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6. Here is a warm recipe for a really cold day! It is taken from Macmillan Seasonal Activity Packs, Winter Wonderland, Macmillan Educational Company, 1986. This Cozy Cranberry Creation should make 24 5-ounce servings. Ingredients include 2 lemons, 1 gallon cranberry juice, 1 tablespoon honey, and, as an option, 12 cinnamon sticks.
a. Cut lemons into small slices and put them in a large saucepan.
b. Add cranberry juice and honey.
c. Bring them to just below boiling point, over medium heat, and stir.
d. Cool until warm and serve in heat-resistant paper cups. If using cinnamon sticks, break them into halves and place one in each cup for added flavor.
7. Follow up art and cooking projects with sequencing activities. Relating this important skill to a real-life event will also help develop memory skills.
8. Older children may blow up a balloon and glue small balls of colored tissue paper on it to represent a virus spreading.
9. Have older students do extra research on specific diseases. What causes them? Does heredity play a part? Is there any known cure? What do experts say about vitamin and mineral supplements? Are there any foods experts recommend? Make a class book of these reports for your class library.
I hope these ideas have been useful and have ignited your own creativity. Here's to a healthy winter!
And remember...Reading is FUNdamental!!
Freda J. Glatt, M.A., retired from teaching after a 34-year career in early childhood and elementary education. Her focus, now, is to reach out and help others reinforce reading comprehension and develop a love for reading. Visit her site at http://www.sandralreading.com. Reading is FUNdamental!