Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Beauty of Today


I fell in love with this when I saw it not only because Pooh makes profound statements worthy of remembering but because it reminded me of my father.  My father would always say "Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I never do work on the first day of the rest of my life." Or work would be substituted with other things like worry and such.  Although it is different then the above saying it still adds an appreciation or different perspective on looking at today in a more positive attitude.  So from now on I will value Winnie-the-Pooh's philosophies as being of the same caliber as my father's philosophies. 

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Beauty of Butterfly Pies

Calling All Butterfly Watchers



Materials:
  • Pie Tin
  • Dirt
  • Water
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • Hand Fulls of Flower Petals
Combine dirt and water in pie tin, with bare hands, of course. Mix well into a traditional mud pie.  Add 1 cup of sugar and then the flower petals, again, with bare hands, of course.  Place pie tin outside on a sunny day and watch for butterflies! Don't forget to take pictures!

My students loved this activity, even those who don't always like to get their hands dirty. Maybe prompting was necessary to use more than just their fingers or even two hands, but the excitement of putting out butterfly food was the best motivation of all.