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Friday, April 11, 2014

I Told You I Can Teach ANYTHING With Pasta! And A Give-Away.

Already Bought My Pasta:

Here is a cool project I do every year.  This year, I bought colored pasta so I only have to paint the butterflies:
This is a page from our kindergarten memory book.

This year, I got smart & bought colored pasta:


One sale for $1.00 each, used a $1 off of 3 coupon = 67 cents per box!

I use pastina (you can find it at an Italian deli) for the butterfly eggs.  

I use the curly pasta for the caterpillar.  I usually paint it green, but this year I'm using the spinach pasta that comes in the box with 3 different types of pasta.


There is enough of each type of pasta in the bag for a class of 32.


I use the small shell pasta for the chrysalis.  I usually paint it brown, but this year I'm using the whole wheat pasta.

And I use the bow tie pasta for the butterfly.  I'll paint them orange and use White Out for the dots.

And there you have it:  The Lifecycle of the butterfly!
Don't they look cute on the bulletin board?

These are the pasta colors I have left.  


Do YOU have any ideas for me about how to use them?  Maybe for my plant or animal unit???  

The Give-Away:

Leave your ideas in the comments and I'll pick a winner by Saturday who will win my FIVE LITTLE FROGS subtraction book pack.  CLICK HERE to see it!
Click the image to see the subtraction book.


See you all tomorrow!
Palma :)


5 comments:

  1. I'll use them as counters for counting up to 100, as a go-along to the book "Centipede's 100 Shoes".

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  2. I think you could easily use them with an animal unit. Or use them for roots and stems?

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  3. They would be cute as hair on people, or rays of the sun in a weather unit. Maybe the mane on a lion in an animal unit.

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  4. They would be cute as hair on people, or rays of the sun in a weather unit. Maybe the mane on a lion in an animal unit.

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  5. Thank you for your great ideas. Our winner is Cherie! I will email you our Five Little Frogs Subtraction Book! Congratulations! :)

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