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Cooking up Kindness, Write a story with Delicious Details, Kids Cooking in the Kitchen, Have a “Bark Sale”, Incredible Edible Science, New Year’s Resolutions, and more!

Winter is finally here! That means spending time with family, lots of cooking, baking cookies and winter break. This edition is all about Young Chefs....read about Cooking in the Kitchen, how to make Homemade Butter, Cooking Up Kindness, and Writing with Delicious Details. Be sure to read the Paw Pals article this month for great recipes for your dogs (or cats)...they like to eat interesting things too. You could even have a “bark sale” to support your local animal shelter. We also have creative recipes that are easy and fun that you can make during the holiday break (and anytime) and fun winter puzzles to get you in the mood for snow.

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As we approach New Year’s Eve and the start of 2019, you may be starting to think of New Year’s Resolutions that you want to make for a great new year. Read about New Year’s Resolutions for Kids on Page 15 for some interesting and easy ideas to get you started.

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by Laura Edwards

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f you have helped to cook a meal for your family, then you know that it is rewarding and it leaves you with a sense of accomplishment! Cooking is a skill that we can use every day, and we can enjoy cooking throughout our lives. Additionally, learning how to cook teaches us much more than we think.

So, how do we learn how to cook and what else does it teach us?

To begin, we learn how to cook in a variety of ways. We may learn by watching our family prepare meals (especially during the

holidays), taking cooking classes, reading cook books, and practicing our skills one recipe at a time. Meanwhile, learning to cook also strengthens our problem solving and mathematical skills, helps us understand nutrition, and teaches us responsibility. By cooking with family and friends, we can share traditions, cultures, recipes, and ideas too!

How does cooking improve our problem-solving and mathematical skills? To explain, as with any problem, the first step that we need to take to solve a problem is to understand it.

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Once we know what to solve, we can take the necessary steps to begin.

Similarly, the first step to cooking is to know what we are going to cook. Then, we can follow the steps (recipe) and solve the problem (create the dish).

Because recipes require specific amounts of each ingredient, we learn the differences between units such as teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups.

Thus, learning how to cook strengthens our mathematical skills. For example, if we’re trying to make pancakes but do not measure the milk or the flour correctly, the batter will have too much of either wet or dry ingredients. By understanding

the recipe (the problem that we need to solve), we can follow the instructions (use our problem-solving skills) to fix the batter by adding either more wet (milk) or dry (flour) ingredients.

Additionally, learning how to cook also teaches us that the order of adding ingredients to a mixture can matter. For example, if we want to make bread, we need to follow the instructions as they are written. If we forget to add yeast or water that is too hot or too cold, then the dough will not rise.

Moreover, when we learn how to cook, we also learn how to substitute an ingredient for a healthier alternative.

Many recipes even provide suggestions to make a healthier version of the dish!

Thus, learning to cook can also teach us nutrition. This is incredibly valuable knowledge to have because it allows us to make healthy, nutritional choices throughout our lives. As we become better cooks, we understand the importance of making healthy meals.

When cooking teaches us responsibility, we are learning how to cook safely. We know to stay away from hot surfaces, to be careful when we’re slicing fruit or vegetables, and to keep a clean workspace. Cooking safely is the most important part of cooking because we cannot cook if we are not cooking safely.

One final life lesson that we learn while cooking is that it is ok to make mistakes. In fact, sometimes fixing our mistakes can be as easy as adding more flour!

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Salmon

By Laura Edwards

Meet the five salmon species native to Alaska:

Chinook, Sockeye, Coho, Chum, and Pink.

Chinook Salmon (also called King)

• The largest of the Pacific salmon species.

• Weighs between 10 to 15 pounds, but can weigh up to 135 pounds!

• Blue-green coloring on the head and back and silver on their sides.

Chum Salmon

• Like to stay close to saltwater in coastal streams.

• Their weight varies between 10-15 pounds, but they can weigh as much as 45 pounds!

• It is said that young Chum salmon form schools in freshwater and stay close to the ground to keep themselves safe from predators.

Five Fun Facts about Alaskan Salmon 1. The largest King salmon (Chinook) ever caught was 126 pounds!

2. 75% of the Coho salmon

Sockeye Salmon

in the United States is from Alaska.

(also called Red due to its coloring)

• The third most common Pacific salmon species.

• Smaller of the salmon species typically weighing between 5-8 pounds.

• Their red color makes them easy to spot.

3. More than 140 million Pink salmon are caught in Alaska every year.

4. In the past, native groups

Pink Salmon

Coho Salmon

• Typically 24 inches in length, but the largest Coho was 42.5 inches long!

• Their weight ranges between 6-12 pounds, but they can reach 31 pounds.

• The oldest known Coho salmon lived for 5 years.

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• The smallest and most common species of Pacific salmon.

• They weigh between 3-5 pounds, traditionally.

• There are typically 200 million Pink salmon returning to the rivers and streams throughout North America in the summer.

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in Alaska celebrated the first return of salmon.

5. Chinook salmon have

large, sharp teeth but the Pink salmon has almost no teeth!

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Discussion Questions: Lindsay Wanko, Teacher of the Deaf, JFK Elementary, Berlin Twp., NJ

Incredible Edible Science: Homemade

Butter

Warm up a fresh loaf of bread for this science experiment because we are making butter!

Over your winter break, test out this simple, interactive and, of course, edible experiment.

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Materials 1. 1 mason jar with a lid 2. Heavy whipping cream at room temperature 3. Lots of muscles for shaking the jar

Procedure: 1.

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Fill your mason jar about halfway with the heavy cream.

Place the lid on the jar and seal it as tightly as possible.

Now it’s time to shake the jar. Ask a parent, friend or classmate for help. You will need to shake your mixture for a total of 15 minutes so you need lots of muscle power!

Vigorously shake the jar in 5 minutes intervals.

Listen to the sounds of the cream shaking in the jar. What does it sound like after 5, 10 and 15 minutes of shaking? How does the heavy cream in the jar change its state over the course of time? What visible changes did you observe?

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Take a break from shaking the jar at 5, 10 and 15 minutes.

Observe the consistency of the heavy whipping cream. Do you notice any changes after the 5 minutes have elapsed?

After shaking the jar for 15 minutes, you should see a solid, yellow lump that has separated from the liquid in the jar. The solid lump is your fresh butter!

= How it all Works:

Simply put, heavy whipping cream is high in fat. When you shake the heavy whipping cream, the fat molecules separate from the liquid. As you continue to shake the cream, the fat molecules clump together and form butter and the liquid is left separately.

Don’t take their actions personally!!!

By: Heather Wawrzyniak, Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator for Riverside Township School District

Cooking Up Kindness Wouldn’t it be great if we could cook up some kindness and serve it for breakfast to everyone we know? Just think how much easier everything would be if everyone was kind to everyone. But since we are human, we are all subject to a range of emotions. That’s what makes us so unique. We can experience happiness, sadness, excitement and disappointment.

As people experience different situations, they react differently and show emotions

in unique ways. Chances are, you will meet someone that is not being kind at some point of every day. What do you do?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” What he is saying is that when we are faced with someone that is not kind, we must still show kindness back. That is the only way to battle hate.

If someone treats you unfairly and you

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react in a negative way, they will react back in a negative way and the hate will continue to fuel the hate. But if someone treats you unfairly and you meet their negative actions with kindness, you will stop the chain of hate right in its tracks!

This is easier to say than to practice, so here are some things that will help you take a deep breath and meet negativity with kindness rather than anger:

Realize that they are experiencing some type of hurt and it is NOT about you.

The problem is usually deeper.

1. Don’t try to change them and reason with them. When someone is upset, they need time to heal. Listen first and try to help later, once they have become calm.

2. Walk away if it’s getting too tough for you to stay positive. Walking away is better than causing more conflict.

3. Show them you care. You can tell them that you can see they are upset and you will be a friend if they need one.

4. SMILE! No one can argue with that.

The next time someone “treats” you with some negativity, serve them up some kindness. All you need is one cup of understanding, half a cup of listening, two tablespoons of forgiveness and a dash of encouragement, mixed with lots of love.

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By: Jennifer Downing, 5th Grade Teacher, Fountain Woods Elementary School, Burlington Township, N.J.

The Secret to Writing A Great Story What do all good stories have in common? It’s really not a secret, it’s called story structure and good details! Stories are fun to read, take you on many different adventures and can be about anything. They all must have a sequence of events. The three parts are the beginning, the middle and the end. You can use an Ice Cream Cone Graphic Organizer like this one to plan your parts of a story. Let’s talk about what to include in the three parts.

In the Beginning, you should grab your reader’s attention. Taking your reader right into the action, with dialogue or a description of what is happening, is a good way to start. Introduce your main character, a setting and what adventure your character

NJSLSA.W3. Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

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will be taking. Will your character be a realistic person or a magical dragon?

Will the character be trying to solve a mystery, or going on an adventure in a make-believe world? All you need to do is write as if the events are happening and what your character is doing and

saying, and your reader will learn their traits.

The Middle starts when your character encounters the problem in the story. This is the part where you need to build details that take your reader on a journey to the solution. All great stories usually have other small problems or obstacles that prevent your character from getting right to the solution. This builds suspense and makes it fun to read. Think of what challenges you can create that will make it difficult for the character before you introduce the solution.

The End is when your character solves their problem. Think of how this can be done and how your character will get there. Decide if you want your readers to know how the character solves everything or if you want them to be left in suspense about anything at the end.

Plan your story with many good details and with these three main parts, and it is sure to be a hit! Use this Graphic Organizer or find one of your choice to make it a breeze! Happy Writing!

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Winter Maze

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Decorate the presents with color and send it in with the Bee Published form to be published in our next edition.

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Cheesy Kitty Bites Ingredients: • • • • •

By Laura Garber

Let them eat cake!

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 3500. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Combine the cheeses and yogurt. Add the flour and cornmeal. Add water 1 Tbsp. at a time until the dough sticks together. Knead the dough into a ball, then roll it out to ¼-inch thickness.

Cut into 1-inch squares.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Note: Dogs like them, too!

4 Fun Recipes for Our Pets

With the holiday season upon us, we want to include our pets in the party just as much as the rest of the family! It’s not hard to make healthful treats for our pets and have fun doing it.

In this season of giving, how about whipping up a batch of cookies and sharing them with homeless dogs and cats at a shelter near you? Or perhaps organize a “bark sale” and donate the proceeds to your local animal shelter. Giving is indeed a gift to the giver, too!

Beefy Birthday Cake

Autumn-Inspired Dog Cookies Ingredients:

For Apple Carrot Treats (pictured): • 1 cup grated carrots • ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce • 1 cup whole wheat flour, brown rice flour or gluten free flour • 1 egg, beaten For Sweet Potato Treats: • 1 cup canned sweet potato (or fresh) • 1 ¾ cups whole wheat flour, brown rice flour, or gluten free flour Bake until golden brown and let cool on a • 1 egg, beaten wire rack. While still warm, decorate as you Instructions: like, with kibble, carrots and other healthful Preheat the oven to 3500. tidbits.

Mix the ingredients together until dough forms. Roll the dough into small balls and Notes: place on a cookie sheet lined with parch- Optional: Add ½ tsp of salt to help extend ment paper. Press dough down slightly so the shelf life.

For the Apple Carrot treats, if the dough is the biscuits are about ¼ inch thick. really sticky, add a few more Tbsp of flour.

Source: https://www.mybakingaddiction.com/homemade-dog-treats/

Pup Cups Ingredients:

• 1 box mini cones

Instructions:

Stuff the cones with anything your dog likes – cottage cheese and apple sauce, yogurt and pumpkin puree, peanut butter and cheerios, canned food and rice, or boiled chicken and rice for the pooch with a sensitive stomach. Freeze overnight.

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¾ cup whole wheat flour ¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup plain yogurt ¼ cup cornmeal 5 Tbsp. grated parmesan cheese

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups buck

wheat flour • 1 ½ tsp. baking powder • ½ cup butter

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½ cup oil 4 oz. ground beef 2 strips beef jerky 3 eggs Whipped cream cheese for icing

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 3250 and grease the cake pan.

Cream together all the wet ingredients first (butter, oil, beef, and eggs), and then fold in the dry ones (flour and baking powder). Crumble beef jerky in at the end.

Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 60 minutes. Allow the cake to

cool before icing it with cream cheese.

Decorate with shaved carrots, peas, pieces of your dog’s dry kibble or whatever other healthful ingredients your dog might enjoy. Refrigerate the leftovers.

Source: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/5-dog-treats-recipes4.htm A behavior specialist and trainer living in southern NJ, Laura Garber, CPDT-KA, CC, FFCP, CBC, led behavior departments in animal shelters for over a decade. Her company, WoofGang, LLC (www.myWoofGang.com), is committed to deepening the bonds between dogs and their people through positive training and behavior modification techniques, and it is these same topics that inspire her writing.

For info contact: laura@myWoofGang.com.

Final Note: If in doubt when decorating your creations, consult the ASPCA webpage for human foods that are dangerous to our pets: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets

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Enjoy the holiday break Cook up some of these fun recipes for your family and friends

Melted Snowman S’mores Ingredients • • • • •

Chocolate Graham Crackers Jumbo Marshmallows Mini Chocolate chips Orange Sprinkles Rolos

Directions

1. Place the marshmallow on the graham cracker.

2. Heat it in the microwave for 10 seconds.

3. Place the other graham cracker on top.

4. Press the mini chocolate chips on the front for the eyes & mouth.

6. Add the other graham cracker over the marshmallow.

7. Place the Rolo on top.

Pepper mint Crunch Popcorn Pops Ingredients

Ingredients

• Package of 6 inch flour or whole wheat tortillas • 2 tablespoons canola oil or nonstick cooking spray • Powdered sugar, sugar sprinkles or cinnamon sugar

• 12-14 cups popped, plain popcorn (keep warm) • 1 lb marshmallows • 1 stick butter plus more for your hands • food coloring (optional) • 1-1/2 cups Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips, divided • Popsicle sticks, cake pop sticks, or paper straws

Directions:

Directions:

5. Press on the orange sprinkle for the nose.

Sweet Tortilla Snowflakes

1. Preheat oven to 400° F. Microwave tortillas, one at a time, for 5-10 seconds or until just warm. Fold tortillas in half, and then in half again. Fold in half again so it resembles a wedge (it will be thick.)

Using kitchen shears, cut triangles, circles and/or squares on the edges of the tortilla, as if you were making a paper snowflake. Unfold tortilla and place on large baking sheet(s) lined with foil.

2. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Then brush lightly with oil or coat with cooking spray. Sprinkle sugar sprinkles or cinnamon sugar before baking (or leave some plain to sprinkle powdered sugar on some after baking). Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.

Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

3. Parents: save the scraps and toss them with a little butter and seasonings like salt and pepper, chili powder, and cumin, and bake them up to put over a salad or a bowl of Tortilla Soup.

(Just bake them on a separate pan!)

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1. Melt the marshmallows and butter together, stirring frequently.

2. Add in food coloring, a drop or two at a time until desired color is achieved.

3. Pour marshmallow mixture over warm popcorn.

Sprinkle 1 cup of Andes chips over the top.

4. Butter your hands generously and dig in! (The butter protects your hands from the heat and keeps the marshmallow mixture from sticking to you. Reapply as necessary.)

5. Mix everything together and start forming balls.

6. Stick the popsicle stick in the popcorn ball and roll in remaining Andes chips.

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Check out Buzzer’s picks this month... they are all about new activities, new friends and new resolutions.

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes

By Peggy Gifford

Do you procrastinate writing thank you notes? Then you’ll love ten-year-old Moxy who has promised her mother she will write twelve thank-you notes the day after Christmas.

Tomorrow, she and her twin brother Mark are supposed to fly to California to visit their father. Even though Mom says no notes, no trip, Moxy can’t seem to get started until she decides to write a form letter and run it off on the new copier that they got for Christmas.

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e Reading Resolutio ns Make som

You’ve already made resolutions about exercise, eating healthier (with less sugar), and getting more sleep.

Now it’s time to come up with something a little different.

Try to come up with reading resolutions...if you love fiction books, then try nonfiction, sci-fi, or mystery novels. Whatever it is you usually read together with parents, get outside of your usual comfort zone or genre.

Try to pick an alternative genre once a month – you could even mix up the format by listening to an audiobook in the car or while cooking together.

Have fun with your reading resolutions.

Stick and Stone

By Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair becomes great friends. But when Stick gets stuck, will Stone be there to help? Stick and Stone have energy, emotion, and personality and share a story of kindness and friendship that all will enjoy. Get to know Stick and Stone – they stick up for each other because friends rock!

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s we approach the end of 2018 and look forward to a bright New Year, it is the time when most people think about making New Year’s Resolutions. Choosing something to strive for in the New Year helps kids set a goal and work toward achieving it (the same is true for adults). It doesn’t matter if your resolutions are big or small, as long as they are focused on your personal goals and wishes.

Resolutions will be different for each age group, but here are some suggestions to get you started.

Be sure to make your personal New Year’s Resolutions before January 1st and have a great New Year!

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• Independently complete one specific household chore every day or week.

• Learn to write your full name.

• Memorize your parents’ phone numbers.

• Pack your own snack for school each day.

• Let a friend borrow a game or toy for a week.

• Taste one new food every week (this is great for any age).

• Choose two screen-free days each week.

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5-7 8-10 RESOLUTIONS FOR AGES

• Write one letter each month to a family member who doesn’t live with you.

• Spend 15 minutes a day reading with a person or animal in your house.

• Give five different people a compliment each week.

• Play with every toy you own at least once during the year.

• Donate any items of clothing you don’t wear for six months.

• Invent a new game and play it with your family.

• Wash your hands for two minutes before and after every meal.

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• Sit next to someone different at lunch each day/ week.

• Make dinner once a week.

• Choose one author and read every book they’ve written.

• Learn about ten historical figures you’ve never heard of before.

• Watch the entire series of a show your parents watched when they were kids.

• Designate a screen-free week (or weekend) every month.

• Open a kids’ savings account and set a savings goal.

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