School from 5/11/12 – 6/5/2012
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I’m a Proud Mama are you?
I’m a Proud Mama are you?
I am because I have this sweet kid who can be a bit bossy, but still knows his place. He loves me so much I know I’m his favorite (shhhhh dont tell daddy), I’m here day in and out spending time and teaching, playing and just listening and watching.
He really enjoys being homeschooled, I think our whole family likes the idea. My little man learns as the days go by, sometimes faster than others and sometimes not so much.
He loves to cook and enjoys baking with me as well, as long as I’m not in a rush then he gets to do lots of stuff. He cracks eggs, measures stuff, cuts sticks of butter and sifts but never remembers that word sift. He has even made his own entire lasagna with just a little coaching you could say, just reminding him not to much cheese for each layer, you know so there is enough.
One of his favorite things to do is play with fondant and decorate cupcakes or a cake. We call fondant our candy play-doh and its true that’s basically what it is. He has made full sets of angry birds for a Easter cake we just set on a plate around some little cakes we bought from Swiss colony.
He says he wants to work in a taco bell, I explained if you want to work in the restaurant business you should run your own, that you can still cook to. He likes that idea he wants to be a fry cook he says and a pastry chef, I just love that. I also love cooking, baking and just making things in the kitchen that are edible.
I love that he enjoys watching the Foodnetwork channel and he loves Alton Brown, Diners, Drive ins & Dives, Paula Deene and some of the Cupcake Wars, Chopped, Food Network Challenge, etc..
All and all he just makes me proud, I’m proud to be his Mama and he’s little Sweetie Pie!!
Ron Paul Wins Minnesota, Colorado Delegates to RNC Sweeps today’s Minnesota district conventions and scores big in Colorado, keeping state in play and affirming campaign’s delegate-win strategy
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3rd Reading Quiz!! He’s doing Great!!!
Last night Leo took his third Reggies Reading Quiz and did a Great Job!! He is so good at these learning games. I’m so proud of him. He also loves that I can post on his website what he does.
Leo has made good progress in Reading Eggs. Leo has finished another ten lessons.
Leo has just completed the Zoo 3 Quiz at the end of Map 3.
Leo passed the quiz, earning a Silver 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 3 Lessons 21 – 30
Letters and sounds – v, d, j, o, q, ad
Words learnt – and, is, in, had, on, band, sand, dad, sad, bad, mad, ant, good
Sample of sentences read – Sam is a good ant. See the band. Can the rat see the cat?.
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 formaximum benefit.
| Zoo 3 | Phonic Letters And Sounds | Phonically Decodable Words | Vocabulary Words | High Frequency Sight Words |
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| Lesson 21Get Lesson PDF | v | van | vegetables, violin, vase, van, vest, vulture, vacuum, volcano, vet | – |
| Lesson 22Get Lesson PDF | – | see, ant, band, rat, hat, sand, hand, land | land, band, hand, sand | and, see, the |
| Lesson 23Get Lesson PDF | d | Dan, dad | dragon, dice, domino, dolphin, dance, dog, doll, door, duck, dinosaur, doctor, dragonfly | – |
| Lesson 24Get Lesson PDF | – | can, see, rat, cat, hat | – | in, had, I, can, see, the |
| Lesson 25Get Lesson PDF | j | jam, jet, jug | juice, jacket, jelly, juggle, jet, jug, jump, jam, jellybeans, jeans, jar | – |
| Lesson 26Get Lesson PDF | ad | ants | sad, dad, pad, bad, mad, had, ants, cats, flower, rat, bee | had |
| Lesson 27Get Lesson PDF | o | – | olive, otter, oven, octopus, onion, oar, ostrich, orange, oil | – |
| Lesson 28Get Lesson PDF | is | good, cap, bee, ant, bad, sad, has, cap, bat | – | is, good, a, has |
| Lesson 29Get Lesson PDF | on | zap, mat, sat, and, is, bee | jet, apple, octopus, dog, bee | on, the, and, is, a |
| Lesson 30Get Lesson PDF | q | – | queen, quail, queue, quiet, quarters, quilt, quack | – |
http://readingeggs.com/beta/about/levels/reading/1
2nd Reggies Reading Quiz, He Loves this stuff!!!
Leo took his quiz for map 2 a second time after reviewing some of it because he got only 66%. I wanted to make sure he knew what he learning and made him redo some lessons then retake quiz he did great got 80% this time
He loves this stuff I tell ya, its fun, he plays games and gets so excited when he gets the questions/words right!! I’m so glad we found this site!!
Leo has made good progress in Reading Eggs. Leo has finished another ten lessons.
Leo has just completed the Zoo 2 Quiz at the end of Map 2.
Leo passed the quiz, earning a Bronze 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 2 Lessons 11 – 20
Letters and sounds – n, p, h, r, z, ap, an, ee
Words learnt – see, the, tap, cap, map, zap, fan, man, ran, can, bee
Sample of sentences read – A man can bat. Sam can see the pan. Can you see the hat?.
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 formaximum benefit.
| Zoo 2 | Phonic Letters And Sounds | Phonically Decodable Words | Vocabulary Words | High Frequency Sight Words |
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| Lesson 11Get Lesson PDF | n | – | nurse, nail, nose, nest, needle, nut, net, nine | I |
| Lesson 12Get Lesson PDF | p, am | pig, pot, pat | pencil, peach, peanut, potato, pig, pie, pear, pea, pan, plate, pen | am |
| Lesson 13Get Lesson PDF | a, p, ap | Sam, pats, cat, bat, zap, map, cap, tap | – | – |
| Lesson 14Get Lesson PDF | h | hat, ham | hole, hammer, heart, hair, horse, helmet, head, hamburger, hat, hive | – |
| Lesson 15Get Lesson PDF | r | part | rice, raspberry, robot, rose, rabbit, raft, radio, ring, rope, rug, ruler | – |
| Lesson 16Get Lesson PDF | a, n, an | ran, fan, bat | fan, man, can, ran, van, pan, hand, stand, dance | man, can |
| Lesson 17Get Lesson PDF | z | zap | zero, zebra, zigzag, zucchini, zoom, zip, zoo, zap | – |
| Lesson 18Get Lesson PDF | e, ee | bee, tree, see, seed, weed, Zee, three | Queen, teepee, sheep, cheese, cheek, knee, tree, three, weed, see, bee, leek, seed | see |
| Lesson 19Get Lesson PDF | – | Sam, can, see, man, fan, pan, tap, cap, hat, bat, cat | man, fan, pan, tap, cap, hat, bat, can, cat | see, the, I, can, man |
| Lesson 20Get Lesson PDF | n, p, h, r, z, ap, an, ee | see, can, hat, man | bat, bee, cat | see, the, can, man |
http://readingeggs.com/beta/about/levels/reading/1
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?