Books for Boys

I enjoy purchasing books with the Christmas money we receive from my grandparents. This year, I purchased Little Boys Bible Storybook for Mothers and Sons, Classic Starts The Three Musketeers, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Currently the boys (mostly the older two, but Bear will take a snuggle and the opportunity to stay up a little later every chance he gets) and I are enjoying reading Classic Starts The Three Musketeers.

When we have completed our adventure with The Three Musketeers, we are planning to watch the Disney adaptation of the book with "Mickey the Mouse."

We recently finished reading The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford. We are anxiously anticipating the arrival of the movie from Netflix.

I love reading with my guys. I love when months later they bring up something from one of the books we read. Example:
Sweets: (Looking at a picture of the Eiffel Tower) Mom, isn't that where one of our friends is from?
Me: (We constantly have our world map out and talk about where people we know have traveled and lived.) Who? (Confused)
Sweets: You know the girl with the... (lifts his shirt and makes a cutting movement across his belly).
Me: You mean Madeline?

We had read Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans several weeks earlier as part of our Five In A Row curricula.

We have, also, enjoyed reading Misty of Chincoteague. This is a wonderful book to read with children. The story is about a brother and sister who after helping their grandfather buy, break, and sell horses desire a horse of their own. The story is based on real life experiences.

Gadgets

http://www.amazon.com/Experiments-Simple-Machines-True-Books/dp/0516274686/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299822010&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Mischief-Battery-Powered-Gadgets/dp/B004C7GW6I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1299822305&sr=1-3


We checked these books out at the library recently. We had it laying around our house right up to the MUST return date. I enjoyed looking through it and want to do several projects, but, I need to be on top of things and get the supplies together to do them the next time these books come to our home.

SLIME!

From THIS website.
Fun outdoor activity and measurement experiment.

Bouncy Putty Slime

Combine ½ cup water with one teaspoon of Borax in a cup and stir with a popsicle stick. In another cup, mix equal parts white glue and water. Add in a glob of glue mixture to the borax. Stir for one second with a popsicle stick, then quickly pull the putty out of cup and play with it until it dries enough to bounce on table (3-5 minutes). Pick up an imprint from a textured surface or print from a newspaper, bounce and
watch it stick, snap it apart quickly and ooze apart slowly…

Mucus Slime

Pour 1 tablespoon polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) into a cup. In a fresh cup, mix 1 tablespoon of water with 1 teaspoon of borax. Measure ¼ to ½ teaspoon of borax solution into the PVA cup and stir.

Starch Slime

Measure 1 tablespoon of liquid starch into paper cup. Stir in glob of glue mixture (equal parts of white glue and water), stir for a second. Pull it all out and play with it until it dries in hands. How is this different from Bouncy Putty?

Sewer Sneeze Slime

Fill a cup with 7 tablespoons of cold water. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of guar gum, stir with a popsicle stick 10 times and stop, leaving the stick in. Cautiously dip a pinky into the cup, then rub it in their fingers. Does it smell? Leave it for 2 minutes to thicken before adding this final ingredient: ½ teaspoon of the Borax Solution (Borax Solution: 1
teaspoon borax in one tablespoon water). Stir and it will form a gel that looks like real boogers!

Corny Slime

Fill a large bowl with two cups of cold water. Mix in one cup of cornstarch. The faster you stir, the harder it is to stir. Go s l o w l y. Grab it with your hand – it should form a hard ball that you can't squish. When you relax your grip, the ball should melt and drip between your fingers as if liquid. If this is not what's happening for you, adjust the amounts of cornstarch and water you have in your bowl.

Squishy Slime

Mix 1 cup sugar, 12 cups water, and 3 cups cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir constantly until thickened, about 5 minutes. Place a glop in each of several bowls along with drops of food coloring in each. Place a dollop of each color into a plastic sandwich bad and zip it shut. You can squish and squeeze without getting your hands slimy.

Gelatinous Slime

Combine two cups cold water with one cup cornstarch or white flour. Cook in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until boiling. When thickened, remove from heat, let cool, add food coloring, and serve.

Amoeba Slime

This is always the biggest hit at the birthday party. After kids are finished making the above slimes, I leave out all the ingredients and ask them to make the best slime ever. Stand back and get ready with a hose. Best done outdoors. Kids always get to take home samples in empty film canisters

Jesus Loves Me

Jesus loves me! this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
they are weak but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

OTHER VERSUS:
Now you've heard the true story,
How Jesus died for you and me.
Accept Him in your heart today,
Then in heaven with Him you'll stay!

Jesus knows me, this I love,
All great things are from above;
Though I sin, the Lord forgives,
That is why I’m glad He lives!

Jesus hears the prayers I groan,
Speaks for me at our God’s throne;
His love helps me to comply,
Yes, the Lord is my supply.

Jesus, take this heart of mine,
Make it pure and holy thine;
On the cross you died for me,
I will try to live for Thee.

Though my steps are oh, so slow,
With my hand in his I'll go.
On through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.

When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song.
Telling me in words so clear,
"Have no fear, for I am near."

When my work on earth is done,
And life's victories have been won.
He will take me home above,
Then I'll understand his love.

I love Jesus, does he know?
Have I ever told Him so?
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I love him every day.

Jesus died upon the tree
Yes, he died for you and me.
On the third day he arose
Shout it out till the whole world knows!

I love Jesus does He know,
Have I ever told Him so.
He would like to hear me say
That I love Him every day.

Yes, I love Jesus.
Yes, I love Jesus.
Yes, I love Jesus
Because He first loved me.

Number Poems

Number Printing Poem

Number 1
is like a stick
A straight line down
that's very quick!

For number 2
go right around
Then make a line
across the ground!

Go right around
What will it be?
Go round again
to make a 3!

Down and over
and down some more
That's the way
to make a 4!

Go down and around
Then you stop
Finish the 5
with a line on top!

Make a curve
Then a loop
There are no tricks
to making a 6!

Across the sky
and down from heaven
That's the way
to make a 7!

Make a "S"
And then don't wait
Climb up again
to make an 8!

Make a loop
And then a line
That's the way
to make a 9!

Make a 1
and then an "o"
10 are all your fingers
you know!

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Number Poem

Down you run and 1 is done.

Around, and down, and out go you,
That's the way to make a 2.

Around, and around, just like a bee,
That's the way to make a 3.

Down, across, and down once more,
That's the way to make a 4.

Short neck, belly fat,
Number 5 wears a hat.

Down, around, in a circle you go,
That's a six, just as you know.

Straight across, slide down from heaven,
That's the way to make a 7.

First a snake, then come back straight,
That's the way to make an 8.

First a ball and then a line,
That's the way to make a 9.

Tall straight, circle then,
That's the way to make a 10

Shel Silverstein Poems

"All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin' In The Sun,
Talkin' 'Bout The Things
They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done...
But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All Ran Away And Hid
From One Little Did."
— Shel Silverstein

"I made myself a snowball
As perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet,
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for it's head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first - It wet the bed."
— Shel Silverstein

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1974)

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too
Went for a ride in a flying shoe.
"Hooray!"
"What fun!"
"It's time we flew!"
Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle was captain, and Pickle was crew
And Tickle served coffee and mulligan stew
As higher
And higher
And higher they flew,
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too,
Over the sun and beyond the blue.
"Hold on!"
"Stay in!"
"I hope we do!"
Cried Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle too
Never returned to the world they knew,
And nobody
Knows what's
Happened to
Dear Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Valentine's Day Poem

MY LOVES by Langston Hughes

I love to see the big white moon,

A-shining in the sky;

I love to see the little stars,

When the shadow clouds go by.

I love the rain drops falling

On my roof-top in the night;

I love the soft wind’s sighing,

Beforethe dawn’s gray light.

I love the deepness of the blue,

In my Lord’s heaven above;

But better than all these things I think,

I love my lady love.