resists molds, fungi, and other bacteria. Honey can be stored for years without refrigeration.
Learn more about bees at these websites:
Amazing Bees
Big Oven: A Kid's Guide To Honey
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Mini Mission #3 For Month Completed
Mini-Mission "Conversation Bites" #3 done for November. Only two to go.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
"Asked and Answered" To Stop Persistent Questions
Love this article! Good advice. Going to begin using "Asked and Answered" to end child nagging.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Teaching Your Child To Tie His/Her Shoes
On teaching a child to tie their shoes. Your local library should have some books that include a lace-up practice page. Or you could try going to this website, How to Teach a 6-Year-Old To Tie Shoes in 5 Minutes for more than one technique.
Around here, cowboy boots are a staple in the shoe collection, which don't have "ties". Many shoes, including tennis shoes, have replaced the usual laces with velcro or the don't-have-to-tie laces. But as Maddy has learned, even if you don't wear shoes that need to be tied, she does need to know how to tie the 2 ties on her Tae Kwon Do jacket. So NOW she is motivated to learn to tie!
Update 11-21-13: Hey, this works! Maddy has tying her shoes figured out! And she got to tell her Tae Kwon Do instructor that she has met her short-term goal!
Around here, cowboy boots are a staple in the shoe collection, which don't have "ties". Many shoes, including tennis shoes, have replaced the usual laces with velcro or the don't-have-to-tie laces. But as Maddy has learned, even if you don't wear shoes that need to be tied, she does need to know how to tie the 2 ties on her Tae Kwon Do jacket. So NOW she is motivated to learn to tie!
Update 11-21-13: Hey, this works! Maddy has tying her shoes figured out! And she got to tell her Tae Kwon Do instructor that she has met her short-term goal!
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