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Movie Class – If I had a Super Power…

The First Script After last week’s exploration of why conflict is important in telling stories, today we had the first script written down. And this triggered the search for “If I had a super power… what would it be?” Little Miss I diligently wrote down her story for the class … Continue reading

Science of Yeast Image Gallery

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A couple of days ago I posted our Experiments with Yeast. Here’s the Science of Yeast Image Gallery with photos and videos of the three different types of yeast we had seen through a good microscope. Thanks to Bill Carter for all the images!             … Continue reading

Discovering the Science of Yeast

Playing with Yeast It’s been a long time since we last had Make Day and cook up some science experiments for the kids, so we decided to literally cook this time and explore the Science of Yeast. To do so, we planned to do the same bread recipe 3 times, … Continue reading

Making Strudel Heart Pies

This past cooking class, I had three kids again… and as Valentine’s day is getting closer, we decided to put together a heart shaped treat. In the past I had made some really yummy Apple Hand Pies, so I decided to use that pastry dough, but this time I wanted … Continue reading

Movie Class – Learning About Story Conflict

What is the Story Conflict? We had our second Movie Class yesterday, and my little filmmakers explored what makes stories move forward and be interesting: The Story Conflict. Last week we talked about the Importance of Story. I had asked the kids to think over the week, as their homework, … Continue reading

Chocolate Brownies Experiment!

Yesterday was Friday again, which means it was our weekly cooking class with the kids! This week we had Mr. J with us once more, as he had been asking to be part of the class again since last week. Because of that, I decided to do something he’d like … Continue reading

Making and decorating Gingerbread Men

Last Friday, I got the kids together for some Christmas baking, so we set to bake and decorate Gingerbread Men. As the day approaches for the Gingerbread house party, I decided to try two different types of Gingerbread: This week’s is inspired in a Gourmet magazine recipe that can be … Continue reading