OOBLECK... in honor of Dr. Seuss

Every year in the beginning of March, we make Oobleck, in honor of a favorite author, Dr. Seuss.  
His birthday is on March 2nd and we celebrate by making truffula trees with recycled materials, 
eating green eggs and ham, 

creating big messes with "Pink Ink" (pink shaving cream) and playing with Oobleck. 
Here's the recipe for Oobleck:

Equal parts of Elmer's Liquid Glue and Liquid Starch, Food coloring or liquid watercolor 

we buy liquid watercolor at Discount School Supply. Great stuff. Look it up!

Mix together and then knead under a bit of warm water.  

That's it... Oobleck.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

All About Apples

We're talking about Apples.
We eating apples, painting with apples, picking apples, counting apples, graphing apples... you get the idea.
This apple crisp recipe is really good. I should know, we've made it three times so far this apple season...

Aa is for Apple Crisp

4 medium peeled cooking apples, sliced. (about 4 cups)

3/4 C flour

3/4 C packed brown sugar

1/2 C oats

2 t. cinnamon

1/2 C. soft butter

1. Heat oven to 375
2. Spread apple slices in an ungreased 8 inch square pan
3. Mix remaining ingredients with a fork, sprinkle over apples
4. Bake, uncovered until topping is golden brown and apples are tender. About 30 minutes.

This recipe is from the Gold Medal Flour Children's Cookbook: Alpha Bakery. A really cute little cookbook from the Gold Medal Flour Company.

It's all about the apples.