SPAAAAAACCCE COOKIES!!!!! The theme of our March BreACK! 2015 is “Imagined Galaxies.” And we’re sticking to that with one bang-up good treat. The characters in the story I wrote for the kids to read and illustrate this week kick back and relax by making cookies in a skillet on their space-ship. They dump whatever treats they […]
Today, as part of our March breACK! 2015 space party, I asked the kids to create their own imagined solar systems. We had two points of inspiration. First, I had them look through an amazing book, The Universe: A Convergence of Art, Music, and Science, (ed. Jay Belloli) that Blaise picked up a long time […]
While it was a somber home-coming, the crew of the ‘Ramses 2000’ could not help but rejoice to see the matcha fish swimming about the salt-clouds of Mysinae. They saw some fine fins swooshing left and right, and some others clinging by their suckers onto the windows of the ship, their tentacles bright orange-pink, or […]
As many of you know, March BreACK! is a really big deal around here. With the exception of our Family Advent Calendar, it’s our busiest time of year. March Break, for us, usually consists of a stay-cation in which we bake, build, draw, read, solve, experiment, and write like nobody’s business. You can check out our […]
We’ve so enjoyed our taste of the Mediterranean that we’re putting up some canned goods for future use. Here are the recipes for the small batches of Pickled Turnips, Preserved Lemons and Preserved Limes that we put up today. These are easy pickling/fermenting jobs that the kids really enjoy! [makes 3 half-pint jars for the […]
![Mapping the Ancient Mediterranean of Bearicles [or Pericles] Prince of Tyre](https://www.thelunchboxseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mapping-the-Ancient-Mediterranean-of-Bearicles-or-Pericles-Prince-of-Tyre--250x250.jpg "March breACK! 2014: Mapping The Ancient Mediterranean of Bearicles [or Shakespeare’s Pericles] Prince of Tyre")
Today is the last day of our project of reading and illustrating our March breACK! play, our kid-friendly, animal-populated version of Shakespeare’s Pericles, or, Bearicles, Prince of Tyre. To go along with that, I wanted to have the kids draw a map of Bearicles’ travels in the Ancient Mediterranean. [And, yes, these are the same as […]
Today, the kids illustrate the fifth and final instalment of our March breACK! 2014 masterpiece, our transformation of Shakespeare’s Pericles. Today, the kids will not only illustrate scenes from our Play of Bearicles, they will also design a book cover or a poster advertising the production of our play. Summary, The Play of Bearicles, Prince […]
This kids were at it again today, making their own Mediterranean lunch! Today was a day for simplicity. Bea put a healthy twist on her favourite Greek resto dish, fries with feta. She baked her spuds! Toby made Basic Hummus for dipping carrots and pepper strips! Once again, they proved that it tastes better when […]
Summary, The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre Act IVThe Ghost of the Turtle-Poet Gower once again rises from the sea, informing us that fourteen years have passed since we saw our Bearicles or his wee cub Marina: On Tarsus, Marina has been raised in high style by Cleon and Dionyza. She’s the talk of […]
There are a slew of shipwrecks in the play we’re reading this week. So, I made some special “Shipwreck Cookies” for the kids. “Shipwreck Cookies?” This is really just a catch-all phrase for a basic drop cookie with lots of left-overs from the sweets section of the cupboard. Although, there’s a bit more emphasis on […]
We’re almost half-way through March breACK! 2014! Today, the kids will continue to illustrate our Shakespeare’s Pericles, transformed: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre Summary: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre, Act III Gower, the Turtle-Ghost, rises from the sea once more to catalogue the further trials and tribulations of Bearicles: Several months […]
The kids made their own Mediterranean themed lunches again today! On the menu? One of their faves! Calamari! Funny thing is, Bea prefers her Calamari grilled with plenty of lemon, while Toby prefers his Calamari Fried. Here are the two simple recipes they followed today! [Of course, the frying requires parental supervision!]
Today, I’ll encourage the kids to use a bit more colour in their illustrations of our Shakepeare work, transformed, The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre. Summary: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre, Act II The ghost of the Turtle-Poet, Gower, lets us know that there are more adventures in store for our hero […]
![March Break Ideas Design Your Own Snakes and Ladders [Chutes and ladders] Board Game](https://www.thelunchboxseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/March-Break-Ideas-Design-Your-Own-Snakes-and-Ladders-Chutes-and-ladders-Board-Game-250x250.jpg "March breACK! 2014: Design your own Snakes and Ladders Board Game")
This morning, in their first instalment of our March breACK! play, Bearicles, the kids read about a prince of a bear who encounters a couple of socially dominant “serpents in bear fur.” This afternoon, I decided to keep the snakes and ladders theme going by having them make their own Snakes & Ladders game. We’re […]
Today, we read the first act of our Shakespeare-inspired animal play, Bearicles, which included some rather sophisticated riddles and dark secrets. And these most “secret” scenes are set in Antioch, or, ancient Syria. To go along with our reading, I decided to create an easy-to-make, kid-friendly version of a Middle Eastern Classic, the Ma’amool. The […]
ACK! It’s March breACK! again! For those of you who are new to The Lunchbox Season, this means you’re in for a week of multiple posts (3-4 a day!) to document our crazy goings on. Each day during March BreACK!, the kids will read and illustrate a story I have written for them. [You could […]
We made two kinds of Spirit Bear Puppets today! Here are our results and a few printable templates for you and yours! Spirit Bear Stick Puppets I’d like to give credit to Dawn over at dragoart.com. Our Spirit Bear Stick Puppets are stylized versions of bears taken from her How to Draw Bears Tutorial: http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/6277/1/1/how-to-draw-bears.htm. Print […]
Ahma, The Spirit Bear, Part IV (Conclusion): A Berry Picking Party & What Follows, A Precis: Mr. Mansm’ hosts a berry-picking party on the extensive guardian-forest-grounds of Gyeksa-Yuup (Peaceful Earth) followed by a trip to a Amap’as (Good-Looking) Hill, for a view of the local salmon streams and a festive picnic. Things are clearly strained, […]
