November 2009 - Always Learning

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Coraline

November 20th 2009 01:26

My daughter loves the animated movie Coraline so loudly announced that it is Coraline week in our house giving me about five minutes notice to organise some activities for us to do.

Thankfully Coraline.com came to our aid and we were able to button eye images of both myself and my daughter as well as create online button flowers. There was also a fun print image in which the circus mice could also spell out my daughter's name.

We sat down to watch Coraline the movie for about the tenth time and if she was a little older I am sure she would enjoy the original novel from which the film was adapted from.

We also discovered a website which featured numerous Coraline pictures to colour and set out on a counting exercise to find out exactly how many windows and doors we had in our house.

Luckily I had some buttons set aside for just such a crafting exercise and we drew some dolls and created our very own button eyed dolls and button gardens.

It is amazing what you can come up with in five minutes if you put your mind to it!

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Craft, DVDs, Reading

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Easy Cranberry Squares

November 12th 2009 18:54

Taken from the fun story, Cranberry Autumn, my daughter and I decided to bake this easy Cranberry Square recipe this afternoon as follows:

Cranberry Squares

1 can of whole cranberry sauce
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine oats, flour, brown sugar and butter.

Cover an 8 x 8 inch buttered baking pan with one half of mix. Cover with cranberry sauce. Top the cranberries with the remaining mix.

Bake for 45 minutes.

We have 10 minutes to go until our easy dessert is ready and it smells delicious. It is a cold afternoon outside and my daughter and I are waiting very impatiently for it to be cooked so we can serve it up with some ice cream.

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Cooking, Reading

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I'm Thankful For My Craft

November 4th 2009 14:26

If you are looking for an easy Thanksgiving craft then look no further. All you need is a little bit of preparation time to find some typical Thanksgiving images such as pumpkins, squash, turkey, leaves and carrots.

Once you have your images, you need to remove the inside of a paper plate so you are left with the rim to stick the images to.

Leave a bit of room at the top to allow your child/children to write what they are thankful for. Add some holes and some string and voila!

You have a lovely Thanksgiving hanging to decorate your home and give it that authentic Fall feel!

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Craft

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Arthur on Speakaboos

November 1st 2009 02:42

For those looking to find some fun tales for children to listen to should stop by and visit Speakaboos. They have added a good selection of Arthur tales read by an interesting mix of celebrities including Tom Arnold, Kevin Bacon, Kelly Ripa and Clay Aiken. The stories include Arthur's New Baby, Arthur's New Puppy, Arthur's Chicken Pox and Arthur's Computer Disaster,

You can choose to watch them for free online, buy an individual track for 0.99 or purchase an entire album for 8.99.

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Books, Computer Based, Reading

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