Lost in Pizzaland Giveaways!!!

Personal Trainer Cooking Game

For the DS!!!

Enter to win a free game for your DS.

The winner will be drawn on Valentine's Day!

This is not only a game but it actually has real recipes and teaches you step by step on how to make the dishes.

The Chef will talk you through each step as you make tasty dishes from around the world.  When you can't stop what you are doing, you can go to the next step using simple voice commands.

 

This may be a game that you and your child can do together on Bake/Cook/Make Day Saturdays!

If you are interested in this drawing, here's how to enter:

NOTE: Beneath this posting is the word "Comments." This is where you'll put your entries.

1. Leave a comment telling me what your favorite video game is and why.  Be sure to leave your first name and email/blog address.
2. For a second entry, write a posting on your blog about the giveaway and link back to the giveaway. If you don't have a blog, you can "tweet" about the giveaway on twitter. Make sure that you leave another comment letting me know that you did this. (Be sure to leave your first name and email/blog address again.)
3. For a third entry, sign up on shopathome website through my favorite links page on my site only. Link found on the right side of my page.  This is a site that helps you find coupons and deals. Also, has a free sample search site too.  Then, make sure that you leave another comment letting me know that you did this. (Be sure to leave your name and email/blog address again.)
4. For a fourth entry, become a follower of my page. Make sure that you leave another comment letting me know that you are now a follower of my site.  (Be sure to leave your name and email/blog address again.)
5. There will be a total of 4 entries per person.

Entry is open to US residents only through 11:59pm CST on Saturday, February 13th, 2010. I will draw the winner's name on February 14, 2010, Valentine's Day! The Winner will be chosen using random.org and contacted by email. If you're the winner, you'll have 48 hours to respond or an alternate will be chosen.

Good luck to all of you who enter!

Lost in Pizzaland Giveaways!!!

Look What I Found!

Look What I Found!

• Nascar Starts This Saturday 2/6: at 5:30pm: Budweiser Shootout. For you Nascar Race Fans: Racing 2010 Review Magazine by Athlon Sports.  I found mine at Walmart in the magazine section.  The magazine talks about each driver and how they think they will do this year, shows all their stats, and a 2009 recap and results. Magazine costs: $6.99.  You can also log onto their site at www. athlonsports.com.  You can also play fantasy golf Free for a chance to win the ultimate althon sports golf bag.  Sign up for free at www.althlonsports.com/golf

• Deans Pretzel Dip! in the Diary Section.  They have honey mustard and cheddar cheese.  They are both great.  Log on to www.deansdip.com, to enter to win great prizes like a chance to see Jason Aldean, Home Theater System, and more. There are also great recipes too. You can also join their club too to receive updates, new products, and special offers.

• General Mills Chocolate Cherrios. These tastes like cocoa puffs cereal. Thought they taste pretty good. www.cherrios.com has a 50 cent coupon for the chocolate cherrios and also, coupons for all the 11 different varieties  now available. Even great recipes to make with your cherrios.

• Keebler Town House FlipSides Pretzel Crackers: Garlic Herb.  I really like these crackers.

• Found two new books on Amazon: check it out on my amazon search site on my website, without having to leave my page.

1. There Was Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick!  by Lucille Colandro. It has to do with Easter.   I will be doing crafts on my website, based on this book, in a couple weeks.
2. Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl! by Tedd Arnold. It's a very cute book.

• Get a FREE Scholastic Book when you try Pampers Easy Ups Trainers or Kandoo Products.  For details click here. 

• www.Kideos.com.  Like YouTube just for little ones, this cool, carefully monitored site invites kids to watch silly videos and upload their own.  Search for favorite topics or explore the collections in categories like Fairy Tales, Educational Videos, or Muppets.

• Handy Mandy Big Race TV Show! A Family Night Special Event.  Saturday March 20 7pm/6c.  www.DisneyChannel.com. Its great for those kids and/or adults who love Car Racing!

Look What I Found!

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 18 : February 4 : Number 35 & 36

Thirsty For Knowledge: 

Foam Number Books:

1. This week add the numbers 35 and 36 to your number books.
2. Remember to write 35 on the first page, 36 on the second page, thirty-five on the third page, and thirty-six on the fourth page and repeat with the rest of the pages.

Picture Books:

1. On the thirty-fifth page put the following on top in the middle of the page: 35(make sure its big enough)
2. Then a little bit below the number 35 put the spelling of the number 35 (thirty-five).
3. Then directly below the word one put a picture of any Thirty-five items like dots, stars, or hearts(make sure it is Thirty-five items. Use can use stickers if you want too.)
4. What is really neat to use for all this is foam letters, letters and pictures.
5. On the Thirty-sixth page do what you did with the thirty-fifth page except use the number 36, the word thirty-six and a picture of 36 items like 36 items like triangles, squares, or circles

Index Cards:

• Place the number 35 on a card, word thirty-five on a card, a picture of thirty-five items
• Also write the number 36 on card, word thirty-six on a card, and a picture of thirty-six items.
• Add these cards with the your other index word cards.
• Remember to add the numbers and words to your key chain card holder
• Remember to keep on teaching  your kid's math.  Here's an example: Write on a card 11+ 25 = 36 on the other side have a picture of thirty-six items. And the number thirty-sixwritten out.  Try not to go above = 36. Keep it real simple.

Number Sewing:

• Don't forget you can have your child sew the numbers 35 and 36. 

Memory Game:

• You and your child can now play their memory game with the numbers 35 and 36.

Math:

• Remember to do more math with your child.
• Ask them questions while you drive.  
• Show your child how when you cover  the second number  in a double digit number how it goes 1, 2, 3, 4.  For example 10, 20, 30, 40.  And how the second number does the same thing: 11, 12, 13, 14.  This makes it easier for children to understand how easy it is to figure out what number comes next.

Yarn Math Art:

• Supplies Needed: Construction Paper, Yarn, Glue and Scissors : Have your child make numbers from pieces of cut up yarn.

Math

• Supplies Needed:  Buttons or Poker Chips, Cup

1. Lay down some buttons or poker chips like: 2 chips, then ask your child to add 2 more.  Keep them separted.  Then ask your child 2 + 2 = ?. Explain as you go.  Show them 2 chips + 2 chips = 4 chips.  Have them count them out, if they can't figure it out.  Using two different things/color helps out.
2. You can do this for subtraction too.  For example: have 4 chips(ask your child how many chips are there) and then ask your child to take away 2 chips and place them in a cup.  Ask them 4-2=?  See if they can figure it out.  How many chips are not in the cup?  

• Math Patterns: Paper, Pen, Crayon

1. Write a number pattern on a piece of paper. For example: 2,4, 6,2,4, _,2,_,6,_,4,6 or 2,3,_,3_,2,_,_2,3.
2. Have your child fill in the missing numbers.

• Pasta Number Art: Elbow Macaroni, Glue, Pen, Construction Paper or Paper

1. Write some big numbers on a piece of paper.
2. Have your child glue pasta onto the numbers.

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 18 : February 4 : Number 35 & 36

Wacky Wednesday: Brown Bear, Brown Bear: What do you see?

Wacky Wednesday:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
What do you see?

Crafts:

• Colored Link: Construction paper, glue

1. Take strips of construction paper of each color from the book and link them together with glue.  
2. Then when the glue dries, have your child try to remember the story by the colored rings.

• Brown Bear Mask: Plates, brown felt, brown paint, black construction paper, stapler, glue, red marker, hole puncher, elastic

1. Paint a plate brown. Let dry.  
2. Cut out eye holes.
3. Cut ears out of brown felt. Glue or staple them onto plate.
4. Make a mouth with the red marker.
5. Cut out a nose out of black construction paper and glue onto mask.
6. Punch a hole in the plate, on each side, to wear mask, thread elastic through holes.

• Bear Pom Pom: 2 large brown pom pom, 6 small brown pom poms, very small black pom pom, gogglie eyes, scissors, glue

1. Glue 2 large brown pom pom together.
2. Glue the arms, legs and ears on with the 6 small pom poms.
3. Glue on the small black pom pom for the nose.
4. Glue on gogglie eyes. 

• Black Sheep: Cotton balls, black paint, picture of sheep, thin cardboard(cereal box), pencil, big gogglie eyes

1. Glue picture of sheep onto cardboard. Let dry.
2. Glue on gogglie eyes.
3. Roll cotton balls into black paint.  Then glue onto sheep.

• Goldfish and Tank: Pipe cleaners, empty cereal box, construction paper, hole puncher, shells, sand, jewels, glitter, paint

1. Cut fish out of construction paper, decorate them.  Punch a hole in the top and bottom of the fish.
2. Cut out 3/4 of the back part of the cereal box, keeping all sides intact.  
3. Paint or add construction paper to the entire box.  Add glitter to the back of tank for sparkle.
4. Punch two holes in the top and bottom of the inside of box for each fish.
5. Slide one fish onto each pipe cleaner and insert the ends of the pipe cleaner into the holes.  They can move the fish up and down if they want.
6. Glue the shells, sand, jewels onto the bottom of the tank.  

• Frog Box: Foam paper, plastic box with attached lid(baby wipes), plastic-foam ball, paints, plastic wiggle eyes

1. Cut arms and legs from foam paper.  Glue them to the box.  
2. Cut the plastic-foam ball in half.  Paint each half, and add a wiggle eye.  Glue them to the box lid.
3. Paint on a mouth, and glue on a foam-paper tongue.

• Wacky Feet: Corrugated cardboard boxes, paints, small boxes, construction paper

1. Cut each foot in a wide triangle shape.  
2. Round off one point and cut five webbed toes in the opposite end.
3. Paint it.
4. Cut a section from a small box(large enough for your child's foot).  Paint it or glue paper on it.  Staple or glue it to the large foot.

• Shaggy Dog: Cardboard tube, cardboard egg carton, paint, glue, white yarn, gogglie eyes, buttons, felt, construction paper or foam paper

1. Cut two sets of connecting cups from a cardboard egg carton for the dog's front and back feet.  Cut two individual cups for the head and tail.  Paint them.
2. Use a cardboard tube for the body.  Glue it to the sets of feet.  Glue on the head and tail cups.  Cut pieces of yarn for hair and glue in place.  Then decorate the head.  Use plastic eyes, a button nose, and foam-paper ears.

• Story-Time Mobile: Paper plate, yarn, pictures of things in story, hole puncher, paint, construction paper.

1. Paint the plate.
2. Cut the pictures out and glue them onto their right colored construction paper.  For example white dog-white paper, red bird-red paper, etc. Let dry.  Punch a hole in the top of each animal.
3. Punch holes around the plate to hang each animal from.

• Hobby Tube Horse: Cardboard tube cereal box, paint, crayons or markers, construction paper or lightweight cardboard, ribbon, yarn or heavy string, scissors, glue or tape

1. Decorate a along wrapping tube.(You can always put shorter tubes together with strong tape.) Paint the tube the color your child wants their horse.
2. Make the head from a cereal box.  Cut out a wedge.  For the neck part of the head, leave the bottom of the box in place and cut out a circle the size of the tube.  Paint or cover with construction paper.  
3. Add an eye.  It's easy to attach the mane if you first cut a piece that is double the shape you want.  Fringe on both sides and fold up both sides, leaving a 1" flat strip down the middle.  Glue that flat strip in place.  You can add a pink nose and a pink paper-and-ribbon harness.
4. Slide the tube all the way up into the box.  If the circle you cut isn't too big, the tube will probably stay in just fine.  Otherwise, add glue or tape.

• Birds of a Feather: Paper plates, crayons or markers, scissors, glue, staples, hole puncher, metal fastener, yarn

1. Use plates of any size.  Draw an outline of a bird's body in the middle of a plate, letting the rim on one side of the plate be the bird's tail and the rim directly opposite it be the bird's beck.
2. Hold a second plate against the first plate bottom-to-bottom.  Cut along the outline of the bird you drew.(You'll have two bird bodies.) 
3. Make a set of wings by drawing an outline on a piece of the leftover plate.  Hold a second piece against the first back-to-back and cut.
4. Glue the two bodies together, leaving the tails unglued.  Create an eye on each side of the head and attach the wings with glue, staples, or a metal fastener. 
5. Paint the bird. Let dry.
6. Find the balance point where your bird will hand as though flying, punch a hole, and string a 20' -24" length of yarn through the hole.  Bend the wings away from the bird's body, fluff its tail, and hang your feathered friend where it can "fly"

• Magnet School: Cardboard egg carton, markers or paints, crepe paper or tissue paper, gogglie eyes, magnet strips

1. Cut out one egg-carton cup for each fish you want to make.  Trim each cup to look like fish.  
2. Color the cups with markers or paint.  Cut out fins from crepe paper or tissue paper and glue to the inside top and bottom of each cup.
3. Glue a gogglie eye to one side of each fish.  Glue a piece of magnet strip to the opposite side.  Use a marker to draw on a mouth.

Activities: 

• I spy game
• Spinning Game: Plate, brad, red card stock, 5 pictures of each animals in book, poster board, glue, crayons

1. Cut a red arrow out of the red card stock.  Attach to center of plate with brad.
2. Glue each animal around the plate.  Separate each animal with a line, drawn down to the brad.  Your child can color the sections the color of the animal if they want.
3. Glue the rest of the pictures to a piece of poster board.  Let dry. Cut the pictures out like a deck of cards.
4. Each player, up to four players, gets a pile of each animal.
5. The first person who goes spins the arrow and whatever animal the arrow lands on, that child gets to turn that card over.  Then the next person goes, and so on.  The first person to get their whole deck turned over wins.  If the child spins an animal they already turned over, they don't do anything, the next player goes.  

• I Saw Book: Foam piece, 8 pieces of card stock, hole puncher, yarn, crayons, pen

1. Take a foam piece and fold it in half and cut down the middle.
2. Take 8 pieces of card stock and fold them in half and then place a foam piece on top and bottom for the covers.
3. Make three holes down the sides of the book.  
4. Cut yarn into three pieces and thread them through the holes and tie a knot.
5. Have your child make up their own What do you see book?  They can draw pictures to go along with their story.  
6. Don't forget to write a title on the front cover.

• Leap Frog
• Duck, Duck, Goose
• Pasta and Cereal Art: Pasta, cereal, construction paper, glue, paint

1. Have your child make their own animals by gluing pasta and cereal onto construction paper.  
2. They can paint their pasta picture, if they want.

• Fishing Game: Box, paints, poster board, hole puncher, markers, beads, yarn, paper clips, stick or dowel

1. Cut several silts in a box.
2. From poster board, cut out a fish with a tab on the bottom, and punch a hole in the top.
3. Decorate it with paints, markers, and beads.
4. Make several.  Stick them in the slits.  
5. To make a fishing pole, tie yarn and a bent paper clip to a stick or dowel.
6. Have your child to get a fish onto their pole.

• Great website for more crafts, activities and printable pictures. Click Here 
• Brown Bear, Bear Board Game

Food:

• Marshmallow Bear: Big Carmel Marshmallows or Big white marshmallows dip in chocolate, pretzels, peanut butter or frosting, M&M's, small marshmallows

1. Attach two big marshmallows with a pretzel stick.  Use can use the carmel ones or dip white marshmallows into chocolate and let dry.
2. Attach small marshmallows onto big marshmallows on with peanut butter or frosting for the ears, legs, and arms of the bear.
3. Attach M&M's onto the face of bear with peanut butter or frosting for the eyes.

• Teddy Grahams 
• Seeds

Book:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  by Bill Martin Jr. 

Some ideas were found in the following book:

Look What You Can Make With Dozens of Household Items!

Wacky Wednesday: Brown Bear, Brown Bear: What do you see?

Tuesday Tips!

Tuesday Tips!

• For those who own a Crayola Color Explosion Glow Dome, there is a site that has free printable pages.  Additional Glow Dome Coloring Pages: Click Here: There are several categories and pictures to print out.

Groundhog's Day Links:

• Learn about Groundhog's Day: Click Here:  Website has history information, past predications, fun facts, videos, pictures and more.  You can also send off a free Groundhog's Day E-Card on this site too. Click under the teachers site and there are free printable coloring pages, worksheets, lesson plans with games to play, songs to sing

• Groundhog Day: Free Printable Coloring pages, Activities and Crafts: Click Here

• Groundhog Day: Free Printable Coloring pages: Click Here

• Groundhog Day: Four Free Printable Coloring pages: Click Here

• Groundhog Day: Free Printable Coloring Pages and Crafts: Click Here

Tuesday Tips!

Educational Learning For Toddlers: Week Nineteen

Educational Learning For Toddlers

Week Nineteen:

New Words For This Week Are: Map, Hog, Ball

Combine these three new words with: Cat, Dog, My, Bat, Log, Sat, On, Mom, Dad, Tree, The, Up, And, Big, Boat, Down, Sun, Love, Fall, Mat, Or, See, Hat, Rat, Moon, Car, Left, Right, Flag, All, Fun, Book, Off, Time, Cold, Santa, Snow, Wet, Deer, Side, Ice, Lady, Old, New, Farm, Cow, Barn, Red, White, Blue

Child's First Book

1. Make sure to add three new sentences to your Child's First Book.
2. For the word Map: My mom/My mom was looking/My mom was looking at the map.
3. For the word Hog: The hog/The hog sat/The hog sat on a log.
4. For the word Ball: The red/The red ball/The red ball bounced off the table.

When your child is reading their book to you or anyone else, make sure not to just tell your child the words. Have them spell it out, to see if they can get the word and/or see if they can pronounce it out.

Index Card Project:

Write the words Map, Hog, Ball on index cards.

1. On the other side glue a picture of that word or have them draw a picture.
2. Have your child make a sentence with the words.
3. Take the letters of the words and make new words.

Key-chain Index Cards:

• Don't forget to add these 3 new words to your key-chain cards.
• Are you remembering to use these while shopping.
• Do you need to make another keychain?
• Are you using the keychain?

Go Fish Game:

• Remember to add their words to their Go Fish Game.
• Are you playing the go fish game with your child?

Little Foam Books:

• After adding the words to your new little foam books, your child will have 19 books to practice in now.
• Do your kids need new books for their older words?  
• Are your kids still practicing all their words?

Alphabet Books:

• Make a little foam book for the letter A only.
• On the front cover, write the letter A.
• Find pictures that begin with the letter A, and glue them onto the pages in the book.
• Under each picture write what the picture is, in nice big letters.  For example: If you have a picture of an Apple: write apple.
• Some A words are: Apples, Ape, Angel, Alligator, Ant, Avocado, Apricot

Alphabet Coloring:

• Find a coloring page for your child to color.
• Make a color key for letters A-G or so.  A=Blue, B=Red and so on. Next to each letter color a little bit next to it.  So next to the color Blue, color a little blue next to.  So your child is able to understand it. Helps associate the colors with the words.
• Have your child use the color key for coloring.  

Word Search:

• Think of the words you want your child to search for. Write the words you want them to find on index cards. 
• Now write each letter of the words, onto post-it notes, and stick them up around the house. Example: For ball, write B on a note, A on a note, L on a note, and L on a note.
• Place the index cards in a pile, upside down.  Have your child draw a card and then have your child try to find the letters on the card.

Educational Learning For Toddlers: Week Nineteen

United States: January 31-February 6: Week 20

 United States:

Week 20

Craft Supplies:

• Map Frame: maps, glue, frame

1. Glue map pieces to a frame.
2. Cover top of map with glue too.  You can add glitter or decorations at this time.  Let it dry.

• Map Box: maps, glue, shoe box, glitter, sequins

1. Glue maps around a shoe box and its lid, overlap the sides.  Let dry.
2. Decorate the map box.

• Fold-Up Book: Smooth cardboard mat, colored or decorative paper, glue, double-stick tape, map, ribbon, scissors

1. Cut 2 cardboard sheets to the size you want your book.
2. Use double-sided tape to cover cardboard with map.
3. Cut a piece of a paper so that it is about double the height of the book cover.
4. Fold paper into an accordion.  Double-stick tape first and last page of accordion to front and back covers of books.
5. Glue a ribbon to the inside center of both covers and use as a tie to keep your book shut.

• Brown-Bag Scrapbook: Grocery bags, scissors, yarn, maps, glue, markers

1. Cut the large sides off of several grocery bags.  Place the sheets on top of one another and fold the stack in half to make a book.
2. Open the book to the middle and poke two holes in the fold.  String yarn through the holes and tie the ends together.
3. Cut the places from the map and glue them onto the book.
4. Decorate the cover with markers and write: My maps

• Easy Map Book Covers: Grocery bags, scissors, hardback book, maps, pencil, markers, highlighters

1. Cut down the seam of a bag, then cut off the bottom to form one long rectangle of paper.  Position it horizontally in front of you.
2. Place a book in the center of the paper.  Trace along the top and bottom of it onto the paper.  Remove the book.  Fold along each line. Glue map onto paper.
3. Place the book in the center of the paper again.  Fold over each side of the paper to form flaps.  If you wish, insert the book cover into the flaps.

• Map Mobile: Sturdy paper plates, maps, glue, yarn, scissors, index cards, markers, cereal box

1. Decorate the plate.
2. Punch holes around the plate
3. Cut out any of the shapes of the states.  Glue them onto a piece of cardboard. Let dry. Punch a hole at the top of state.
4. Thread a piece of yarn through each hole in the plate and in the state.
5. Punch a hole in the middle of the plate, thread yarn through it and hang it up.

• Map Fans: Poster board or construction paper, sequins, glitter, craft sticks or tongue depressors, yarn or ribbon, maps, glue

1. Cut your poster board or construction paper in the fan shape .  Glue a map onto this piece.  Let dry.
2. Decorate fan.
3. Glue craft sticks or tongue depressors together at the base, then fan them out in the width of your paper fan.  Add  fine line of glue to each of the craft sticks.  Glue the map fan on top.  Let dry, then add a yarn or ribbon tassel or bow to the base.

• Map Pencil Holder: Craft sticks, craft beads or other trims, clean empty tin cans, masking tape, maps, glue

1. Add tape around the can's edge to cover up add sharp edges.
2. Squeeze a thick line of glue at the top, bottom, and middle of the can, 2 to 3 inches at a time.  Place the craft sticks into the glued sections, covering almost all of the can except 1/4 inch.  Cover the gap with a thick line of glue.  Let dry.
3. Cover the sticks with a piece of map.
4. Decorate with beads or other trims.

• Map Puzzle: Poster board, maps, colored plastic tape, marker, zipper-closed bag, glue

1. Cut the poster board to the same size as the map you are using.
2. Glue the map to the poster board. Let dry.
3. Fold a strip of colored plastic tape over all four sides of the puzzle.
4. Use the marker to draw the shape of each puzzle piece on the back.  
5. Divide the puzzle into about twelve pieces or so.  
6. Cut the puzzle apart following the lines.  
7. Store the pieces in a zipper-close bag.

• Map Placemat: US Map, Contact Paper

1. If you want you can highlight where you live, the state capitals and trace around the borders.  
2. Unroll the contact paper, without taking off the backing.
3. Take your map piece and lay in on the contact paper.  Make sure there is enough contact paper to cover both sides of the map.  Make sure the contact paper will overlap all sides of the map.

Activities: 

• Printable Coloring Pages: Click Here
• 50 State Quarters Game: Need one of each state 

1. Your child can try to see if they know the state of each quarter.

• Wipe-Off US Map: Found in $1 section at Target.
• State Learning: 50 pieces of Heavy paper, glue, Marker, Print off each State Animals: Here, Capitals: Click Here, hole puncher, 3-ring binder

1. On each piece of paper, write a state on top.
2. Write the initials of each state under the their name.
3. If you want you can glue the shape of the state onto the paper too.
4. Glue on each state animals and capitals.
5. Punch 3 holes down the side to each paper to be able to put in the 3-ring binder.
6. Have your child decorate the binder and write the 50 States on top.

• Matching Game: 100 Index Cards, Marker

1. Write each state on an index card
2. Then write each abbreviation on an index card.
3. See if your child can find the state and its abbreviation.

• Learning Cards: Found in $1 section at Target
• Everything you wanted to know about a state: Click Here
• Learn the US through Online Games and Learning: Click Here
• Printable Coloring Pages: State animals, flowers, flag, tree, famous buildings: Click Here
• US State Abbreviations - State Capitals - State Links: Click Here
• State Symbols, Songs and Emblems: Click Here: Just click on each state
• Printable Geography Worksheets: Click Here 
• Printable Maps: Click Here

Books:

• The Scrambled States Of America by Laurie Keller
• A to Z United States of America by Jeff Reynolds
• Wipe Clean United States Activity Atlas by Roger Priddy
• Don't Know Much About The 50 States by Kenneth C. Davis

Foods/Snacks:

• State Foods: Click Here: Find out what your state foods/fruits are and recipes too.

Some ideas where found in the following book:

• Look what you can make with dozens of Household Items by Boyds Mills Press

United States: January 31-February 6: Week 20

Supplies Needed For Week 20: January 31-February 6: Unites States

Supplies Needed For Week 20: 

 United States

Craft Supplies:

• Map Frame: maps, glue, frame
• Map Box: maps, glue, shoe box, glitter, sequins
• Fold-Up Book: Smooth cardboard mat, colored or decorative paper, glue, double-stick tape, map, ribbon, scissors
• Brown-Bag Scrapbook: Grocery bags, scissors, yarn, maps, glue, markers
• Easy Map Book Covers: Grocery bags, scissors, hardback book, maps, pencil, markers, highlighters
• Map Mobile: Sturdy paper plates, maps, glue, yarn, scissors, index cards, markers
• Map Fans: Poster board or construction paper, sequins, glitter, craft sticks or tongue depressors, yarn or ribbon, maps, glue
• Map Pencil Holder: Craft sticks, craft beads or other trims, clean empty tin cans, masking tape, maps, glue
• Map Puzzle: Poster board, maps, colored plastic tape, marker, zipper-closed bag, glue
• Map Placemat: US Map, Contact Paper

Activities: 

• Printable Coloring Pages: Click Here
• 50 State Quarters Game: Need one of each state
• Wipe-Off US Map: Found in $1 section at Target.
• State Learning: 50 pieces of Heavy paper, glue, Marker, Print off each State Animals: Here, Capitals: Click Here
• Matching Game: Index Cards, Marker
• Learning Cards: Found in $1 section at Target
• Everything you wanted to know about a state: Click Here
• Learn the US through Online Games and Learning:  Click Here
• Printable Coloring Pages: State animals, flowers, flag, tree, famous buildings: Click Here
• US State Abbreviations - State Capitals - State Links: Click Here
• State Symbols, Songs and Emblems: Click Here: Just click on each state
• Printable Geography Worksheets: Click Here 
• Printable Maps: Click Here

Books:

• The Scrambled States Of America by Laurie Keller
• A to Z United States of America by Jeff Reynolds
• Wipe Clean United States Activity Atlas by Roger Priddy
• Don't Know Much About The 50 States by Kenneth C. Davis

Foods/Snacks:

• State Foods: Click Here: Find out what your state foods/fruits are and recipes too.

Wacky Wednesday:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
What do you see?


Crafts:

• Colored Link: Construction paper, glue
• Brown Bear Mask: Plates brown felt, brown paint, brown construction paper, stapler, glue, red marker
• Bear Pom Pom: 2 large brown pom pom, 6 small brown pom poms, very small black pom pom, gogglie eyes, scissors, glue
• Black Sheep: Cotton balls, black paint, picture of sheep, thin cardboard(cereal box), pencil, big gogglie eyes
• Goldfish and Tank: Pipe cleaners, empty cereal box, construction paper, hole puncher, shells, sand, jewels, glitter
• Frog Box: Foam paper, plastic box with attached lid(baby wipes), plastic-foam ball, paints, plastic wiggle eyes
• Wacky Feet: Corrugated cardboard boxes, paints, small boxes, construction paper
• Shaggy Dog: Cardboard tube, cardboard egg carton, paint, glue, white yarn, gogglie eyes, buttons, felt, construction paper or foam paper
• Story-Time Mobile: Paper plate, yarn, pictures of things in story, hole puncher, paint
• Hobby Tube Horse: Cardboard tube cereal box, paint, crayons or markers, construction paper or lightweight cardboard, ribbon, yarn or heavy string, scissors, glue or tape
• Birds of a Feather: Paper plates, crayons or markers, scissors, glue, staples, hole puncher, metal fastener, yarn
• Magnet School: Cardboard egg carton, markers or paints, crepe paper or tissue paper, gogglie eyes, magnet strips

Activities: 

• I spy game
• Spinning Game: Plate, brad, red card stock, 5 pictures of each animals in book, poster board, glue, crayons
• I Saw Book: Foam piece, 8 pieces of card stock, hole puncher, yarn, crayons, pen
• Leap Frog
• Duck, Duck, Goose
• Pasta and Cereal Art: Pasta, cereal, construction paper, glue, paint
• Fishing Game: Box, paints, poster board, hole puncher, markers, beads, yarn, paper clips, stick or dowel
• Great website for more crafts, activities and printable pictures. Click Here 

Food:

• Marshmallow Bear: Big Carmel Marshmallows or Big white marshmallows dip in chocolate, pretzels, peanut butter or frosting, M&M's, small marshmallows
• Teddy Grahams 
• Seeds

Book:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  by Bill Martin Jr. 

Thirsty For Knowledge: 

• Number Learning: Index Cards
• Picture Book: 2 Duplicate Pictures of Items 35 and 36
• Matching Game: 3 8 x 10 Cardboard Pieces
• Number Book: Foam Book, 2 duplicate pictures of items 35 and 36
• Number Sewing: Cardboard, Marker, Yarn, Plastic Needle
• Math: Buttons or Poker Chips, Cup
• Math Patterns: Paper, Pen, Crayon
• Pasta Number Art: Elbow Macaroni, Glue, Pen, Construction Paper or Paper

Bake/Cook/Make Day Saturday:

Chili Snack Mix:

3 cups Premium Mini Saltine Crackers

1 can (11.5 oz.) Planters Mixed Nuts

3 Tbsp. Butter, Melted

1 tsp. Chili Powder

1/2 tsp. Ground Cumin

1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

Makes 5 cups 

Smoothies: 

Strawberry Peach Smoothie

1 ½ cups fat free vanilla yogurt
1 cup fat free vanilla ice cream
1 cup 1% milk
4 large strawberries
½ cup canned peaches
6 maraschino cherries

Chocolate Banana Smoothie

2 bananas
7 large strawberries
1 cup fat free vanilla yogurt
1 cup 1% milk
1 ½ cups chocolate syrup

Supplies Needed For Week 20: January 31-February 6: Unites States