Our week started out with some work on a book report on the biography of Frank Lloyd Wright for Noah. He had to write his book report on a snowman. He could also create a poster board for his in-class presentation if he wanted. Or dress up as his character. Or both. If you know …
School Projects
Last fall, Noah’s class did a series on Flat Stanley. Have you heard of him? He’s a character from a children’s book and a bulletin board fell on him squashing him to half an inch thick. From there, he gets rolled up, mailed off, and folded into a kite. Noah created a paper cut-out of …
When I was looking for some Mexican-inspired desserts for Mike’s potluck, I ran across a recipe for Mexican Conchas. Have you ever heard of these? They are sweet buns. They looked so cute and fairly easy to make so I decided to go for it. I love the shell designs on top and also the …
The other week, Emily had to make an ocean biome in a shoebox for her science class. She put a lot of thought into how she wanted her biome to look and I thought it turned out really neat. It even had a stingray that moved! In case you’re curious, these are the supplies that …
Coconut Turnovers are an authentic treat from Barbados. With its warm brown sugar crust and delicious coconut filling, this pastry is perfect for breakfast or a mid-day snack. This recipe makes 20 lovely coconut turnovers. This afternoon, Emily and I worked on an extra credit project for her social studies class. She and a partner …
A few weeks ago, Emily’s class made 3D salt dough maps in class. We had to make the salt dough at home and send it to school in a plastic baggie and provide the pizza box and supplies to decorate the map, but they did the rest of the project in class. I told Emily …
Several weeks ago, Emily had the opportunity to make a cell cake for extra credit in her science class. It could be made of any food as long as it was all edible and large enough to feed half of her class. She chose to make an animal cell cake, which is round. We did …
Noah’s class made a word cloud at school. Noah wrote his name on it and then his classmates took turns signing it and putting kind things about Noah on it. I thought it turned out so cute! Noah’s classmates think he’s cool, happy, smart, silly and “kute”. I happen to agree!