Here is how we made it:

• 1 bunch spinach
• 1 cup milk (I used lactaid since my girls are lactose intolerant)
• 4 spoonfuls of Orange Juice concentrate.
• 2 cups frozen strawberries.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Usually I want to add sugar to smoothies but this tasted really good without the sugar!

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Jack Frost

The door was shut, as doors should be,
Before you went to bed last night;
Yet Jack Frost has got in, you see,
And left your window silver white.

He must have waited till you slept;
And not a single word he spoke,
But pencilled o’er the panes and crept
Away again before you woke.

And now you cannot see the hills
Nor fields that stretch beyond the lane;
But there are fairer things than these
His fingers traced on every pane.

Rocks and castles towering high;
Hills and dales, and streams and fields;
And knights in armor riding by,
With nodding plumes and shining shields.

And here are little boats, and there
Big ships with sails spread to the breeze;
And yonder, palm trees waving fair
On islands set in silver seas,

And butterflies with gauzy wings;
And herds of cows and flocks of sheep;
And fruit and flowers and all the things
You see when you are sound asleep.

For, creeping softly underneath
The door when all the lights are out,
Jack Frost takes every breath you breathe,
And knows the things you think about.

He paints them on the window-pane
In fairy lines with frozen steam;
And when you wake you see again
The lovely things you saw in dream.

By: Gabriel Setoun

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Have children pretend to be things such as those listed and have the others try to guess what the child is.

Here is a list: (Be creative and come up with your own)

• Skater
• A flower coming up in spring
• A lion in the forest
• A skier coming down the mountain
• A princess at a ball
• A swimmer
• A horse on the praire
• A tree swaying in the breeze

Source: www.lds.org

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• broken crayon pieces that are less than 1 inch in length
• disposable cupcake tin – you can find these in fun shapes as well! Make sure the tin is able to go in the oven.
• Non-stick cooking spray.

Directions:

• Heat oven to 300° F
• Remove paper from crayon pieces.
• Spray tin with non-stick cooking spray.
• Fill each tin shape half way with crayon pieces
• Bake for about 6 minutes. The crayons should just be melted enough to hold its shape. Especially if you are using more than one colour you don’t want the crayons to melt thoroughly.
• Allow to cool before you using the new crayons.

This is a great science activity for your child where you can discuss what heating and cooling do to wax as well as discuss colours for younger children. Larger crayons are also easier for toddlers to colour with.

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