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To make it fun, I had Kiley go into the kitchen, pick out food that we eat and take a picture of it.  I printed out the pictures and used them to show the different food groups.  We divided each food into it's group and made our own food pyramid.  

She's still learning what food goes in which group.  We play games with the pictures and it's really helped as a visual learning tool.

We read about the Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus and Alto clouds and saw what each looks like.  Then Kiley made her own clouds out of cotton balls.

It's been so long since I learned about clouds that I had forgotten all about their names and which was which.  So even I learned something!


 

To read the rest of the blog and other Cloudy W/ A Chance of Meatballs activities, go to:

http://homeschooljabber.blogspot.com/2012/05/cloudy-with-chance-of-meatballs-unit.html

Cacao Powder
Almonds
Dates-Pitted
Flax Seed
Shredded Coconut
Goji Beries
Raw Honey
Blender





Put almonds in the blender and chop up fine so it looks almost like a corn meal.


Take the dates and cut them in half.


Take the cacao, flax seeds, goji berries, dates and shredded coconut and add to the almonds in the blender.  Chop until dates are tiny chunks.





Add a big glob of raw honey and blend.
 
The dates and honey help the granola stick together.  If it looks too crumbly you can add more dates or another glob of raw honey.  


It should start sticking together when it's ready.







Take granola out of the blender.  

I sometimes put mine in a glass jar and eat it right out with a fork or I smoosh it down into a container and cut out chunks.










I like having granola on hand because I get hungry in between lunch and dinner and this snack fills me up without having to eat very much of it.  We also take granola chunks hiking.  The goji berries and flax seeds give you a good energy boost!

 

To learn about Caco's health benefits and other cool blog posts, go to:

http://homeschooljabber.blogspot.com/2012/05/raw-cacao-granola.html