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Learning To Be An Artist When I was a little girl, spending time with my Gram was very special to me. My Gram liked to bake and loved to tend to her flower garden. Usually I would day dream while Gram tended to her flowers, but she would call me over and show me things. She would point out the tiny insects waltzing around her blossoms. She would point out the smallest details on her plants. Although my Gram didn’t know it, she was training me to be an artist. She was teaching me to see the world around me. She would say that most grown-ups go through life without noticing little things. Learning to see the world is how we learn to draw. Paying attention to details is very important for artists. Practicing drawing is important too! I used to draw a lot of cartoon characters when I was young. This practice helped me to notice shapes. Circles, triangles and ovals, as well as letter shapes. I learned that if I could create simple shapes and letters I could draw things. Look at the step by step drawing of a cat. Notice the “v” shapes for the nose, ears and fur on the face. The eyes are oval shaped with “v” shapes on the ends. Follow the steps and create your own cat face. Practice it several times looking for shapes. When your drawing is completed, color your kitty with markers or crayons! Have fun! Contributed by Rebecca Nechuta, KidzArt
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Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Asparagus Did you know that asparagus is a member of the lily family and it can grow as quickly as ten inches in one day? Our State of Michigan ranks third in the nation for asparagus production. Ahead of us is California and Washington. Michigan produces up to 25 million pounds each year which is about 11,000 acres. The annual value of the asparagus crop is estimated at $15,000,000! Asparagus has no fat or cholesterol and is low in sodium. It is also a good source of potassium, fiber, vitamin B6, vitamins A and C and thiamin. In other words, asparagus is good for you! Asparagus spears grow from a crown that is planted about a foot deep in sandy soils. Each of these crowns will send spears up for about 6-7 weeks during the spring and early summer. The temperature outdoors will determine how much time there is between each picking. In the early season, there may be 4 to 5 days between pickings and as the temperature gets warmer, it may have to be picked every 24 hours. After the asparagus is harvested, the spears grow into ferns which produce red berries and the food and nutrients necessary for a healthy crop next season. Asparagus plantings are not usually harvested for the first three years after the crowns are planted. This allows the crown to develop a strong root system. A well cared for asparagus planting will generally produce for about 15 years without being replanted.
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Chicken & Asparagus With Penne Pasta Ingredients: 1 pound chicken breast tenderloins 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste 1 pinch seasoned salt, or to taste 1 pound uncooked penne pasta 2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut crosswise into thirds 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spread the chicken breast tenderloins on the baking sheet. Sprinkle them with garlic salt and seasoned salt. Bake chicken in preheated oven until it is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes. Set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the tenderloins into bite sized pieces. Fill a large pot with lightly salted water, bring to a boil and stir in penne. Cook pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until penne are cooked through but still slightly firm - about 11 minutes, drain them. Transfer penne back to cooking pot and stir in butter and Parmesan cheese until pasta is coated. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat and place asparagus into the hot oil and sprinkle with garlic salt. Cook and stir until asparagus are tender, about 7 minutes. Transfer penne pasta into a large serving bowl and top with asparagus and chicken tenderloin pieces. Lightly mix asparagus and chicken into the pasta and serve.
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We Measure Things Every Day! There are 12 inches in 1 foot. See if you can figure out these problems! How Many Inches Is The Caterpillar? ________
If the snowman is five feet tall, how many inches is it?
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Blue Whales Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to live on this Earth. They live in all the world’s oceans occasionally swimming in small groups but usually alone or in pairs. Often, they spend summers feeding in polar waters and then make a lengthy migration towards the Equator was winter arrives. They can cruise the ocean at more than five miles an hour but when agitated, they can reach more than twenty miles per hour! These warm blooded mammals are very large! They are up to 100 feet long and weigh upwards of 180 tons. Their tongues can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as an automobile. Blue whales skin coloring looks blue underwater, but on the surface, their coloring is more a blue-gray. Their underbellies have a yellowish hue from the microorganisms that live in their skin. The blue whale has a broad, flat head and a long body that ends in wide, triangular flukes. The whale’s nostrils are called blowholes. Most whales have two of them located on top of their head. They breathe voluntarily - humans breathe involuntarily. This means that whales choose when to breathe. They cannot breathe under water because they have lungs like we do. They surface the ocean every few minutes to blow out water and air through their blowhole and take in a breath of fresh air. Whales also have blubber or fat which
keeps them warm in colder water. A Blue Whale’s diet is mainly composed of tiny shrimplike animals called krill. During certain times of a year, an adult can consume about 4 tons of krill per day. Blue whales are baleen whales. This means they have fringed plates of fingernail-like material, called baleen, attached to their upper jaws. When they feed, they gulp a huge mouthful of water, expanding the pleated skin on their throat and belly to take it in. Then the whale’s tongue forces the water out through the thin, overlapping baleen plates. Thousands of krill are left behind and then swallowed. The water blows out their blowhole! Blue whales are among the loudest animals on earth. They emit a series of pulses, groans and moans and it has been thought they can hear each other up to 1000 miles away! When a baby calf is born, it weighs up to three tons and stretches to 25 feet long. It drinks nothing but mother’s milk and gains about 200 pounds every day during their first six months! As well as being the largest, the blue whale is one of the Earth’s longest lived animals. The average lifespan is estimated at around 80 to 90 years old. Between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales are believed to swim the world’s oceans. Aggressive hunting in the past had drove them to the brink of extinction. Blue Whales are under protection with the 1966 International Whaling Commission. They are currently classified as endangered on the World Conservation Union Red List.
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Oriental Republic of Uruguay • Uruguay full name is derived from a Guarani word which when translated means “river of painted birds.” • Uruguay is on the East coast of South America. Brazil and Argentina border this country. It is also bordered by water. There is a 120 mile Atlantic shoreline, a 235 mile frontage on the Rio de la Plata and 270 miles on the Uruguay River. Uruguay is comparable to the size of Oklahoma and one of the smallest countries in South America. • Most of the country consists of gently rolling plains interrupted by two ridges of low hills. The remainder consists of fertile coastal and riverine lowlands, including a narrow sandy and marshy coastal plain. The many beaches are an important tourist attraction. • Uruguay’s climate is temperate. It doesn’t face any extremes of temperature and precipitation. • Uruguay has one of the highest levels of literacy in Latin America. • Industry consists of food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment and petroleum products. • Agriculture is made up of wheat, corn, barley, livestock and fish. Uruguay is largely dependent on agriculture and services for its economy. Agriculture accounts to over two-thirds of the total exports in the country. • Exports are meat, rice, leather products, wool and vehicles. • Montevideo is the capital city and home to more than half of the population. It is an important trading and commercial center besides being the largest city. Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a military base. • Uruguay’s government is a Constitutional Republic. • The gaucho attire (cowboy dress) is quite popular among men and the women wear colorful dresses. • As a result of Italian immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s, pasta is a national food. Sunday is the preferred day for eating pasta. Most home cooking has a Spanish influence, and meals almost invariably include soup.
• The official language of Uruguay is Spanish. • Soccer is the national sport and occupies a central place in the life of Uruguay. • Uruguay was originally inhabited by the Charua Indians. They resisted conquest by the Spanish for years after Spain came to the land in 1516. In the 16th and 17th century, the Spanish began to settle the land and brought cattle to the region. In 1811, Uruguay began their fight for independence behind leader Jose Gervasio Artigas. After some years of fighting, which included being annexed into Brazil and joining a regional federation with Argentina, Uruguay became an independent nation in 1825. Uruguay has since developed into a country with some of the most free political and labor conditions in South America.
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Michigan’s State Fossil the Mastodon Our State of Michigan State Fossil was adopted and signed by Governor John Engler on April 8, 2002. Mastodon fossils have been found in more than 250 locations in Michigan. In as recent as 2009, a family in Portland, Michigan unearthed mastodon bones while excavating a new pond on their property. They have also been found through out the United States, mostly along the Atlantic coast and south of the Great Lakes. The mastodon preferred a habitat that was cold, open spruce woodland and forest.
This Mastodon was found in Rush Township in 1944 and has been called the 'Owosso Mastodon'. The bones are on display at the Exhibit Museum at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The American Mastodon was a large, elephant like herbivore resembling closely a wooly mammoth in appearance. It browsed on trees, shrubs, and swamp plants. The scientific term for the mastodon is Mammut americanum. The word Mammut, means “earth burrower” which can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Eastern European farmers found gigantic bones in their fields and they believed they belonged to monstrous burrowing beasts. The word mastodon comes from the Greek mastos which means “beast” and odon which means “tooth.” The mastodon became extinct around 10,000 years ago. The mastodon had a thick coat of shaggy hair. It ranged in height from 7 feet (females) to nearly 10 feet (males). They were up to 15 feet in length and weighed as much as 6 tons! The mastodon’s head had a flexible trunk, small ears and tusks. The tusks grew straight forward and curved slightly upward. The tusks could exceed 16 feet in length! They were stockier than elephants with thicker limb bones. Mastodon remains have been associated with fires, leading to the assumption that early humans hunted and ate them. Other species of mammals that lived during this time were the Giant Beaver (which weighed around 300 pounds) and the Dire Wolf (which was larger and more powerfully built then the modern day gray wolf). Today, the largest North American land animal is the American Bison. HOME-MADE FRESH
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Cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fun Blarney Bars 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats 3/4 cup toffee pieces 1/3 cup pecans, chopped - optional
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Heat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the brown sugar. Blend in the eggs, one at a time. Add the milk and vanilla extract, then blend the wet ingredients again. Sift in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the quickcooking oats and fold in the toffee bits. Add the optional pecans, and blend the mixture well with a wooden spoon. Spread the mixture in the prepared baking pan. Press the mixture firmly into the pan, making sure to form an even surface for your bars. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick may be cleanly removed from the center of the bars. Cool in the baking pan on a wire rack. While the bars are cooling, prepare the frosting by blending together the green food coloring and prepared vanilla frosting. Spread an even layer of the frosting over the bars, then cut in a diamond shape to serve.
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