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A Blog about our Life: Family, Renovations, DIY, Crafting, Cooking, Parenting, Gardening, and life in our little world.Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-81534643861719293712018-11-09T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-09T08:00:01.254-05:00LEARNING POSITIVE NEGATIVE NUMBERS | NHL WORKSHEET<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using stats from sports is a great way to get some kids interested in math concepts. One stat used in hockey is called Plus Minus. You get a plus if you are on the ice when your team scores a goal, and you get a minus if you are on the ice when your opponent scores on you. This stat is a great example of positive and negative numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've made up a few examples the kids can work through featuring the NHL's top scoring player Alex Ovechkin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We start off simple, he scores a couple of goals and has a positive number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> On the other side, the team that is scored on by Ovechkin, they head into negative numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I throw in a general numerical sense question to reinforce the idea of positive and negative numbers in this situation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The we do it all again. Starting with a new scenario featuring New Jersey Devils star forward Taylor Hall. Again we start in positive territory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then we take a look at the opposite side of the equation - the negative numbers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Then we put both the positive numbers and negative numbers together and show what happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Then I leave the kids with a complex question combining both positive and negative numbers to work out. This time I use the much talked about John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most hockey fans will know of the Plus Minus stat, but, have many actually thought about the actual numbers behind it? I'm hoping this real world example of how positive and negative numbers work will spark some interest in math and number sense.</span></div>
Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-59712185685813150042018-10-03T10:07:00.004-04:002018-10-03T10:07:51.985-04:00TWO HOCKEY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES <h2>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT HOCKEY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've been on a bit of a hockey player biography kick lately. That cool air in the arena bring on this hockey-mania I guess? I read two book ORR (by Bobby Orr) and OFFSIDE (by Sean Avery)...and, boy, oh boy, were they completely different narratives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I picked up ORR from the library the other evening and ended up reading about half the book in one night. What kept me up into the wee hours of the morning flipping through the pages? Orr's philosophy on sports and hockey. I kept finding myself nodding along with his opinions the more I read. His views mirrored the way I see sports - have fun! do your personal best! be a good sport! do a variety of sports! be a better person off the field/ice because of sports!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The stories he shares are all shining examples of how he lived his values. He is one of those very humble guys who prefers to deflect the spotlight off of him and shine it on others. A great example is his story of the goal he scored to win the Stanley cup in overtime. That infamous picture of him flying through the air with arms outstretched in celebration...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a picture and a goal he is asked about often. And, who wouldn't be proud of that! It's every hockey players dream as a kid right? To be the hero that scores in overtime to win the Stanley Cup! That would be story to tell over and over and over...right? Well, not so much for Bobby. His response is always about the rest of the play that led to this goal - Sanderson's great forechecking that kept the puck in the St Louis end and his pass to Orr. He makes sure to point out that was his <u>only goal</u> of the entire series...his team mates had scored all the other goals to get them into the final game. His goalie stopped all the shots to put them into overtime. He just happened to be that player that got the game winning goal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second book I read, OFFSIDE by Sean Avery was the exact opposite. Avery prides himself on being in the spotlight. I don't remember how many times he mentioned the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting his name. And, it wasn't because he scored the game winning goal in overtime to win The Cup...it was because he caused trouble out on the ice. He was a pest, and his game plan was to annoy and bother the other team until they could take no more and slashed him or hit him and got a penalty. He also loved to use his minor celebrity status to get into 'cool' clubs and impress the ladies. Not the role model type of person you want your kids to model their behaviour after.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed both books for different reasons. ORRs was easy to relate too. I agreed with most of his views on life and sports, and kept thinking was a great role model he is for young hockey players like my sons. Avery's book was interesting to read because it was a world I'm not familiar with. His stories were of a player desperately trying to keep a spot on an NHL team by using less than role model worthy strategies. His off ice tales are wild and erratic as well, which made for some interesting reading. One of those books that take you into a life that you would never imaging leading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, gotta go, back to the rink to watch the boys play some hockey. </span>Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-92151430496934695072018-09-13T07:30:00.000-04:002018-09-13T07:30:03.120-04:00EASY SCHOOL LUNCHES<h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">WE WANT EASY, WE WANT QUICK, WE WANT HEALTHY</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can make quick, easy, healthy school lunches for your kids in no time flat!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prebake muffins. Freeze them. Take one out per day and throw it in the lunch for snacktime.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cut up a melon and store it in the fridge (a big watermelon can last all week!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dried fruit. It doesn't go bad, it's sweet like candy, it can fill any small spot in a lunch container.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Baby carrots. Kids love em, they do not need cutting, they may be the only vegetable some kids eat.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Grapes. No prep work. Even pulling them off the vine is optional.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A couple of videos showing these tips in action. We post school lunch videos all the time on our youtube channel - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdRFgvGX1csBVjYTrtfAog">OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL</a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdRFgvGX1csBVjYTrtfAog"> </a>- keep updated by subscribing.</span><br />
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Follow the Stanley Cup as it travels across Canada</h2>
Canada is a big country. It's hard for little minds to relate to the far away province of British Columbia when they live a thousand kilometres away (or more likely two thousand kilometres away). Let's put some context with the giant space, let's connect the provinces with something tangible (like the Stanley cup!)...okay maybe not literally tangible, but, something the mind of an eight year old boy can imagine holding up.<br />
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There is a tradition of NHL hockey players taking the Stanley Cup back to their hometown. Great, let's use that to our advantage and get our little students to match up the hometowns of their favourite hockey stars with the provinces on the map.<br />
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Luckily, Canada is full of great hockey stars, so I easily found a few who have won the Stanley Cup and taken it home. I just listed the player, their hometown, and asked the kids to colour in the province of their hometown in a certain colour.<br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-80065149146947412592018-09-09T07:30:00.000-04:002018-09-09T07:30:04.331-04:00KEEPING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD <h2>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the last six months I have slowly been isolating myself from the world, not in a bad mental health way, but, by not keeping up on what is happening around the globe. It happened gradually, a change in job and routine meant I stopped listening to podcasts. A faster commute to work meant I missed the World News on the radio. Summer - well, you are forced to disconnect with the rest of the world when you are off camping. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I didn't think much about it, I mean listening to the news and keeping up with world events was kind of a hobby, a luxury...but, I'm too busy now and it doesn't fit into my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I realized the other day that I'm becoming ignorant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A few small things happened to make me realize that the path I'm leading is probably not that great. I just happen to be was watching (<span style="font-size: x-small;">no judging please)</span> the Duggers (that 25 kids and counting even more show) and one of the boys was on a honeymoon in Greece. The thing that struck : how obvious it was that they knew nothing about Greece, the people, the cities, the history, the politics, how hard the financial crisis of ten years ago hit them (and they are still paying for it), the immigration problems...nothing. They knew nothing! Which makes sense b/c their family completely isolates themselves from the world. Fine for them, but, I don't want to be like that. And, I certainly don't want my kids to start their life like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I managed to hear about the terrible bridge collapse in Italy, and someone questioned how that could happen. And, I actually had an opinion - from the years of listening to world news I've learned a few things about how Italy runs (and it doesn't seem to have the most efficient public service sector) and I recall hearing concerns over infrastructure in Italy years ago. It made sense to me. I felt informed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That made me realize how important taking some time to keep up on international news. It's one of those things where you take in tiny clips everyday and over the years you develop a wide knowledge base that you can call upon to make sense of the world. It kind of helps see through fake news...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What I am doing to accomplish this you ask?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Making time to listen to my favourite (and most trusted) update - <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/newscasts/cbc-news-the-world-at-six/">CBC World at Six</a>. I listen to the podcast the next day b/c I'm usually busy at six taking the kids to sports, or making dinner, or just living life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Getting out of North American, figuratively of course. It seems the North American news bubble is so focused on itself that it rarely notices there are places like Europe, Africa, Asia, where interesting things happen too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which is why I make the trip to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio">BBC World Service</a> - Making a point to visit this site where there are interesting shows and articles from the entire world. And, the 'news' is not the typical negative-fear inducing-headline worthy kind of news that we are used to. There are positive stories about small accomplishments that give you a real idea of how life works in different parts of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am going to make an effort to share tidbits of what is going on in the world with the kids. Have those mind blowing conversations around the dinner table where I explain the intricacies of how the European Union is dealing with immigration...or maybe keep the topic simple. </span><br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-91977168203845239312018-09-04T19:00:00.000-04:002018-09-04T19:00:14.559-04:00FIRST DAY SCHOOL LUNCHES<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first day back to school is always full of excitement. The night before we are getting lunches packed up - a little rusty from the long summer months of non-school, but, always eager to get back into the swing of it. This is the time I get all sentimental and look back at old videos...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love looking back at what we did over the years. I fondly look back at the container systems, snippets of the kids when they were little...I also love rediscovering meals, tips, snacks, that I've forgotten about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Day 2015 - We had BUILT lunchbags back then. The soft bag we could pile all of our containers into. Man, they worked great. I wonder where they are now? </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homemade corndogs (in muffin shape). The kids loved those things. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blueberry flax muffins. Healthy, delicious, and heavy (as in filling).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burrito cups. Like a taco cup but with refried beans instead of taco meat. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Day 2016 - I was very concerned about bread getting soggy. The kids kept asking for the same meals over and over...repeating chicken burgers, repeating pitas! </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make making lunches a festive event with music - www.radionomy.com/80sthrowbackparty</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Day 2017 - We had fancy new lunch boxes. Go Green Lunchboxes. This was also the first day of kindergarten for Oskie. I love that we went over what he should eat (not the cookies first!). </span></div>
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-64972441150082159792018-09-01T08:59:00.000-04:002018-09-01T08:59:02.655-04:00MAKING A GREAT SCHOOL LUNCH - TACO CUPS<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do your kids like tacos? I'm willing to bet they do. It seems to me that 95% of kids LOVE tacos. So, let's send tacos in their lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To make a tasty taco meal that travels in lunchboxes here is a recipe we call Taco Cups. It works best, and saves time, if you have tacos for dinner the night before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Use those very small tortillas and press them into a muffin pan to form a cup shape.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tortilla will crisp up and keep its cup shape. This is essential since it will hold in the yummy taco filling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A very quick tutorial (sans narrative) on how to make Taco Cups:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this video I show how great it is to throw Taco Cups into the bento boxes / lunch boxes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taco Cups is a favourite with my kids. They ask for it all the time. Every other parent I know that has tried the taco cups have all said the same thing, 'they love them'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope this helps you pack up some great school lunches this year. It's a hard task doing it day in and day out, but, keep truckin'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find it very interesting to see what other parents pack in their children's lunch boxes. I've spent far too much time watching Youtube videos of other lunch packers putting everything from organic-vegan-wraps to extreme-processed-packaged filled lunches and still find myself interested in the next video. Here are a few in case you are interested...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a cute healthy lunch featuring food with google eyes. I think the accessories you can add to food make lunches look so fun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't be intimidated there are plenty of good solid lunches like this next one, showing simple foods, a packaged food or two, all in an inexpensive ziplock container system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is this parody I made - it is Tasty with a capital T ... and all the other lunch buzz words like Bento-Box, Organical, Protein Friendly, Glutton Free. I cut up a mango too!</span></span><br />
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-30928920766074039102018-08-29T08:00:00.000-04:002018-08-29T08:00:02.061-04:00LEARNING FRENCH USING TECHNOLOGY<h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DUOLINGO IS GREAT FOR LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This fall Olivia is going to a new school - into a french immersion program. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I feel it would be very beneficial if old Dad brushed up on his french. How?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We know that language is best learned when you are immersed into an environment where only that language is spoken. But, if that is not possible you can turn to the internet. You can watch Youtube videos, search up worksheets, read blogs...or you can use an 'APP'. Yes, there is an app to learn french (or a handful of other languages) called <a href="https://www.duolingo.com/">DUOLINGO</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Duolingo is awesome! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, there is 'work' to do, but, not the classic "let's conjugate the verbs...je ___, tu ____, il/elle ____</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This site makes learning french kind of fun. It is set up like a game - a quiz game! Oooh I love games, especially quiz games. I really like when they start off really easy and you feel so smart. Then I adore (that's french for love) when the challenge level rises as if there is an algorithm tracking all your answers/mistakes and tailoring the questions for you...hmmm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It does start off kind of easy with multiple choice formats, or even pictures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even if you have no idea what is going on and you guess right you can still learn a bit by the explanations the site gives you.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ahh, that's what it meant</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then is gets a bit harder. Luckily, you can hover your mouse over the words and get a translation...help that eliminates that feeling of total terror when you feel completely lost in another language. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They keep in interesting by mixing in french and english - makes you think (and learn too!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you make a mistake you get an explanation. There are more indepth conversations in a message board that can be helpful as well.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oooh, I made a mistake</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">BUT, what I love about technology is that there is much more than just typing and reading...you can click on the little icon and listen to the words being spoken. Another level of learning right there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And, to keep you motivated you get points everytime you finish a 'round' of learning. If you finish an entire lesson plan you get a crown! Ooh. You can go a bit further by setting your daily goal of X number of points, and there are extra bonuses along the way.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've met my daily goal, yay me!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love how the lessons are set up. They are split in sections/topics; starting with basics and you have to earn your way to more advanced stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is a small lesson you should read before tacking the questions. They are easy to follow and usually have charts to refer to if needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On top of all this there are a couple of other extra learning tools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Flashcards. We all know flashcards work for memorizing single words or phrases - well, they've done it digitally. The great part is that you can read the word, hear the word, see it in context. Isn't technology great?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is also a practice section where you are bombarded with a random assortment of questions. It's a timed, high pressure 'game', that makes things fun (if you like that sort of thing).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have found this site and app so useful. You are given all kinds of different ways of learning french (or as I mentioned earlier a bunch of other languages too) and it is fun along the way.</span><br />
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-54412519516483487432018-08-25T08:58:00.000-04:002018-08-25T08:58:09.799-04:00SCHOOL LUNCH TIME IS BACK<h2>
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MAKING SCHOOL LUNCHES AGAIN</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finding that balance of good quality nutritious food and 'junk' is tricky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Go into any classroom and you will see a variety of lunches - from one extreme (junky): lunchables and a pop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To the other extreme (hippy-dippy): a free range hard boiled egg in the shape of a hello kitty on a bed of organic kale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We try to meet in the middle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a little fun with the extremes in this video - from 'would your grandparents recognize the food' to POGOs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really think you can't go wrong with my strategy: A foundation heavy on the fruits and vegetables. A sprinkling of things considered unhealthy, processed, sugared, nitrate-ized....this strategy works well, even on that day when you say, 'we need to do groceries'. You can use what you have. That's what I do in this video:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We all have time constraints, energy limits, budgets, picky eaters...it's the classic economics question - marginal gain per unit of energy put into a task.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How much time and effort do you need to put into a lunch to make it just healthy, tasty, and cheap enough?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully this last video will inspire you to do the least amount possible...with the most reward. AKA - easy to make lunches that are tasty and healthy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember being bored as a kid. I'd be bored with my toys, bored with TV, bored with books, so I'd complain to my parents, "I'm bored". They'd throw back the typical parent response, 'go find something to do'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd trudge back to my room, lie on my bed and be bored. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, a little while later I'd be busy again, drawing or cutting up old hockey cards and creating a new game with them. I'd be outside climbing the tree stringing up rope to catch a bird. Something like that. I'd end up creating something; a game, a picture, an inventive bird catcher (that never really worked). That's what you did when you were bored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is that still happening today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It sounds like not that often. With overscheduled kids, working parents that feel guilty 'doing nothing' on a Saturday, cell phones constantly grabbing their attention...there is just no time to 'get bored'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, it turns out being bored is very, very, very good for the brain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is more and more evidence coming out making the connection between boredom and creative thinking/brain health. Turns out letting our mind wander, getting bored, zoning out, daydreaming, all those kind of things are very important for the brain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another one of those perks of slowing life down or simplifying life. <b>Being 'unproductive' is the new productive!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read a great article - <a href="https://qz.com/1020976/the-scientific-link-between-boredom-and-creativity/">linking boredom and creativity</a> - urging parents to rebel against our culture of 'being productive' at all times and instead take an alternate route and devote time to your inner self (and appearing to be unproductive). This article does a great job of explaining how the brain reacts to boredom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also stumbled across a similar podcast explaining how boredom is NEEDED to make the brain as creative as possible. <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/e/51883202">https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/e/51883202</a></span><br />
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WE'VE HAD A FEW LUNCH CONTAINER SYSTEMS OVER THE YEARS</h2>
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Over the years we have had a variety of lunchboxes and for the most part they have all done the job well.</div>
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We started out with a Lock & Lock system. It is an ideal size, with removable compartments that allow a lot of flexibility - the container can hold a sandwich one day and the next day can be transformed into four small containers of [insert food such as chickpeas, chicken, tomatoes, lettuce]. </div>
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These containers are <b>durable</b> - we have been using them consistently for eight years and they are still in mint condition.<br />
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Last year we were given a premium lunchbox - A <a href="https://www.fenigo.com/go-green-5-compartment-leak-proof-foodbox/">GOGREEN LUNCHBOX</a> - to try out. We teamed up with <a href="http://fenigo.com/">FENIGO.COM</a> who gave us the lunch containers to review.</div>
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The Gogreen is a big container split into different compartments - I think calling it a Bento Box would be fitting. It holds a ton of food (great, for our giant eaters) and it keeps everything in...as in no leaks, even with wet foods!</div>
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The Roots Lunchbox from Costco was what Elliott used for his lunches most of last year. He did not like the big Gogreen box ... and I have a feeling taking a giant green lunchbox out of his backpack somehow embarrassed him. So, we bought him a 'generic' lunchbox - the ROOTS one from costco.<br />
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There are many other ad hoc containers we use - tupperware, ziplock, sistema. Most of these were smaller containers used for specific purposes like holding sauces, dips, yogurt.<br />
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You might be surprised to learn that we found some of these at the dollar store. Including this very useful yogurt container that keeps yogurt and granola (toppings) separated.<br />
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To see this container in action, here is a little video for you. Be prepared to laugh.<br />
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-26744480588413757832018-08-14T10:21:00.000-04:002018-08-14T10:21:00.139-04:00HOCKEY THEMED WORKSHEETS SPELLING<h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NHL HOCKEY WORKSHEETS TO WORK ON SPELLING</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spelling takes time and repetition - things that can be really boring for some kids. You can add some interest using hockey words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For kindergarten kiddies you can label equipment and leave out the first letter. They can sound it out and fill it in. Easy, fun, and full of learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Primary learners can have more of a challenge (and some fun) unscrambling the words. I've added some hardcore hockey slang in a quiz section at the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Answers to the quiz above:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">WHEELS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">TWIG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">BISCUIT</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">BUCKET</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another example of a hockey themed word scramble. This one is tough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1) hockey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3) hat trick</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5)</span> slapshot</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6) power play</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7) penalty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">8) stick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">9) boards</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">10) body check</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">11) defense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">12) forward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">13) helmet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">14) offside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">15) goal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">16) assist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">17) referee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">18) bench</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">19) water bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">20) jersey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">21) Wayne Gretzky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">22) goalie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">23) iceing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">24) breakaway</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theplaceunderthepine.blogspot.com/2018/08/hockey-themed-worksheet-for-math-and.html">MORE HOCKEY THEMED WORKSHEETS - MATH & GEOGRAPHY</a></span>Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-91595864561473059282018-08-08T09:12:00.001-04:002018-08-08T09:12:54.243-04:00AN OLD INDIVIDUAL LIQUOR PERMIT FROM THE 1930s<h2>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the 30's you needed a permit to buy booze!</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Way back in the 1930s you could not go out to the corner store and buy a bottle of something [insert poison of choice], no, no, it was very regulated. There was no push by the province's Premier to make beer cheap (FORD and his buck a beer!). No it was a different time when alcohol was the devils juice. Prohibition was on in the States and up here in Canada we were almost as strict. There were many 'dry' places out there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I found out was that during this era you had to have a permit to buy liquor. Apparently, it was $2 to buy it and you had to show it everytime you bought booze. You took it with you to the liquor store and they would sign, date, and write what you bought. It sounds like you even had to have it when you bought a beer at a hotel bar. It was a method of tracking drinking habits, and allowed store employees or even police to see how much a person has been drinking and put a stop to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ran across an old liquor permit by chance. I bought a book from a yard sale - A James Bond book, DR. NO (the inspiration for Austin Powers' Dr. Evil) - and this permit was in the book being used as a book mark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The cover feels like a passport - like hard fabric. It was made to last, and it has.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first page has some interesting personal information. Apparently, the permit was owned by a local resident, Michael McCormick, who was a chauffeur with the City Coach Company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He did not buy a lot of liquor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, very interesting to see how things have changed. The perception of alcohol and the methods used to help alcoholics are vastly different. </span>Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-18839922115455465952018-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:002018-08-14T10:20:25.812-04:00HOCKEY THEMED WORKSHEET FOR MATH AND GEOGRAPHY<h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MAKING MATH AND GEOGRAPHY FUN USING AN NHL HOCKEY THEME</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you have hockey obsessed kids? We do. So, I took advantage of that interest in all things hockey and made up some 'fun' problems for the kids to do over the summer break. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Geography - our middle guy was kind of lost when it came to geography. It was 'boring' to him. But, take a map with NHL logos on it and all of the sudden there is some interest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One way to learn the provinces of Canada is by hockey team right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Math - Math can get tedious, with all the repetition and questions that have no relevance to real-life. Sports can change that! Hockey is full of math; be it stats, probability, jersey numbers...here is a chance to make questions 'fun' and give them life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I tried to add some connection to the questions by creating a story - <i>you've been called up to play with the Toronto Maple Leafs! How far do you travel to play the Winnipeg Jets...</i>and the story (and math questions) continue from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> My true goal here was to work on geography, so I keep making them refer back to the map...and the math practice is just a bonus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I made sure to include a few of the children's fav players to keep their interest peaked. And, a small art break (get creative with jersey design!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I have a soft spot for local heros - my fav player when I was growing up was Doug Gilmour. He's from our town, so I tried to make that connection with the kids. It was a great way to drill down to a more local level in the Geography dept.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Hockey as a theme makes is so easy to incorporate everything from probability, percentages, logic...to FRENCH! Oui! Ils jouent de hockey au Quebéc! So, when you travel to Montreal to play a game get ready to work on some french words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Calculating time is easy to work in too - you've calculated how far you need to travel, now, how long will it take to get there? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Expanding the map and introducing a few familiar places in the USA is not hard - there are teams in Florida and California. Places they've heard of or been too - Tampa Bay is not far from Disney :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Then just let the creativity fly, like the puck does when the D-man takes a one-T from the blueline...</span><br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-24580151891361613322018-07-30T09:51:00.002-04:002018-07-30T09:51:33.374-04:00A NEW BACKYARD DECK<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A small wooden platform was built earlier this month in the backyard of the Place Under The Pine. It was constructed of wood (the species is unknown) and screws (the deck variety). With all hands on deck the platform was constructed in only a few hours. Big hands set the foundation, while little hands worked the drills and screwed in hundreds of deck screws. That was stage one of the project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A mandate for the deck was to include seating, so naturally the next thing to do was to procure some furniture. The Place Under The Pine did have numerous metal patio chairs that only required a fresh coat of paint and cushions. A fresh and lively turquoise colour was chosen for the chairs and the loveseat. While a contrasting grapefruit / coral paint was chosen for accessories such as side tables and plant stands. Cushions were recovered by Grammy in a great fabric that added some bright colour and interest to the chairs. An inexpensive outdoor carpet, with a fantastic grey and white chevron pattern, was laid down to help define the space. Lastly, the barbeque was placed in the corner on an angle for ease of use and to soften the far corner. A couple of matching plant stands (with dragon lilys) flank the BBQ to finish the space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With comfortable seating and a cheery colour the citizens of the PUTP will want to spend hours of quality time in the backyard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the deck installed, stepping out of the patio door is now a pleasant experience. The wood is a few inches higher than the ground and makes that first step out almost level. Pre deck there was quite a drop down to an unlevel cement step. Psychologically these couple of inches made the mind feel like one was dropping out of the house into a hard, almost harsh, world. With the first step raised up, the transition from indoors to outdoors is smoother and softer. The notion that the back deck is like 'another room' rings true. Extra living space, check!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This project also gave the citizens of the PUTP a chance to practice some eco-friendly renovation tactics. The small side table in the picture above was found on the side of the road. It was headed for the landfill. The stand was in perfect working conditions, the only problem with it was the outer coating (a thick plastic) was flaking off. With a quart of elbow grease Jen managed to scrap, chip, and sand the coating off. The white circle is a piece of metal the children found 'treasure hunting' one day. It too was headed for the recycling plant until it was discovered that it fit in the stand and provided a base for holding drinks and such. All that was required to finish off this beauty was a coat of spray paint. Being creative and using 'junk' gives the citizens of the PUTP a feeling of satisfaction on so many levels.</span>Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-14108662845998521632018-05-30T07:30:00.000-04:002018-05-30T07:30:03.392-04:00PLANTS IN TEACUPS<h2>
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The number of indoor plants found in the Place Under The Pine has always been pitifully low. From the years 2009 to 2017 there was only one solitary christmas cactus (a gift from the minister who performed Jen and Matt's wedding ceremony). Recently, that number has increased to almost double digits.</div>
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One citizen has taken an interest in plants. Cactus, spider plants, aloe vera...the classic indoor house plants are beginning to take root in Olivia's room. They are taking root in unconventional ways; teapots, teacups, and jars are replacing traditional flowerpots. But, what would one expect from such a creative mind?</div>
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-34052022681505724302018-05-12T08:00:00.000-04:002018-05-12T08:00:04.673-04:00CACTUS THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR OUR 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER<h2>
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CACTUS IS THE HOT TREND WITH TWEENS</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our oldest turned 12 (already!) and requested a cactus themed birthday party. Jen came up with some great ideas, found some awesome cactus decor, and hand made a few items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparently, cactus and <a href="https://amzn.to/2jrSKgt">holographic</a> go together like peas and carrots. Therefore, cactus shaped holographic cupcake toppers are a go:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And old pot, some pebbles, and a sink-scrubbing-sponge cut into the shape of a cactus make an ideal centrepiece for the party's table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://michaels.ca/">Michael's</a> is on trend with cactus shaped cups. Fill with 'catus juice' (aka lemonade) and thrill the tastebuds of your party goers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have some skills in the baking department then sugar cookies - <a href="https://amzn.to/2HTgIMm">cactus shaped</a> of course - are the way to go. Green icing and some spikes to top them off. Watch your tongue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loot bags are easy with this theme, and can potentially last a lifetime. Real cacti are inexpensive and they really wow guests. It's like giving a pet - a totally unexpected surprise!</span><br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-38737772864371964762018-05-08T11:10:00.000-04:002018-05-08T11:10:29.907-04:00THE GARDEN HAS COME ALIVE AGAIN<h2>
THE GARDEN IS STARTING TO GROW</h2>
Last weekend was the first really warm and sunny weekend of the spring. We were drawn outside by the weather (at least on the Sunday...Saturday we were in an arena watching Elli play hockey). We did our traditional cleaning up of the yard and the garden. It is amazing how much garbage and random bits & bobs get buried in the snow over the winter!<br />
The exciting part of all this clean up was the green. Yes, the green! Green leaves shooting from the ground, from the raspberry canes, from the trees...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here come the raspberry leaves again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The parsnips we left in the ground over the winter are still alive and growing!</td></tr>
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This day had me thinking about last year's garden. I had a few pictures uploaded onto the blog, but, never really got around to posting them. Last year we tried a few new plants, had success with some old favourites, and completely forgot about digging up the parsnips!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The maple tree - transplanted from garden two years ago</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FIRST CHERRY EVER!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First time we did corn, and it grew taller than Elliott!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can never get enough raspberries around here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The corn was fun to watch grow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peas, the plant that never made it into the house - eaten by roving children</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new member of the garden community - the Blueberry bush</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raspberries with a side of green bean</td></tr>
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-33530128064182769952018-05-05T08:05:00.000-04:002018-05-05T08:05:11.031-04:00NEW ROAD HOCKEY BLOCKER AND TRAPPER<h2>
UPGRADED GOALIE BLOCKER AND TRAPPER - VAUGHN DELUXE!</h2>
Elliott has spent hours (probably days at this point) playing mini sticks, knee hockey, or road hockey clad in his old street goalie equipment. A set that had taken millions of hits with balls, pucks, pinecones, and countless other random things found on the ground that are just the right size to hit with a hockey stick. The old set had done a great job, but, it was starting to fall apart. An upgrade was needed.<br />
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Elliott had been saving his money for awhile, planning and debating what to spend it on. His list was pretty short; goalie equipment, rollerblades, lacrosse stick. After mutiple trips to Sports stores, Canadian Tire, Toys R Us (the comparing between stores seemed endless...but, he did a thorough job really narrowing down the best deal and best product he could buy), he finally decided on a new goalie blocker and trapper.<br />
He went with the Vaughn DELUXE Blocker and Trapper. It was big enough, quality built, and on sale 50% off (good shopper bonus!)...and fabric was pretty cool too!<br />
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But, how did the new equipment perform?<br />
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Great!<br />
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Elliott got on the new blockie and trappie and I took a few shots on him. Here is a quick product review video we made.<br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-82001586542824055522017-10-25T18:00:00.000-04:002017-10-25T18:00:03.694-04:00SCHOOL LUNCH IDEAS - VIDEO SERIES #2<h2 class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Food and Nutrition Committee of the Place Under The Pine has put
together a series of videos documenting the School Lunch program. The
general policy around food in the PUTP has always been focused on
moderation, variation, and holistic nutrition. The school lunch program
has tried to incorporate these values, but, there are challenges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finding the right container system is a challenge. The citizens of the PUTP have big appetites, and therefore, need big containers. Starting this school year, the lunch program began using a bento box style container - the GoGreen Lunchbox. The compartment system made it very easy to divide and conquer. The deep compartments also allowed for plenty of food to be packed away. Having only one box kept it simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leftovers have been incorporated into lunches more often this year. There are plenty of benefits to leftovers - They are already made. They add variety to lunch. They are often healthy as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is also a need to ensure the food that is sent is enjoyed by the young citizens. That the correct amount of food is being sent. And, feedback documented and future lunches adjusted accordingly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Research into improving lunches is a never ending task. There are plenty of resources on the web to inspire you. The PUTP has put together a youtube playlist of various school lunch ideas - everything from rainbow bread sandwiches to shaped cheese. Click the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpEWsUfUEQ5HWp3UJSUbe5sIGz5aosVDN"> LINK</a> to watch some of the best youtube school lunch ideas.</span><br />
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-78211784895397389152017-10-19T17:46:00.002-04:002017-10-19T17:46:41.565-04:00RELIVING THE LIFE OF 150 YEARS AGO<h2 style="text-align: center;">
A VISIT TO THE PAST AT UPPER CANADA VILLAGE</h2>
The faint aroma of fire, fresh cut lumber, manure - primitive smells...smells that bring you back to a simpler time.<br />
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The buzz of people
is loud, but, interestly not disturbing at all. It must be the lack of
cars, wireless internet, smart phone chirps...modern noises...that make things feel natural, peaceful.<br />
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Even though there is excitement, running, and lots of activity...things feel slow. Not an annoying slow like a traffic jam, but, a slowing down of life.<br />
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It was a great experience to take a day off of the modern world. And, a great way to realize you need a little slowness, a little back to basics, a little less technology, in our life.<br />
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Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-6909997410345014832017-09-21T16:20:00.002-04:002017-09-21T16:20:36.566-04:00NEW LIFE TO THE OLD PIANO<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">SENTIMENTAL PIANO PIECE NOW HOLDS HATS & KEYS...AND MEMORIES</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Earlier this year the citizens of the Place Under The Pine removed the ol' piano. That big wooden box with the white keys that sat in a long line of family living rooms - for 60 years - had worn down and become somewhat of a burden. But, that doesn't mean it didn't have any value. No! It had mitt-loads of sentimental value. Which is why when the citizens broke the piano apart they carefully removed and put aside some of the special, in a visual sense, pieces. One such piece was the sheet holder. This is the part on the piano that held the sheet music. This was one of the main focal points of the piano, so the sight of it instantly reminds you of the old piano. Which is why repurposing it is such a great idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was not a big project, the citizens added some hooks and hung it on a wall. But, it has a big effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even though the piano is gone, the memories are brought to life everytime a pair of keys are hung, or a hat is tossed over one of the hooks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The closet was originally being used to hold coats, shoes, umbrellas...front door stuff. The problem was the location of the closet did not match the contents. The closet was not at the front door. Instead, the closet was in the living room - a few meters from the door and up three stairs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The closet never functioned well for the citizens of the PUTP. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For years, Jen had the vision of this closet turning to a more usable space. A space for crafting, computer-ing, sewing, homework-ing...that kind of thing. The location was ideal being in the living room and not out of the way in a dark corner of the basement (where it would never get used). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The citizen construction crew finally broke ground and cleared out the closet. Not too long later they ended with this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The citizens of the PUTP love reusing materials in their projects. Crazy ideas like an old door as the desktop were tossed about. But in the end the desktop and drawers were sourced by a retailer known for its easy to read assembly instructions - IKEA. Convenience won out on this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The floating shelves were found at Home Depot. They were easy, easy, easy to install and look very sleek. In a confined space like this former closet every extra milimeter makes a difference. So, a floating shelf, sans brackets, takes up less space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The result of this project is more than just another desktop to place a laptop or write a letter (writing a real life letter, what, it could happen?). This space adds another dimension to our living space. It adds a much needed 'public' zone for the younger citizens to use the computer/internet. Our living room can now accomodate more activities of life and bring everyone into the same room at the same time. One way to think about this office nook is that it brings our family closer together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cherry Tree has its first fruits - ever!</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The highlight of the year has to be the cherry tree. There are only two cherries on the tree, but, this is a giant improvement from zero. This is the first year there have been flowers...and cherries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rest of the garden is growing, slowly, but growing. Here is a video update:</span><br />
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<br />Place Under The Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06716448507060486535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349868161003643112.post-58391060868044563022017-07-09T08:00:00.000-04:002017-07-09T08:00:12.339-04:00GARDEN 2017 UPDATE<h2>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">GARDEN 2017 UPDATE</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Place Under the Pine Garden Committee is having a difficult time describing this year's garden. Many adjectives have been ping ponging across the table, words like 'mediocre', 'blah', 'non-normal distribution', but none of these words seems to fit. It may be because of the variety in growth. Let us specify - the prized raspberry bushes are small and do not seem to be as full as normal, yet the lettuce is so abundant it has become a nuisance. The zuchinni is slow, but, the corn seems to be doing great! Then the brussel sprouts they are doing average, but, have ill-forming leaves. The peas do not want to climb, but, they are looking healthy and green.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The continuous rain this year may have something to do with the variable growth - we've had much more rain than normal and less sun as well. It may be the soil just needs the equivalent of a nutrient rich smoothie. It may also be the analyst, the human eye in all of this. Maybe the gardener is being overly critical to keep expectation low - playing it safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here is a quick video showing the garden's progress and a recipe for a makeshift fertilizer soup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On a more dramatic note, some of the corn plants were recently weed-whacked by our Condo Corporations landscapers. </span></div>
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