Shannon's Sharings

Sunday, May 27, 2012

8th Birthday Party

Been a long time but I thought I would share what we have planned for Josh's 8th birthday! He is just having a few boys over to the house for a bit of low key fun.

Balloon Ice Packs - fun water bottle ice packs to add a bit of color!
Ring toss
Sponge bomb - easy and cheap activity for a hot day.
Clean up your room game - Boys will love throwing socks back and forth in a no win game!
Silly mustache straws
Marshmallow launchers!
We are also forgetting the cake and just enjoying an ice cream sundae bar.
Instead of a goody bag for party favors we grabbed some of these silly mustache glasses!

Hope you all have an amazing summer! You can check out what we are up to at my pinterest page!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wednesday's Website

Paper dolls from around the world
http://www.education.com/worksheets/paper-dolls/

These seem to include a bit of a guessing game and a bit of info. Might be perfect for some children!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Menu on a Monday!

Monday- Scrambled egg parmesan soft crust pizza
Tuesday- Concert & Subway
Wednesday- Pizza muffins
Thursday- Macaroni and cheese casserole
Friday- Enchilada rice
Saturday- Leftovers!
Sunday- French Toast (with sausage for the boys)

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wednesday's Website

Montessori Friends-
Check out the FREE moveable alphabet available to print!

http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=48708&it=1&SRC=Newsletter

I love http://www.currclick.com/index.php and regularly order stuff still!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Book Basket

Warning...this list is extensive!!!!
These are all a list for Joshua for the upcoming year. (Many of these are from the http://www.sonlight.com/ booklists and some are just books we want Josh to read and series he has started and enjoys.)

The Big Balloon Race (I Can Read Book 3)
Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3)
Hill of Fire (An I Can Read Book, Level 3)
Surprises (I Can Read Book 3)
The Sword in the Tree (Trophy Chapter Book)
The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)
Wagon Wheels (I Can Read, Book 3) (Book & CD
Chalk Box Kid (Stepping Stone, paper)
Clara and the Bookwagon (I Can Read Book 3)
Cora Frear
The House on Walenska Street (Puffin Chapters)
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (1st Avenue)
The Last Little Cat
The Long Way to a New Land (I Can Read Book 3)
The Long Way Westward (I Can Read Book 3)
Paint Brush Kid (Stepping Stone, paper)
Prairie School (I Can Read Book 4)
Riding the Pony Express
Tippy Lemmey
Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books)
Viking Adventure
Along Came a Dog (Harper Trophy Books)
Frindle
Henry and Ribsy
Lumber Camp Library
McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales
More Stories from Grandma's Attic (The Grandma's Attic Series)
Ralph S. Mouse
Socks
Shadrach (Harper Trophy Books)
The Toothpaste Millionaire
The Whipping Boy
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
The Hundred Dresses
A to Z Mysteries
Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book I)
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana)
Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America
Ramona Books
Magic Treehouse books
The Boxcar Children Books
Time Warp Trio Series

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Hope summer is going good for everyone! We are spending time together, making a bunny lapbook, spending tons of time at a local garden and just enjoying some free time!

I thought I would share a few things that caught my eye recently. Hope you see something that catches yours!

Easy Homemade bread or why I need to stop being a baby and just make this bread!

Teaching Blogs or an amazing list of resources for home and work/school!

Homeschool blog or look freebies!

Nature t-shirt or last years plan that I am finally going to do this year before he grows out of the shirt I bought!

First sewing project for boys! or the project I most want to do but will never get Josh to consider!

Marshmallow Creme frosting or yummy!

Spring Fruit Pizza or a use for that frosting above!

Infinity t-shirt scarf or another example of just how creative I am not!

Pick Your Battles or ONLY READ AT YOUR OWN RISK (naughty word alert!!!!) Funny story about a couple and her shopping!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Literacy Activities - Big Tracks Little Tracks

Big Tracks Little Tracks
Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

Whip up some Trail mix to enjoy while searching outside for animal tracks!
Match animals to their tracks with Animal track cards (Look under Zoology- Animal Tracks!)
Advanced track cards here!
Follow the track game from Curious George
Animal track matching game online -- Animal tracks web game
Website to checkout with your child -- http://www.bear-tracker.com/
Make tracks with a Potato stamp like this!

Monday, June 20, 2011

Menu on a Monday!

Monday- Chicken Fajitas
Tuesday- Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread
Wednesday- out and free concert at the library pavilion!
Thursday- Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken (Did not get to it last week!)
Friday- Tortellini Caesar Salad
Saturday- Leftovers!
Sunday- Celebrating Andrew's Birthday!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Literacy Activities- A Pair of Socks

A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Murphy

Make a Silly Sock Puppet !
Play online - Sock It matching Web game
Reading color words Sound out word and color.
Sorting socks - great for visual discrimination.
Counting Spots on socks match sock to proper number.
Have a sock race - The person who puts on the most socks in 60 seconds wins!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Father's Day Round Up!

Father's Day Story Starters

Fill-in the Blank Father's Day Letter

Father's Day Photo Album

Disc Photo Book!

I Love Ewe Sign

Father's Day Crown

Photo Cube Puzzle

Monday, June 13, 2011

20 Dye free Snacks and treats

This is a list of convenience snack foods and treats that we generally buy for on-the-go moments and school lunches. The ones I listed do not contain dye. We buy all (but one) of these snacks at our local grocery store (Meijer) or at Costco. (The YummyEarth Lollipops I order from Amazon)