Lakeside Olympians

Can't you just hear the Olympic music playing?  The K2 kiddos love carrying the torch, waving flags as they enter the gym and competing for their "personal best" in some challening fitness games.  It's not Sochi, but this is the next best thing.  Everyone agrees these athletes are on the fast track!

100 Days of School

The 100th day of school is a milestone and time to celebrate all we have learned.  It's also pretty fun to dress up like we are 100 years old.  Do you notice the white eyebrows? 

 First order of the day:  weigh the bag of 100 items everybody brought.  They are filled with pasta, coins, rubber bands, pencils, toys and even rainbow looms. Which is heavier?  Which is lighter?

Soon it's time to head to the library and build an Olympic village.  We use 100 cups to construct ice rinks and luge runs.  Then we use ipods to take pictures of our creations.  These Olympic sized thinkers are on the fast track!

Yummy, yummy, yum.  You can work up an appetite with all this counting.

10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = The most delicious snack ever!

Kroger Field Trip

There's really no better way to cap off a week of studying "FOOD" than a trip to the local grocery store.  To make it a even more of an adventure, we walked to Kroger in the freshly fallen snow!  Officer Grisso was there to help us cross the busy street.  He's our hero.  Once inside and warm, we visited the fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat departments.  The store managers explained where fruits are grown.  Some come from Texas and some come from as far away as South America.  But the real excitment was learning about Maine lobster.  Those claws sure look scary, but Mr. Don let us touch them after knowing those grabbers aren't going to hurt us.  Did you know there is a lot of math, reading and science inside a grocery store?

 First stop:  Vegetable department.  We talk about what vegetables are grown above the ground and which are grown under ground.  Everyone notices how many bright colors are in these food.

                            Be on the look out for items on MyPlate.  
                            This is the new version of the old Food Pyramid.

                             Then we visit the fruits and dariy departments.

After seeing the Maine lobster, we head to the cereal aisle and look for a cereal we have tasted AND one we haven't tasted.  Lots of grains here.

Too bad the fun field trip is just about over, and it's back outside to taste winter again. Thanks, Officer Grisso, for stopping traffic so we don't have to wait long in the cold.