September 2017 – Lollies or Candy

Sunny Baudelaire's Slipper Slope breakfast

The Various Frightful Dishes in A Series of Unfortunate Events

September 29, 2017April 23, 2018 by Stephanie

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This post contains affiliate links. I was looking for a list of the various frightful dishes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I couldn't find a complete list anywhere. Probably because everyone who read the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans, had to put the books down before finishing…

A Series of Unfortunate Events – Carnivorous Carnival Dinner

September 27, 2017 by Stephanie

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This post contains affiliate links. When I was looking through Emily Winfield Martin's The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist, and I noticed that some of the dolls look like the Baudelaires from A Series of Unfortunate Events. Klaus, Violet, and Sunny If…

Forces and Heat Game

September 20, 2017 by Stephanie

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This is the game we played at the end of our units on forces and heat. You can find all the lessons for this by following the STEAM tab at the top of the page. I used pictures in these questions to help the kids remember what we learned about…

Experiment: Things that Glow-in-the-Dark and Heat

September 12, 2017 by Stephanie

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Background This experiment is meant to go along with our unit on heat. It would be good to have a look at my lesson on the electromagnetic spectrum to get an understanding of how light interacts with the electrons in atoms. The aim of this experiment is to determine if…

Pokemon Party

September 8, 2017 by Stephanie

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This post contains affiliate links. This is my second post from this joint party. I've already written about the DC Superhero Girls elements of this party. You can also find the explanation of the game we played that was based on superheros and Pokemon on that post. Crafts I didn't…

Earth’s Changes

September 7, 2017 by Stephanie

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This is the last topic in our unit on heat. I'm going to do a review game that covers topics based on forces from last term and heat from this term in two weeks. I've already covered seasons in a previous post. This class was about long term changes in…

Eid al-Adha Sheep

September 4, 2017 by Stephanie

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Eid al-Adha is a Muslim holiday based on the story of Ibrahim (Abraham in the Bible and the Torah) having a dream that God wants him to sacrifice his son, but God replaces his son with a lamb. This holiday comes after a one day fast. It is a very…

Kawaii Box – July 2017

September 2, 2017September 5, 2017 by Stephanie

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This post contains an affiliate link. I am so behind on my posts! I think this month's Kawaii Box has just shipped, so I thought I better get this post about last month's box done before it arrives. The July box had some new types of items in it.…

DC Superhero Girls Party

September 2, 2017 by Stephanie

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This post contains affiliate links. This party was part of a joint Superhero - Pokemon party. I'm going to do this post in two parts, with this post being mostly about the superhero stuff. First, the food. Food I've made this jelly (Jell-o) before for a Batman party, but this…