Healthy Reciepe for kids

APPLE &ALMOND BUTTER OVERNIGHT OATS RECIEPE

A delicious and healthy overnight oats recipe flavoured with apple and almond butter!

kids heading back to school mornings are getting hectic again. With bags to pack, children to dress and lunches to make, the last thing we need is to be stressing over trying to prepare breakfast. And that’s why overnight oats are my absolute hands down favourite breakfast for busy days.

Simply throw a few ingredients together in a bowl tonight and when you wake up tomorrow you will have a delicious and healthy instant breakfast ready to go! This recipe provides a really well balanced breakfast for children, containing a good amount of fat and protein to fill them up and enough slow-releasing carbs to keep them full until lunchtime.

I have used apple and almond as the main flavors in this recipe but you can customize it in so many ways to make something that your own family will love. Cocoa and banana is another favorite in my house, along with vanilla and orange, yum!

This is also a great recipe to make in a big batch. It will keep well in the fridge for a couple of days, you may just need to add a little extra milk if it thickens up too much.

Apple & Almond Butter Overnight Oats Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cup – oats
• 1 1/2 cup – milk
• 1/2 cup – yogurt, plain
• 1/3 cup – almond butter
• 1 medium – apple

Directions

1. Add the oats, milk, yogurt and almond butter to a large bowl and mix well with a spoon.
2. Stir in the grated apple, cover the bowl with a lid or plastic film and place in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight.
3. If the overnight oats are a little too thick to eat, simply add some milk to loosen them up.
4. The oats will keep covered in the fridge for two days.

Homework Tips for kids

Top 10  Home Work Tips

Kids are more successful in school when parents take an active interest in their homework — it shows kids that what they do is important.

Of course, helping with homework shouldn't mean spending hours hunched over a desk. Parents can be supportive by demonstrating study and organization skills, explaining a tricky problem, or just encouraging kids to take a break. And who knows? Parents might even learn a thing or two!

Here are some tips to guide the way:

1. Know the teachers — and what they're looking for. Attend school events, such as parent-teacher conferences, to meet your child's teachers. Ask about their homework policies and how you should be involved.
2. Set up a homework-friendly area. Make sure kids have a well-lit place to complete homework. Keep supplies — paper, pencils, glue, scissors — within reach.
3. Schedule a regular study time. Some kids work best in the afternoon, following a snack and play period; others may prefer to wait until after dinner.
4. Help them make a plan. On heavy homework nights or when there's an especially hefty assignment to tackle, encourage your child break up the work into manageable chunks. Create a work schedule for the night if necessary — and take time for a 15-minute break every hour, if possible.
5. Keep distractions to a minimum. This means no TV, loud music, or phone calls. (Occasionally, though, a phone call to a classmate about an assignment can be helpful.)
6. Make sure kids do their own work. They won't learn if they don't think for themselves and make their own mistakes. Parents can make suggestions and help with directions. But it's a kid's job to do the learning.
7. Be a motivator and monitor. Ask about assignments, quizzes, and tests. Give encouragement, check completed homework, and make yourself available for questions and concerns.
8. Set a good example. Do your kids ever see you diligently balancing your budget or reading a book? Kids are more likely to follow their parents' examples than their advice.
9. Praise their work and efforts. Post an aced test or art project on the refrigerator. Mention academic achievements to relatives.
10. If there are continuing problems with homework, get help. Talk about it with your child's teacher. Some kids have trouble seeing the board and may need glasses; others might need an evaluation for a learning problem or attention disorder.

Helping Children Learn At Home:Math &Science Tips For Young Children

Math and Science Tips for Young Children

Did you know that the games you play with your toddlers and preschoolers can influence their interest in learning math and science as they grow older? Young children are capable of learning such concepts as big and small, high and low, fast and slow, and heavy and light. By helping your children learn these concepts, you are helping them begin to learn about math and science.

"young children are natural mathematicians and scientists" because of their curiosity and their desire to explore and experiment.

When parents encourage their children to ask questions and help children explore and discover the natural world, they are helping build an interest in math and science. Many experts say that children who have such experiences when they are very young develop an enjoyment for and a confidence in math and science that pays off as they get older.

Here are some ideas for what you can do to develop your preschooler's interest in math and science.

• Go for a walk with your child. Take time to stop along the way and watch things that children notice, such as flowers, animals, and bugs. Talk with your child about what you see, and ask about what he sees.

• Draw pictures together. Draw a picture of what you have seen, whether it was on your walk together, on your front steps, in the backyard, or from your window. Ask your child to draw a plant, an animal, or a favorite place, and then ask her to tell you about the drawing.

• Turn a drawing into a story. Write down what your child says about the picture he just drew. Ask him to make up a story about the picture, and save it with other artwork and stories he has developed.

• Listen to your child and ask questions about what she is seeing and doing. Children need to have time every day to tell another person about what they have seen or what they think. When you ask your child to tell you about a walk or a trip to the zoo, you are encouraging her to think and choose words.

• Choose toys that help your child learn. Young children learn about the world primarily by playing. As a result, they need toys that encourage them to imagine and explore, which are not necessarily those that are advertised on television. Toys do not have to be expensive, but they should be simple, safe, and long-lasting. Some ideas for toys include:

• Balls. They can be bounced, rolled, thrown in the air, the grass, or the sidewalk. Which bounces the highest? Lowest? Which ones sink in water? Which ones float?

• Blocks. Building blocks can be a great math and science toy because they help children learn about engineering and geometry. You can either buy a set of wooden, plastic, or cardboard blocks, or you can make your own out of egg cartons, cereal boxes, or wood scraps. For young children, make sure the blocks are big enough to handle easily and keep out of mouths. Have enough blocks in different shapes and sizes to build unusual structures. Have children paint the blocks in bright colors.

• Puzzles. Puzzles help children learn to solve problems as well as learning about shapes, sizes, and colors. For toddlers, make sure the puzzle has some large pieces. You can make your own puzzle by pasting a magazine picture onto a piece of cardboard, then cutting it into large pieces. Or make a puzzle from one of your child's drawings. As children get older, they can do more difficult puzzles.

• Plant a garden with your child. Planting a garden, any size, is a great family activity. A garden can be a patch of dirt in the yard or a container on a window sill, and it has a season of math and science lessons in it. Measure the space or container, determine where the plants will get sunlight, find out how much seeds will cost, count the seeds, measure the rows, watch the plants grow and chart their growth, pick vegetables, look for insects, and learn what plants need to be healthy.

• Read to your child. Read books aloud every day. Look at picture books and talk about what you see. Alphabet and counting books are always popular, and you'll experience a sense of pride as you watch your children learn. Plan a regular time to go to the school library, pubic library or bookmobile. Enlist brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to help read stories. Have your child read to you if he wants to or tell you a story based on the pictures in the book. Remember that it does not matter if you read in English, Spanish, or Chinese as long as you help your child develop a reading habit.

• Monitor TV watching. Turn off the TV and limit viewing. Too much TV viewing takes time away from other activities. Many experts have shown that children who do things other than watch TV usually do better in math and science in school. When you do let your child watch TV, look for high-quality educational programs, and watch and discuss programs with your child to help build a habit of critical reflection.

Activity for 4-6 years kids

Woven Clay Bas

Materials

• Self-hardening clay (e.g. Crayola Model Magic)
• Bowl, cup or wide-mouthed jar
• Petroleum jelly
• Plastic knife
• Scissors

Safety Tips

• Watch out for this sign . It means adult help is needed for the particular step.

ket

Weave strips of self-hardening clay around a mold to make these crafty baskets.

Materials

• Self-hardening clay (e.g. Crayola Model Magic)
• Bowl, cup or wide-mouthed jar
• Petroleum jelly
• Plastic knife
• Scissors

Safety Tips

Watch out for this sign . It means adult help is needed for the particular step.

Steps

1.Choose a small or medium-sized wide-mouthed container for your mold (e.g. bowl, cup, wide-mouthed jar, food canister). Grease the outside of the mold with petroleum jelly.

2.Position the mold bottom side up. Plan the color scheme for your basket. You can use a single color for the entire basket or choose your favorite color combinations. This may be a good opportunity to apply color theories and color families.

Roll self-hardening clay into a thin sausage shape piece that can span the diameter of your mold. Position this piece at the center section of your mold.

3.Make another sausage shape and position it at right angles with the first piece.

4.Continue making more sausage shape pieces and positioning them in evenly-spaced intervals to make the basket's frame. Typically you will need about 6-10 sausage-shaped pieces to make a 12 to 20-spoked frame. My frame has 8 clay pieces having 16 spokes. A smaller basket will need less spokes while a larger one will require more.

5.Press gently on the center area of the frame to fix the clay spokes in place.

6.Roll a different color of clay into a shorter sausage shape and tuck one end under one of the frame spokes, keeping it close to the center of the frame. Press on the area where it joins the frame to fix it in place.

7.Weave this clay piece through the frame by lifting up every other spoke as you position it in place.

8.Tuck the free end of the woven clay piece under its starting end to complete a circle. Press gently on the areas where the woven piece intersects the frame to fix the weave in place.

9.Roll another piece of clay into a sausage shape longer than the first and weave this through the frame following steps 6 to 7. The only difference is that where the first woven clay piece is positioned on top of a spoke, the second clay piece is woven beneath the same spoke, giving your basket an alternating woven pattern.

10.Tuck the free end of the woven clay piece under its starting end to complete the second circle.

11.Continue weaving more layers around the frame. You can stick with one color for all the woven layers or opt for multiple colors, depending on your intended effect. Also note that you'll need to use increasingly longer clay pieces as you move from one woven circle to the next. In case your clay piece falls short of the required length, simply lengthen by connecting another sausage shape and continue weaving until you complete a woven circle.

12.Work patiently from one woven circle to the next until you cover the entire surface of the mold or until you reach the desired height for your basket (in case you used a very tall mold).

* Self-hardening clay usually hardens quite quickly so keep unused clay well-covered in plastic wrap or in its original plastic packaging.

13.Now that you're done weaving, carefully turn the mold over, with its mouth facing up. Gently press on the bottom of the mold to flatten the clay at the base. This will allow your basket to balance nicely on any flat surface.

14.Allow your woven clay project to dry. This normally takes between 1 to 2 days.

15.Once the clay has set completely, carefully remove your clay basket from its mold. If the basket does not come off that easily, gently run a plastic knife between the clay and the walls of the mold before easing out the entire clay basket.

16.Trim the ends of the clay spokes that jut out of the basket's mouth.

17.Conceal the trimmed spokes of the frame by wrapping the edges of the bowl with clay.

18.If you prefer a basket without a handle, allow the clay lining to set before using your basket.


19.Create a handle by fastening the ends of a pipe cleaner on either side of the clay basket after Step 16.

20.Cover the basket's mouth with clay as illustrated in Step 17. You may also wrap the pipe cleaner handle in clay. Try coiling a long sausage-shaped piece of clay around the handle as shown in the photo. A more straightforward option is to cover the handle entirely with clay just like you did with the basket's mouth.


More Ideas

  Instead of wrapping the pipe cleaner in clay, another way to accent the handle is to string beads along its length or tie a colorful bow in the middle.

After lining the basket's mouth with clay, you may further accessorize your basket with shapes and characters molded from clay. Stick these shapes around the basket's mouth. The tiny pumpkin on this basket highlights the basket's Halloween theme. Create similar baskets for Easter, Christmas, and birthday parties.

Immunization schedule

This schedule of recommended immunizations may vary depending upon where you live, your child's health, the type of vaccine, and the vaccines available.Some of the vaccines may be given as part of a combination vaccine so that a child gets fewer shots. Talk with your doctor about which vaccines your kids should receive.

Computer Fundamentals for 1 to 5 classes students

                                

 Computer Basics for Kids: 

Just How Does a Computer Work?

Look at this picture of a computer .

A computer is made up of many parts.

Let’s explore the parts to see if you know what they are called!

The Monitor

The monitor looks like a TV and lets lets you see your work and your files.

The CPU

CPU stands for “CentralProcessing Unit”. Theycontain the brains of thecomputer. They can bedesktop models that the monitor sits on top of, ortower models that stand up tall.

Floppy Disk Drive

The CPU has places to insert disks. One
kind of disk drive is a floppy disk drive.
A floppy disk drive reads information
from a very thin, floppy disk inside a hard
plastic case. Floppy disks can hold up to
1.44 megabytes of information.

Nowadays Floppies have becomeObsolete so in new computers,there are nofloppy disk drives

CD-ROM Disk Drive

CD-ROM stands for Compact
Disk-Read Only Memory. Theyare flat, shiny disks that storeinformation. Most new computers have CD-RW drives.CD-RW stands for CompactDisk-ReWrite. This type of
disk allows you to writeinformation to it, as well asread from it. Most can hold up
to 700 megabytes of information.

DVD Drive/Burner

The newest computers come with theoption of a DVD drive. A DVD (DigitalVideo Disc) looks just like a CD, but holds

much more information! They can store 4.7gigabytes of data!

Flash Drive

A Flash Drive is a relatively new storage device. It’s like a mini, portable hard drive! You plug it into the USB (Universal Serial Bus) port on the front of newer computers and you can save to it!

How Do Computers Work?

•Input--This is when information is entered into a computer. Some common input devices include the keyboard, mouse and scanner.
•Output--This is the information that comes out of a computer after it has been processed. The information comes out on output devices such as a printer or computer monitor.

•Processing--This is when the information is handled by the computer’s brain, known as the CPU (Central Processing Unit).

Input Devices

The Keyboard

The keyboard is probably the most used input device.It operates a lot like a typewriter, but has many additional keys that let it do special things a typewriter can’t.

Special Keyboard Keys

The flashing light on thecomputer screen is called thecursor. This cursor can bemoved up and down or left andright by pressing the 4 keysthat have arrows on them.These arrow keys are calledcursor keys.

Shift Key

When this key is pressed at the same time you press a letter key, a capital letter appears on your screen. When it is held down when you press a key with a symbol and number, the top symbol appears on the computer screen. There are two shift keys on your keyboard.

The Backspace Key

When this key is pressed, the cursor moves back one space to the left on your computer screen. This key is very helpful when you press the wrong letter or number. You can erase your mistakes!

The Caps Lock Key

When you press this key, a small light on the keyboard comes on. Whenever this light is on, any letter key you press will result in a capital of that letter appearing on the screen. Pressing the CAPS LOCK key a second time turns it off.

The Space Bar

This is the long bar located at the bottom of the keyboard. Every time you press this bar, the cursor moves one space to the right on the computer screen.

The Enter Key

When you write a letter or a story pressing the Enter Key makes the cursor jump down to the next line. This is a very helpful key to use when you want to start a new paragraph or you’re typing your spelling list.

The Function Keys

Most computer keyboards have between 10 and 12 function keys. These keys are usually located at the top of the keyboard and give the computer user fast ways to give the computer special instructions. For example, pressing F1 when using a Windows program will allow the user access to the Help screen.

The Numeric Keypad Keys

On the right side of the keyboard there is a set of keys grouped together in a square. These keys have two functions. When the number lock key is pressed, these keys offer a quick and easy way of entering numbers into the computer. When the number lock key isn’t pressed, these keys control the movement of the cursor.

Text Editing Keys

Located next to the numeric keypad, there are six text editing keys. These keys are designed to be used in Word Processing programs. They allow you to move quickly around a screen when you are writing a letter or story. They are very useful when you want to fix a spelling mistake, add a sentence to your work, or just move to another page.

The Mouse

Nope, it’s not a rodent! It’s another input

device. It’s called a mouse because of it’s

shape and the way the cable attaching it to

the computer looks a bit like a tail. There

are two kinds of mice. Some use a roller ball that allows the mouse to roll around a flat surface. When you do that and look up at the screen, you’ll see a small moving arrow.This arrow is called the pointer.

A laser mouse

 doesn’t have a roller ball. It uses a laser light that makes the pointer move. Laser mice don’t have to have their insides cleaned!

                                    

Scanner

A scanner is a very useful input device. You can place a page of writing or pictures in the scanner and it will send the information to your computer. There they can be changed, saved into a computer file, or printed

Output Devices

•Printers

•Soundboard

•Audio Speakers

 

Printers

One output device is a printer. Once a computer user has created something on the computer, such as a story, he can send it to the printer. The printer prints exactly what’s on the screen

Two Common Types of Printer

An inkjet printer usually prints incolor. It printby squirtingout small dots of ink onto the paper.

A laser printer uses a laser beam tocreate an image that is transferredto paper. It uses toner and a drum.The ink is powder.




Soundboards

A soundboard is an electronic circuit board, located inside the computer, that can produce music and high quality sounds. If you play video games and multimedia programs on your computer, you’ll need a soundboard!

Speakers 

Speakers can be connected to your computer so you can hear very realistic sound effects and wonderful music. Some computer monitors come with built in speakers.

Computer Processing

Once information has been sent to a computer by one of the input devices it’s processed. The computer uses it’s brain to process the information. The computer’s brain is called the CPU, or CentralProcessing Unit.

The CPU is also called the microprocessor. The word “micro” means small. Since the CPU is located on a small computer chip about 1 inch square, that makes sense!

Random Access Memory

When a computer processes information,it uses software programs. Each program requires a certain amount of electronic memory, or RAM (Random AccessMemory) to run correctlyRAM is temporary memory. The computer holds information in this memory and gets it when it needs it.If a computer has more RAM, it can solve problems and process information faster! If you’re updating your computer, more RAM is a great thing to add!

Read-Only Memory

A second kind of computer memory is ROM, which stands for Read-Only Memory. This memory is permanent. The information there was put there when the computer was made. The computer needs the information in it’s ROM memory in order to function.

What are all those parts inside my computer and what do they do???

Computer Hardware

•Hard Drive

•Motherboard

•Sound Card and Video Card

•Memory Card

•Power Supply

•NIC Card

•BIOS

Hard Disk Drive

The Hard Disk Drive is a magnetic storage device. All the computer programs and files you create and save are located there. This is permanent storage (at least until you uninstall software or delete a file). The hard drive is normally signified by the drive letter “C”. Today’s hard drives can store a HUGE amount of information. A new computer might have a hard drive that will hold 250 GB’s!

Inside the Hard Disk Drive case you’ll find circular disks that are made of steel. On the disks, there are many tracks, or cylinders. An electronic reading device called the head passes back and forth over the cylinders, reading information from the disk or writing to it.

Hard Disk Drives use Magnetic Recording Techniques. The magnetic medium can be easily erased and rewritten and will “remember” the magnetic flux patterns stored on it for many years!

Hard Disk Drives can spin at 7200 or more rpm’s (Revolutions Per Minute). That means in one minute, the hard drive spins around more than 7200 times!

The Motherboard

Your computer couldn’t work without the motherboard. It ties everything together! It allows every part of your computer to receive power and communicate with each other. Everything that runs the computer or enhances it’s performance is either part of the motherboard or plugs into one of it’s expansion slots or ports.

Sound and Video Cards

Sound and Video Cards are Output Devices. They contain special circuits that allow your computer to play sounds and display graphics on your monitor.

Memory Card

RAM cards will remember what you tell them and can even change to remember new information. But, when the computer is turned off, it forgets everything you did! That’s why you always save your work!

ROM is good at remembering, but cannot change it’s mind. It holds the information that was built into it!

Remember RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read-Only Memory)?

Power Supply

If there is any one component that is absolutely vital to the operation of a computer, it is the power supply! Without it, a computer is just a box full of plastic and metal. The power supply converts the alternating current (AC) line from your home or school to the direct current (DC) needed by the computer.

You can see the power supply from the back of your computer because of the power cord and the cooling fan. Computers put out a LOT of heat and need the fan to keep them from overheating.

Network Interface Card

A NIC card (Network Interface Card) allows your computer to talk to other computers! A cable called Cat5 is plugged into the NIC card and your computer can then be attached to a network and be on the internet!

BIOS CHIP

A BIOS chip (Basic Input Output System) is a very important computer component. In simple terms, the BIOS chip wakes up the computer when you turn it on and reminds it what parts it has and what they do!

Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes

•Byte 8 Bits=1 byte

•KB Kilobyte=1,000 bytes

•MB Megabyte=1,000,000 (1 million) bytes

•GB Gigabyte=1,000,000,000 (1 billion) bytes

I’ve heard those words, 

but what’s a Byte??

All the information that moves through your computer is based on 2 commands. That’s all, just two. The two commands are ON and OFF. They are symbolized by 1’s and 0’s.

That’s right! The only information your computer can understand is ON (1) and OFF (0)! The millions of combinations of those two commands given in series are what makes your computer work.

The memory chips in your computer are divided into thousands of tiny compartments called bits.Each and every bit has an electronic switch, or gate. ON means the gate is open and letting electricity through.

Remember, the computer reads ON or open bits or switches as the number 1. Closed switches are OFF because electricity can’t get through. The computer reads OFF bits or switches as 0.

It is by grouping these bits together to form 1/0 commands that data is formed. Remember bytes? Eight bits are grouped together to form one byte. In that group of 8, there are 256 possible combinations of 1/0. Wow!! The grouping of 1/0 within a byte is called Binary Code. Binary Code is the language of computers

Here is an example of Binary Code: when you type in the letter A on your keyboard, electrical signals are sent from the keyboard to the CPU. The CPU turns the signals into Binary Code. Then the computer reads the code and sends it on to the monitor to display the letter A. All of that happens in an instant!

So what about Megabytes and Gigabytes????

Megabytes and Gigabytes
One megabyte equals one million bytes. So, a computer with 512 megabytes of RAM (Random Access Memory) means the computer can handle 512,000,000 (512 million) bytes of RAM.

Hard disk space is also measured in bytes. So, a 200 GB Hard Disk Drive has 200,000,000,000 (200 billion) bytes for storing memory!

To get an idea of how much on/off (1/0)

 data a computer can store, imagine pressing any key 1 billion times. How long would it take?

You would have to press a key 5 times a second non-stop for over 6 YEARS to reach 1 billion keystrokes.

One billion keystrokes equals just 1 GB of memory!

Think about that the next time you think a webpage is loading too slowly!

Just the beginning…..

We just touched on the very basics with this presentation! There is so much more to understanding computers. There are books that are thousands of pages long that explain how they work in great detail. But now maybe you understand them more than you did before and you’ll want to keep learning. Keep computing!