kdg-1st grade combo in California 1997-1998

M.C. draws beautiful paper dolls and their clothes. Spring 1998

BEST
of POD

Selected Best of Tripod Education Pod 6 June 1999

Home and Hearth Award of Excellence August 1999

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Arts and Literature: Our first poetry book, illustrated by the first grade
Art Masters: Our response to Claude Monet's Landscape with Trees (under construction)
Art Masters: Our response to Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" in oil pastels (under construction)
Art Masters: A tissue paper collage response to Paul Cezanne (under construction)
Art Masters: Our response to Pablo Picasso's Contour Drawings: A Right Brain Exercise (adapted from Betty Edwards' work)(under construction)
Elementary Links: great links for children and parents to other educational sites, selected by Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson's Launch Pad: an educational launch site, initially set up for adult ESL students, parents will find wonderful places to go while learning the net and/or English
Mrs. Johnson's Hot Links: Also initially set up for adult ESL students, this has great media, arts and culture, and educational links
Ali Baba's Bookshop Directory: it's a little disorganized yet--I've been moving things around, but follow the link to Books for kindergarten and first grade
Ali Baba's Bookshop Annexe: Ali Baba's Bookshop Annexe for ESL students
Ali Baba's Old Bookshop: Ali Baba's Annexe, mirrored and colorized here; re--formatting under construction
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Play Dough: A Recipe from Mrs. Johnson's Files

2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
food coloring

Mix the flour, salt, and cream of tartar. Add water, oil, and food coloring. Cook over low to medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Keep stirring until the mixture forms a solid ball--it gets very stiff, so use a strong wooden spoon. Knead to a nice smoothness.
When it is cool completely, seal in plastic container (old frosting jars are nice) or ziploc bag. If you use a coffee can, place dough in plastic bags first.
This dough can be used over and over and will keep for at least a month.
It's nice to make red, yellow, and blue batches and allow only two at a time:: red and yellow; red and blue; yellow and blue
to allow them to continue to learn about the mixing of secondary colors from the three primaries (RYB). After they have used them for a while, let all three out at once, with the reminder of the horrible color they turn when mixed (they will).

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