We’ve gotten so much snow this year! Lucky for us, we have a two-man crew to clear off our 300+ feet driveway.
Nicholas was out helping Eddie for a long time yesterday. I have such an adorable view from my window.
I’m so proud of Nicholas for sticking with it, even if the shovel is bigger than he is!
In my life before kids, I was a gifted specialist and a science teacher trainer. I’ve spent a lot of time in workshops and developing tools to help elementary students and teachers in the science classroom. One of the most popular things I ever created was also one of the simplest.
It’s a one-page booklet that outlines the scientific method. You can fold it like a greeting card and it walks you through the entire process of doing a science experiment. The student just has to fill in the blanks. I created it about eight years ago to use with 3rd -5th graders, but it could also be used in a middle school, or even a high school classroom.
I used it in my own classroom to help prepare students for using the scientific method while doing their science fair experiments at home. I also uploaded it to my page on Teachers Pay Teachers, where I offer it for free.
It’s been downloaded more than 22,600 times and has a 4 star rating (the highest rating possible). You can read the reviews here. It baffles me a little bit because all I did was make a little greeting card in Microsoft Office, but it seems to have struck a chord with teachers and parents, so I wanted to make it available to you as well.
It prints out on just one page. Fold it in half horizontally, then again vertically, to make a small book.
Feel free to reproduce it as often as needed for personal or classroom use. I just ask that you not sell it for profit.
Click here to download the free book:
Want to see an example of a science experiment I have done with my pre-schoolers?
Visit my post about Our Milk Experiment.
Well…we did it.
It’s been a month.
I put up the first Get Skinny Saturday on Jan. 4th.
This week I can’t say I did very much. I was really sick for a while, went to the doctor, got a positive strep test, and started some antibiotics.
I didn’t exercise at all this week, but, since my throat was really sore, I also didn’t eat all that much.
I did make my Healthy Orange Chicken for dinner one night and my mom and I had quinoa and spinach for lunch one day.
That was pretty much the extent of my weight loss efforts. My husband was in charge of dinner most nights, and I slept a lot.
Although, I did continue to drink mostly water and avoid white sugar. But I had pasta a few times.
Meh. Basically, I just gave myself a break and rested and didn’t focus too much on the weight loss stuff.
I did still lose weight. Not a ton, but some.
I’m currently weighing in at 175.8 pounds.
That’s a 0.8 pound loss this week.
So, the grand total for January was 4.4 pounds lost.
I’ll take it.
My goal for this upcoming week is to get back on the exercise bandwagon and avoid white flour.
Now please excuse my terrible Joey from Friends impression while I ask, “How you doin?”
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