Bring your own Sunshine and Happiness to the World

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Friday.
               

This star was made by a friend’s son who attends a Montessori School in Colorado. This is a part of their Hand Work Curriculum. I looked through a Paper Craft book for instructions and online, still looking, Will include when I find, Here I found many options..from websites, however, True creativity is seeing something and figuring out how to make something similar with your own twist. See if you can figure this out. They used rainbow tissue paper, use what you have, and put sunshine and happiness up in your windows to bring you joy, and anyone seeing your creations too, when you look out on the World this rainy morning here in the Northeast. 

Origami stars.
many options for fun, creativity and dexterity based learning below. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/books/try-this-extreme/paper-engineering/


handwork, paper crafts
https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2014/08/radial-origami-suncatchers-5th.html

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-lucky-paper-stars/

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lucky-Paper-Stars

https://www.origamiway.com/how-to-make-paper-stars.shtml

http://www.sweetpaulmag.com/crafts/swedish-paper-star-with-free-printable-download

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVVE1J0hgkE

https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/Sun-Catcher-Craft-Ideas

ART

Getty Images, love this spiderwebby appearance of the bubble like background, see if you can make this kind of a background for your Zoom Meetings, See Post 1 from this blog for Zoom Instructions or go to Zoom login for instructions. 
SEE

9 Dazzling Virtual Art Experiences You Can Have From the Comfort of Your Home, Including a Memorable Trip to the Sistine Chapel

It's never been easier to visit the world's greatest museums and cultural sites remotely.
Katie White, 

Very cool Espadrille shoes made to order in the country of Kenya on the Continent of Africa. Beautiful. 
Zazzle is proud to partner with UBUNTU Life. Based in Kenya, UBUNTU Life is the company behind Afridrilles, the world’s first customizable African Espadrilles. They are helping a community of mothers with special needs children to achieve financial independence. UBUNTU Life is teaching these women – previously ostracized and marginalized because of their special needs children – valuable skills to help them support their families and provide their kids with life-changing care and education.

Simba pattern. This is from their Disney Pattern, Lion King Collection



POETRY
The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
The plants suck in the earth and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.
–Abraham Cowley, English poet (1618–67)



SPORT
Active.com
Jenny Simpson, Olympian, and Annie share facts about themselves. Perform different movements based on if you like or dislike their favorite things.
found on Instagram, from exploring the link above, Thehairytrumanshow. new puppy instagram of Olympic Runner, Jenny Simpson


821 million people go to bed hungry every night. According to the Heifer International site. 
Do you log activities on a device? 
In our family we do.
I Have an Apple Watch for my triathlon training and specifically swim workouts. This watch keeps track of my heart rate and laps swam, as well as gps, and many other features. It simplifies my life therefor it was worth the investment. Through the phone and apps and my watch my workouts are loaded onto my workout apps and keeps track of my activities. The workouts I log go onto Strava and Burn to Give Apps.
My Partner uses a Garmin watch to log all of his Triathlon Workouts 
And each of our daughters also log thier workouts.
I programmed my watch to input my activity into Burn to Give when I initially learned about this organization. 
A young man wanted to Feed more people in the communities he had lived in and created https://www.burntogive.com
If you make an account you can also give the calories you burn to others. 
It is easy to do and beneficial for anyone suffering from Food insecurity. 

Educating ourselves and Helping others. Credit, Blurbs created by the companies presented below.
Here are some Organizations I know of:
Look for others you may be interested in too.

How to make the most of your pantry throughout the Covid19 Crisis.
http://www.projectbread.org/news-and-events/news/cupboard-essentials.html
The Scoop from Project Bread. 
On the Front Lines of Feeding Kids While Schools are Closed
Project Bread has been working with the Massachusetts Department of Education and local partners to help make sure kids are able to get school meals during closures. Here we get a sense of what this looks like on the ground as we hear from the front line heroes keeping families fed in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adaptability is the Key
Project Bread's Chef Sam Icklan worked with the Chicopee school district in those first few weeks and said that their original plan on Friday, March 13, was just to get through the next few days.
"We arrived at the cafeteria at 6AM and managed to produce breakfasts and lunches for Monday and Tuesday all in one morning." Chef Sam helped them reestablish their production method for something completely new as they moved out chairs and set up lines of tables. "We set out each part of the meals and sent them down the lines." 
Midway through that first week, Chef Sam said he realized that schools were going to be closed for a month "and there was all this fresh produce that needed to be used, so I worked with staff to create entree sized salads to use lettuce, broccoli, eggs, salad dressing, and so on. We offered as extra to the meals and were even able to offer it to parents so it didn’t end up in compost."
As the numbers of kids and families coming to the meal site kept increasing, Chef Sam and the cafeteria staff kept refining, going from one delivery day to three, and then adding a Friday so meals for the weekends could be handed out. "It was the super flexibility and adaptability of the staff and nutrition directors that ultimately got everything off the ground and running in a way that meets the real needs of the community."

 MATH
#AllIinChallenge of instagram. Many Participants, the goal is to Raise $100,000,000 right now. 
Talk about place value. How Much is a Million is a Great Book to explain this.

$ goes to Meals on Wheels to feed Kids during this time and No Kid Hungry.

Other Organizations that help the world.
Whole Planet Foundation was founded with the goal of alleviating poverty in countries where Whole Foods Market sources products. On October 25, 2005, Whole Foods Market held a company-wide 5% Community Day in stores that provided $525,000 in seed funds for Whole Planet Foundation. Since inception, Whole Foods Market has contributed more than $32 million.
Accelerating the path to living incomes
Nutritious food. Shelter. Clean water. A decent education. Access to health care. And a safe and secure environment.
All fundamental for a life free from hunger and poverty. Yet millions of people can’t afford them.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fullfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.

FeedingAmerica
Food today. Food security tomorrow.
In a country that wastes billions of pounds of food each year, it's almost shocking that anyone in America goes hungry. Yet every day, there are millions of children and adults who do not get the meals they need to thrive. We work to get nourishing food – from farmers, manufacturers, and retailers – to people in need. At the same time, we also seek to help the people we serve to build a path to a brighter, food-secure future.

The Greater Boston Foodbank
With the help of our partners and supporters, GBFB acquires and distributes food that enables local food pantries, soup kitchens, community health centers and other partners to do their vital work of providing nutritious food and meals.

Covenant House provides housing and supportive services to youth facing homelessness. We help young people transform their lives and put them on a path to independence.
ACTIVITY
Making the Family Meal.
tips for making cooking with kids successful. 
from Real Simple. As for chemistry, the low-sugar recipes in Half the Sugar, All the Love can inspire conversations on our favorite topic: food science. Why does the texture of banana bread change when you take out the sugar? Have fun researching together with your kids—recipes can bring great conversations to life. If you’re trying to figure out how to keep your kids learning in this distance-learning environment, cooking can be a delicious way to do it. Beyond the lessons, there’s an additional silver lining. “We are all spending more time cooking these days, so why not turn it into an opportunity for some quality family time together?" says Tyler Lee. "It’s the blessing of this situation and a chance to turn a challenging time into positive memories for our kids.”
https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/cooking-with-kids?did=512350-20200415&utm_campaign=rs-home_newsletter&utm_source=realsimple.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=041520&cid=512350&mid=32359924058


Talk about how we can help others while you make a meal with your family.

Much of the world eats soup for breakfast lunch and dinner.
It is hard for many people around the globe to store food due to their living conditions.

They may live in a one room hut.
They may live in a refugee camp or a village in a place where there is no running water, refrigeration, no stove or kitchen. 
Some live without access to libraries, schools, stores, or bathrooms with toilets ever, just to name a few luxuries some of the developed world takes for granted.

Making soup is an inexpensive and nutritious way to eat. 
Add whatever you have, a little oil, sauté, onion, garlic or other. Add vegetables, chicken, fish, beef, or pork, tofu, or any protein you have on hand. Add water, bring to a boil and simmer, and you have a meal. 

Make sure you have a trusted Adult to help you. 
Be careful not to get burned. Clean up and put away when you are done.
Look in the Fridge, cupboard, or wherever you keep everything. 
What items do you have?
MAKE A LIST for anything you don’t have and plan a trip to get these ingredients safely. 

What can you make with what is available? 

This could be a grilled cheese, tuna and pasta with tomatoes,
A protein, starch, and vegetable makes a meal.
Fiber, protein, and fat for each meal.

To you have something to make bread?

Yeast/no yeast. SCIENCE here. 
What does Yeast do?
definition, From the Webster's Dictionar/Thesaurus..... is that a Dinosaur? no. Look the word Thesaurus up....
________________________________________________________yeast | yēst | noun a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Genus Saccharomyces, subdivision Ascomycotina.• a grayish-yellow preparation of yeast obtained chiefly from fermented beer, used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread dough, and as a food supplement. • Biology any unicellular fungus that reproduces vegetatively by budding or fission, including forms such as candida (yeast infection) that can cause disease. DERIVATIVES yeastless adjective yeastlike | -ˌlīk | adjective 


Pizza Dough is easy to make and uses Yeast, which comes in packets, but also exists in the air around us. Talk about what is a Starter. For Sourdough, Fermented Yeast and helps the Bread "rise/grow."

How does bread differ when a recipe has yeast vs. No Yeast.
Ask an adult to help and help you if you need help with clean up.
Clean your hands. Suds with soap and wash every part up to your mid arms for 20-30 seconds.

Find your recipe.
Get Ingredients if you don't have something loo up, Ingredient Substitutions on Google, with a trusted Adult.
 Get cooking tools out and organized where you will make the recipe. Flour and dough make a mess so be prepared with a large cutting board, parchment paper, or a flour sack type towel.

Here are some from a Google search:
Sourdough bread. 
https://www.theclevercarrot.com/2014/01/sourdough-bread-a-beginners-guide/


Pretzel dough.
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/hot-buttered-soft-pretzels-recipe

Corn bread.
https://www.blessthismessplease.com/the-best-cornbread-recipe/

Pizza is a quick meal that can have all the nutrients you need to be healthy if you add vegetables, protein and fats. Like cheese which has protein and fat.
https://www.justataste.com/easy-homemade-pizza-dough-without-yeast-recipe/

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by the Blog,
Eliza

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