Where Art Is Child’s Play — Children’s Museum of Arts
Children’s Museum of Arts in the South Village focuses on making art, not just 
drawing and sculpture but also sound and stop-motion animation. It is also the only institution in New York City collecting international children’s artwork which includes 40 pieces from Harlem in 1963, children’s paintings made during the Works Progress Administration, and art from African villages.
The opening exhibition “Make Art (in) Public consists of
October — National Popcorn Month
Considering that Americans consume 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually it 
is no wonder there is a National Popcorn Month. Even though popcorn month has been celebrated for more than 25 years, it was not until 1999, Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman proclaimed October as National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. Popcorn harvest takes place each fall in the Midwest so what better time to celebrate popcorn.
Amazingly 70 percent is eaten in the home while the other 30 percent is outside the home (theaters, stadiums, schools, etc.). While popcorn is consumed world-wide, most of the corn is grown and consumed in the United States. The average American eats about 54 quarts each year.
Popcorn has a long history. The oldest ears of popcorn dated at about 4,000 years were discovered in a cave in New Mexico in 1948. Aztec Indian ceremonies included a popcorn dance in which young women wore popcorn garlands.
Popcorn is a great between meal snack low in fat and calories and it satisfies but doesn’t spoil the appetite. Popcorn has no artificial additives or preservatives, and is sugar-free.
Get poppin’ and enjoy October as National Popcorn Month.
Resources:
Popcorn http://www.popcorn.org/
Popcorn Poppin’ Month http://www.popcorn.org/AboutUs/PopcornPoppinMonth/tabid/72/Default.aspx
Popcorn Trivia http://www.popcorn.org/EncyclopediaPopcornica/Trivia/tabid/69/Default.aspx
What Makes Popcorn Pop? http://www.popcorn.org/EncyclopediaPopcornica/WelcometoPopcornica/WhatMakesPopcornPop/tabid/105/Default.aspx
Photo courtesy of Popcorn Board. This link will also take you to a list of unique recipes using popcorn.
September - National Honey Month
In celebration of National Honey Month, I thought some interesting facts about honey bees might be in order -
- To make one pound of honey, the bees in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be the lifetime work of approximately 300 bees.
- Honey bees never sleep!
- Honey bees will visit between 50-100 flowers during one nectar collection trip
Sometimes he will need very loud hands indeed
- a mother talking about her son: "He isn't taught "quiet hands" as I am sure there will be times in his life when he will need very loud hands...."
- me: I just think it's beautiful
- Zoe: I really like that
- That is real empathy to me
- me: yes
- and the idea of
- of very loud hands
- is doing things to my brain
- Zoe: good things?
- me: good things, yes
- along with which readers got the "I am autism" reference in my essay and which didn't
- and what it means to be able to forget that
- and then to tell me that I should, too
- and the larger implications
- "mom and dad love you"
- doing the best they can
- etc
- and something amanda said about how a parent can always take a break
- but not the kid
- not the disabled person, we never get breaks
- and what that means
- and it means that sometimes you need very loud hands
- (so they teach you to have quiet ones instead)
My 4 year-old decided to super glue the charger into my iPhone. We had to literally rip out the charger from the bottom on the phone. You can see in the picture all the missing prongs from the now ruined phone.
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A great Backyard Adventure — listening to and identifying the sounds of a summer night. One last adventure before heading back to school and early bedtimes.
International Clown Week
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On August 2, 1971, President Richard Nixon signed into law a joint resolution proclaiming the first week in August as National Clown Week. It is now celebrated
