Regarding Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and evil spirits making you sneeze!

ThinkQuest about Superstitions

This post from Jimmie at Jimmie's Collage caught my eye.  It's about customs and knowing why we do certain things - like saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes, or celebrating certain holidays.  Jimmie lives in China and has just observed the Chinese celebrating the Chinese New Year with some rather strange customs...or are they supersitions?   That part is confusing! 

We have to be very careful when dealing with these questions, though.  Sometimes, the fact that you don't celebrate this or don't acknowledge that can become just as much of an idol as someone with a stone god in their home!

Lost Ladybug Project

Lost Ladybug Project - Here's a (free) project that would be perfect to do this Spring with the kids! I love ladybugs - they're so cute!

Actually, the page isn't complete, but you can probably find other resources for information as well. Just get outside and study, draw, write about, and take pictures of ladybugs!

ETA:  For everything you would ever want to know about ladybugs, photos of ladybugs, ladybug crafts and activities, check out Everything Ladybug!


Also check out:

Ladybug crafts at Enchanted Learning as well as information about Ladybugs.

Some awesome information and photos of Ladybugs at the University of Kentucky's Ag web page.

A whole page of Ladybug stuff at Kennesaw.edu.

Here is a Ladybug Lapbook from Lapbook Lessons.

For the older kids, they might be interested in doing a Ladybug science fair project from Super-Science-Fair Projects.

and

Make an origami Ladybug.

Math Teachers at Play #24 « Let's Play Math!

Image from children's author Jan Brett's web site!

The new Math Teachers at Play blog carnival is up and running - and it's a BIG one! I haven't had a chance to peruse all of the posts, but I always find something interesting and/or helpful!

Math Teachers at Play #24 « Let's Play Math!