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The start of our Garden.
We are planting lots of things in our little garden.
We laid this big piece of plastic down and we planted 12 different kinds of seeds, cherry tomatoes, beef steak tomatoes, rutgers tomatoes, peppers, green peppers, banana peppers, hungarian something peppers, eggplant, swiss chard, peas, green onions and radishes. He enjoyed it. We both planted 6 little trays of each seed.
1st ReadingEggs.com Progress Report
The image is dated for Nov 9 2011, thats cause I had to download it again. When you do this it changes the date to the current date on the award.
He got 93% on the Zoo 1 Quiz at the end of Map 1.
Will add Image of Award Later Having computer problems!
Reading Eggs Progress Report for Leo
Your child has made good progress in Reading Eggs. Leo has finished another ten lessons.
Leo has just completed the Zoo 1 Quiz at the end of Map 1.
Leo passed the quiz, earning a Gold certificate. To see and print out this certificate go to your child’s My Stuff page and click on Certificates.
In this set of ten lessons, your child learnt the following words, sounds and skills.
Map Information : Level 1 Map 1 Lessons 1 – 10
Letters and sounds – m, s, t, b, c, f, am, at
Words learnt – I, a, am, at, Sam, cat, bat, sat, fat, mat
Sample of sentences read – I am a cat. I am Sam.
The Reading Eggs lessons are designed to be played more than once. All children benefit from repeating lessons as it reinforces learning and builds automaticity(instant recall). We recommend that young learners repeat each lesson at least three times for maximum benefit.
For a more detailed summary of the lessons
Starting Out in The Zoo Details
| Zoo 1 | Phonic Letters And Sounds | Phonically Decodable Words | Vocabulary Words | High Frequency Sight Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesson 1Get Lesson PDF | m | – | moon, monkey, mice, mud, mop, men, mat, meat, mum, moss, man | – |
| Lesson 2Get Lesson PDF | s, am | – | sock, seven, sat, sing, soap, see, six, seed, sandwhich, spaghetti, spoon, stand, stamp, snail, sun, strawberry, snake | – |
| Lesson 3Get Lesson PDF | a, m, am | Sam | lamb, ham, ram, dam, jam, pram, stamp, lamp, clam | I, am |
| Lesson 4Get Lesson PDF | t | – | tent, toe, turtle, table, teeth, triangle, train, tractor, tap, tomato, tooth, teepee, three, tv, ticket, toy, top, tiger | – |
| Lesson 5Get Lesson PDF | a, t, at | bat, cat, fat, pat, rat, sat, mat, hat | – | at, a |
| Lesson 6Get Lesson PDF | b | – | bread, bag, balloon, bell, book, bone, bath, baby, bear, bee, bank | – |
| Lesson 7Get Lesson PDF | c | – | coat, clam, cap, can, cow, cup, car, crab, camel, cry, cupboard, camera, cheese, cheek, carrot, corn, can | – |
| Lesson 8Get Lesson PDF | f, at | cat, bat, fat, mat, sat | fish, fly, foot, feather, frog, flower, fire, fox, football | – |
| Lesson 9Get Lesson PDF | a, m, t, at | am, Sam, cat, bat, fat, mat | apple, astronaut, ankle, ambulance, ant, alien, arrow | I, a |
| Lesson 10Get Lesson PDF | a, b, c, f, i m, s, t, I, am, at, ap | am, Sam, at, bat, cat, fat, mat, sat | – | I, am, at, a |
Dr. Oz Uncovers the Hidden Danger Lurking in Apple Juice
In the latest episode of “Things to Fear in Your Food,” we’re looking at “Arsenic in Your Apple Juice.” Yes, arsenic, the toxic metalloid associated with cancer, organ failure, and death, may be lurking in your sweet, innocent apple juice. It’s just like in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace where the two elderly spinsters kill off lonely old bachelors with elderberry wine spiked with the poison — only not nearly as entertaining.
Dr. Oz and his team recently tested five popular brands ofapple juice and found elevated levels of arsenic. Mind you, “elevated” is not a trivial amount. It means levels higher than what’s allowed in drinking water. It means levels you might not want to be consuming daily, or even weekly, because arsenic likes to build up in your system. It’s not a visitor; it’s a permanent house guest who never leaves but just keeps getting bigger and more obnoxious.
Out of 36 samples (they tested the same brands multiple times just to be thorough), 10 exceeded the limits for drinking water set by the EPA, and some even measured above “levels of concern.” Those levels are based on people consuming just 4 ounces a day. Who stops at just 4 ounces? Not even most children.
“As a doctor and a parent, it’s concerning to me that there could be toxins such as arsenic in juice we are giving to our kids,” said Dr. Oz. “While we do not know of any cases of poisonings, we do know that arsenic is a substance that shouldn’t be in food and could be associated with various public health problems such as cancer.”
He thinks we should have standards for allowable levels of arsenic for juice just like we do for water. Oh, ya think, Dr. Oz? And what the hell is arsenic doing in apple juice in the first place?!
Maybe we should blame China. Oh, you didn’t know we import apple juice from China? Well, we do. You will recall the fun we had with melamine-tainted food a while back. Good times. The U.S. has banned the use of arsenic in pesticides, but we have no control over what comes in from other countries. Even if we weren’t importing apple juice, arsenic can sneak into apples from contaminated soil and water here at home.
Some might say, “Eh, I drink apple juice all the time and I’m not dead yet.” But I’m getting a little tired of hearing about friends and family members getting cancer after living otherwise healthy lives. I’m trying to minimize my exposure to toxins, so I would like to know which foods out there may have “elevated” levels of arsenic in them.
At this point you’re probably wondering which brands of apple juice you should be avoiding. So am I. But we will have to wait for Dr. Oz to do the big reveal on the show, which happens Wednesday. Apparently he names names! Can’t wait.
So yeah, enjoy your orange juice — unless there’s something wicked hiding in that, too.
Are you steering clear of apple juice now?
Leo says Dada for the first time!
Leo says Dada