Mickey Mouse Bento

Cute little Koa asked for a bento, not a sandwich bento. He wanted me to look at the Susan Yuen's bento book and make something from there. I decided to take just one part of her bento to use, her wrapped cylinder musubi. I used a Mickey Mouse punch on it. Here are the results. I hadn't made a musubi like these before, so I was happy to try a new idea. I even included little nori faces. The second layer contains mini corn muffins I baked in the morning, fresh cut pineapple, and Portuguese sausage.

Susan Yuen

I love Susan's bento books. I also like that she lives here in Hawaii, because she has the same style of cooking that my family loves. Also, I can run out and things that she mentions quite easily.

I was quite nervous to meet her, but was happy to actually meet her in person. I was a bit goo-goo ga-go over meeting her in person. She is quite gorgeous, don't you think?

Koa wanted me to buy her book and make some of her bentos.

Waikiki Aquarium

We went to the Waikiki Aquarium this weekend. I was inspired to make fish shaped tuna sandwiches with some "seaweed" (cucumbers) for the fish to eat. Also, some "rocks" (olives) for the fish to hide in.

Organize Your Clothes

Found these printables online at Living Locurto. I laminted them and got Jade's clothes all in one place.

Label Your Medicine

My children have allergies and asthma. So I need to keep medicine on hand in the healthroom at school. To avoid any possible mix ups, I have included a picture of them on the ziploc bag that contains their medicine. These pictures were printed on large sticky labels. A healthroom aid could easily adminster the incorrect medication. Which I hope never happens. I hope this eliminates any potential problems.

Child's Scripture Bag

I am attempting to sew more. I am terrible at sewing, but I am determined to improve my sewing capabilities. So even though this bag so far from perfect, this is my current level. But I will apply myself.

This bag is made from a placemat.



It contains two zippered pockets that are very crooked. These crooked pockets will hold Jade's pens and crayons.

When the placemat is folded, it creates two pockets. One of those will hold her scripture. The other pocket she can put some paper for her drawings.



On the outside of the bag, I added a pocket, and sewed some felt flowers.

Chemistry: The Periodic Table

I came across a blog where Lisa is teaching her 5 and 7 year old girls The Periodic Table. Seeing that her children were able to grasp the concept, I was excited to try it with my children. The very next day I picked up a copy of this book at Borders.




The book comes with a periodic table, so I made several copies of the chart to use in our matching activities. I then laminated the chart. I cut out the individual elements, and laminated those, then cut them out. The children match the elements and have a lot of fun doing that. They ask questions about the elements. I look it up in the book and tell them about that element.



Here are the matches that they have so far.



Lisa emailed me some questions that she used with her children. Lisa created a scavenger hunt. I decided to use the questions as a Montessori style lesson. This isn't a true Montessori type work, I just use some of their concepts. I made these flash cards self correcting. First I place the questions down.



The the child finds the matching element and places it below the question. If I see them place a card incorrectly, I do not correct them. They will correct themselves in the next step .



Then the child flips over the cards to see if the markings match. Each set of matches have their own matching stamps. If it matches, it is correct. If it doesn't match, then the child reviews their work and finds the correct match



I haven't shown them this part. I will later. This will help them understand the different groups that the periodic table is broken down into.



If you flip it over, the name of that group is on it. This exercise will hopefully teach them the names of the groups and the location of the groups.



I am so excited about this project. I also started a little basket of things that contain the elements. Such as foil (aluminum) , silicon moisture packets (silicon), zinc cream (zinc), pencil (carbon). As we learn more, we will add items to our basket.