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Turmeric Play-dough

1/31/2015

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We made a delightful golden play-dough colored and scented with the dried spice - turmeric.

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 cup dried turmeric
2 tablespoons oil
1 cup cold water


Mix dry ingredients add wet ingredients ... mix well. Cook over medium heat until it holds together. Knead a few times and let cool.






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This month we have learning all about our bodies and we especially enjoyed reading these great books!
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We explored the shapes and names of different body parts through a variety of artistic exercises:
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Forming bones with Model Magic:
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Tracing our hands...
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... and coloring the bones of hands in the Human Anatomy Coloring Book (it's fun to count all the bones too!).
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We love this human body puzzle by Hape Toys.
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Nurse Kim came by with her first aid kit and taught us all about how to properly wash our hands and make a simple bandage.

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We recorded our body shapes on the floor and compared being as small as our body could be to how big we could make our body - then we danced around labeling all the different body parts we could think of.
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Tickling Experiment - what's more ticklish, your hands or your feet?
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Herb Detectives - Using our sense of smell we matched fresh herbs from the garden with the dried version of the same herbs.
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We made our own Saurkraut: The kids chopped the cabbage, massaged in the salt and pounded into jars.  One week later we had delicious kraut!




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And the kids always come up with their own original experiments and designs; 
creating waterfalls, rivers, and dams:
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making their own paint out of colored chalk:
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and designing forts in the sandbox:
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In the garden we planted flowers...
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and lettuces...
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and harvested carrots...
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and broccoli...
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and collards!
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1 Comment
Karen link
7/23/2016 05:31:31 pm

This is a great post. Thank you so much

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