Mmmm.. is for ... Maple Syrup

Maple syrup, oh I love maple syrup.  :)  Don't you... slathered over pancakes, drizzled into scrambled eggs, and baked into muffins.. mmm mmm good.. good good good.  Won't you join Amanda and I in blogging through the alphabet the letter M?

Did you know that Canada produces 71-80% of the world's maple syrup?   Most of that coming from Quebec. Isn't that an wonderful part of Canada?   We export to over 50 countries around the world, with the USA being one of the biggest importers.

My son use to watch Daniel Cook, so seeing this video brought back smiles:

Daniel Cook is actually learning the old way to tap trees (also the method used by home producers).  Commercial producers have moved to the using lines and gravity to move the syrup from the trees to the cookhouse.  

I learned when I went on a maple syrup tour a couple years ago that the lines come with their own problems.  Apparently a large number of wild critters..in particular squirrels.. have learned the lines contain sweet water and therefore will chew on them to lick up the sap as it comes down the line.   So the lines need to be checked regularly to make sure they aren't damaged.

 

So why is maple syrup important?

1. It tastes great.  If you've only had the fake syrup you really don't know what you are missing.

2. You can cook with it.  To substitute maple syrup for granulated sweeteners such as white sugar, use 2/3 cup of maple syrup for every 1 cup of granulated sugar, reduce the quantity of liquid ingredients in the recipe (water, milk, juice) by 1/4 cup and lower the baking temperature by 25° F. Maple syrup also serves as a one-to-one substitution for other liquid sweeteners, such as honey, molasses and corn syrup. (source).  

3. Harvesting the sap (about 7% of the tree produces) doesn't hurt the tree and there are regulations in place to protect the trees.

4. Maple sugar candies...enough said.  :)

5. Maple Syrup is good for you, "A 60 ml portion of maple syrup contains 100 percent of your recommended daily allowance of manganese, as well at 37 percent of riboflavin, 18 percent of zinc, 7 percent of magnesium, and 5 percent of calcium and potassium. Plus, the antioxidant levels are comparable to a banana or a serving of broccoli." (source)

6. Top three world-wide producers are:  (source)

• Province of Quebec, Canada:  7, 989,000 gallons harvested.
• State of Vermont, USA:  890,000 gallons harvested.
• Province of Ontario, Canada:  400,000 gallons harvested.

7. Maple syrup was first discovered by North America's indigenous peoples.  The Ojibwa talked of the "maple moon".   (source)
8. Maple syrup is graded according to colour, flavour and density.
9. "Canada’s maple syrup producing regions are located in the provinces of Quebec (primary producer), Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. There are more than 8,600 maple syrup businesses in Canada." (source) 
10. Did you know that the Homeschool Review Crew reviewed Tap My Trees?   Tap my Trees is a company that helps you successfully make your own syrup.  

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Review: John Deere That's Who

Today I have a great book for you called John Deere, That's Who.Written by Tracy Nelson Maurer we are brought into the early days of the American west.   John Deere changed farming for the better, this is his story.

 I have to tell you... I liked this book.  Watching a man at work trying to find a way to help his neighbours.  Working it out, trying different methods, until he discovered what would work. 
Great pictures provided by Tim Zeltner.  

The illustrations showed clearly the farmland and the difficulty of the work.  Carefully drawn, and in a style that made me think of days gone past.

The text was clearly written, with good information.   I enjoyed the meaty text, I learned how so many men left their families at home while they went out west to get a good start before sending for their families to join them.  John Deere was one of these men going out west to make a new start.  I learned about the need that was presented to him... farmers working hard in a gummy soil where the old plows didn't work well in.  The farmers wanting to leave because the work was too difficult, Mr. Deere couldn't afford to have his customers leave so determined to find a new way when he couldn't afford to ship out what he needed. So he recycled other materials to make what was needed.    Making plows, giving them away, so farmers could test them and discover how much better they were.  His plows were so good he was debt free in five years.

 John Deere That's Who
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrator: Tim Zeltner
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 40
Style: Children's Picture Book
Ages: 4-8 years old
Reviewed for: Raincoast Books




Where can you find it?
 Amazon.ca: John Deere, Thats Who

 Amazon.com: John Deere, Thats Who

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We see the Altar, we Look Forward to Christ

As we come to this next section on Ezekiel 43:13-27, Ezekiel is coming before the altar. 

Like everything else, it is measured. As you can see, it is not small...the hearth being 12 cubits square.  

¹³ “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: ¹⁴ from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; ¹⁵ and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns. ¹⁶ The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. ¹⁷ The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

The Priests who minister at the altar will be the family of Zadok.   They need to, for seven days, make sacrifices on the altar to make atonement for needing the altar, as well as to cleanse and consecrate it.   When those seven days are over, it can be used for the sacrifices of the people. 
¹⁸ And he said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for throwing blood against it, ¹⁹ you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, a bull from the herd for a sin offering. ²⁰ And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. ^.......26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. ²⁷ And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord God.”

I have to admit, I would find this difficult.   I know I am not alone in this, I have read reports of how people found it difficult to need to sacrifice the best of their herd.   How tempting it was to hold that animal back and send the next best.   

But it's what God demanded eh?   That giving up of our best to atone for the sin that we do.  It's points us forward to God giving up his best for us. 

That's what all the sacrifices do...they point forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus.   Just like the lamb did, or the bull, or the doves, or the grain did.   Through no fault of their own, they died for the sin of their people.   Jesus died for the sin of EVERYONE.  Not just one family or group of people ....for every single person ever born.

As the Son of God he was the only one in the position to do so.

  
Just as people needed to trust that the lamb, goat, bull etc... would take away their sin, we need to the same with Christ.   We need to trust that Jesus will take away our sin.  It's starts with us seeing how wrong our sin is and our need for something beyond ourselves to deal with it.

Gods work on our behalf... always.


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Review: Compuscholar, Inc.

In this day and age of technology at our fingertips, solid computer skills are an essential part of learning, and the new Digital Savvy course from CompuScholar, Inc. provides excellent instruction in fundamental computing topics.

My son has been using the computer for quite some time now, but there is so much that he doesn't understand about them, so when the chance came up for him to learn more about them, I totally jumped on it.  :)   Digital Savvy is teaching him so much about computers, it's neat to see his understanding deepen.

How does this online program work?
After you log into this online computer skills class you come to the main screen which outlines what the student will be learning.   The main title is clickable and will lead you to the lessons for the week.

 Twenty five lessons plus supplemental lessons.  Each lesson is clearly delineated with options for doing video and/or a written lesson, along with a quiz.  Five lesson in one week. Making it easy to complete one chapter per week, the lessons are short enough you can do two or more a day, along with the application part and the weekly test. 

Twenty three chapters of lessons, along with one mid-term project and one final project.

• Fundamentals of Computer Hardware
• Fundamentals of Computer Software
• Operating Systems
• Computer Files
• Computer Maintenance and troubleshooting
• Computer Networks
• Search Engines
• Computer Security
• Word processing
• Spreadsheet programs
• Presentation programs
• Database technology
• Project management and teamwork
• Digital Images
• Internet Communications
• Social Media
• More Social Media
• Creating Web Pages
• Web Links, Images and Animation
• Programming Concepts
• Digital Logic
• Careers and Professional Skills

One of the things I like is that the lessons aren't all just learn this, learn that, here's a test.   At the end of the week that have a practical component to help bring all the parts of the lesson together.  It helps cement the weeks lessons.

The quiz and tests are handled the same way, with multiple choice questions.
They clear show if you have the answer correct or not.

Marking is a breeze, the program doing it all for you, with the exception of the practical component (which encourages parental involvement eh?)  :)   Checking them over means I can say to the lad... that lesson 3...I think redoing that one might be a good idea eh?   (and have a sheepish boy go ...I didn't like that one, but okay).

So far this computer science course is proving to be helpful to my lad, giving him a way to use computer language as he talks with his dad (who knows so much about computers it makes my head spin).  :)  It is so great to find a program that will continue the connection between a dad and his lad, and if my son has any questions he can turn to his dad for advice, I do have to admit though, he hasn't needed much help at this point (beyond how to do the practical application and the one lesson redo).

Marking projects is easy to do.  You simply go into your account as teacher, and mark the project using a rubric.

 You will find in the teachers area that there are all sorts of helps, professional development courses.   If you look under common administrative features it will bring up videos on  Grading students project, Using the Gradebook, Adding sibling accounts and more.



My Thoughts:
Other than when my lad complains about needing to read the student text (because he missed something in the test and needs to correct it) I don't hear a lot of "Do I have to do this?"   I have a lad eager to complete the material and who talks about what he is learning.  That to me is a sign of elective that is enjoyed.   It's been a great way for him to do some computer learning.   We'll be finishing this course.

He has commented that he would like the chapter lessons to note which lessons he has completed.  He wishes the check marks would change colour when that days lesson is completed.

My son's comments:
"I like that they have video lessons.  The lessons are interesting and relatively fast to do.  I try to not have to read the student text book though."

Product: Digital Savvy
Vendor: CompuScholar, Inc. (formerly Homeschool Programming)
Ages: Grades 6-12
Type: On-line Product

We reviewed three courses:
Digital Savvy 
Web Design
Java Programming

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Celebrate! Redeem history!

The Homeschool Review Crew does word prompts for Instagram fun, I think it's great to have these words prompts for doing quick posts.  :)   I find them fun as sometimes it surprises me where my brain goes.  :)

The word for today is Celebrate.  Let's follow my thoughts along the way eh?

 

Celebrate: 

 This morning as I was browsing facebook I came across a post that was telling Christians to not celebrate Easter.  That to so was very pagan of us based on the roots of the word Easter.   You get the same thing for other holidays in the year, some Christian some pagan, and I have to wonder what draws people to do that.  For Christmas and Easter particularly... it bothers me greatly.   I feel like they are trying to suck the joy our of celebration of the good things of the Lord.

Christ redeems the WORLD.  He does that.

Do people not understand that?

Christmas and Easter in the CHRISTIAN tradition (redeemed, made right)  are celebrations of important events in our history.    The origins of the time of year were attempts by the Christian church to change events held at that time of the year for something better.   They wanted to change events to turn peoples minds to Christ and the things of God.   WHY is that a bad thing???  They were redeeming a pagan festival or a pagan notion for the things of God.   Think about that for a moment.

Changing a non-christian tradition and turning it into one the sees the truth.   Is that not a good thing?   Sure the origins were not good...but its been redeemed for something good.

Kinda like what Christ does in us.
Taking filthy rags and turning them into bridal white.  That's what Christ's action (dying on the cross) predicated by his actual birth into the world... DOES FOR US.

So we celebrate those two historic events.
Christmas... Christ's birth...if he was never born he couldn't die for us.
Good Friday... Christ took the punishment for our sin.  He took it, bore it, suffered the indignity.
Easter... WOOT WOOT!!!!   Sin and death CANNOT beat God's work.  THEY CAN'T

So let us Celebrate this

Kick up our heels

Rejoice

Tell of his great deals

Memorialize

Glorify

Beat the drum

Proclaim

Praise

Laud

Honour

Dedicate

Exalt

Commend

Extol

Have a time of Jubilation 

and

Raise a hand in acknowledgement of

the great work 

that

the Lord has done.

Seriously.
Can we not do what the Lord has done?
Do whatever we can to redeem this broken, fallen world that we live in?
Can we not celebrate all that the Lord God has done for us?
Shall we not tell his stories?
Must we not change what was wrong into a time when we remember what is right?

Don't let anyone tell you that we cannot do this.
That we must only look at the roots of early festivals to tell us that it is wrong to celebrate them.
GOD has redeemed us. 
We are called to make a difference.
So celebrate what the Lord has done.
Rejoice in what he has done in your life.
Talk to your neighbours and families about what this time of the year NOW means...and don't wallow in the past.
Today is a new day, a time of redemption and change.
Should we not live like it?

PS...this is not only for the days of Easter and Christmas.   We are called to make God known everyday we are alive.   This is simply my reaction to the "but the origins are evil therefore celebrating it is wrong" thought patterns that float seasonally.    I just wish people could see God's redemption at work.
 
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Recipe: Honey Lemon Rabbit Pasta

 I thought to try something new.   Note that rabbit can be exchanged for chicken very easily in this recipe eh?  

Ingredients:
 1.5 lbs of rabbit, boneless, cut into bite-sized pieces.
1 tbsp olive oil
Lemon Pepper Seasoning

1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp thyme (or two or three fresh sprigs) 
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp lemon pepper seasoning

8 oz angel hair pasta

Directions:

1. Get pot boiling for pasta
2. In a large measuring cup mix together honey, lemon juice, 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, thyme, apple cider vinegar and lemon pepper seasoning.   Mix well and let set.
3. Season rabbit with lemon pepper seasoning, be generous.  Cook rabbit in a large skillet with the 1 tbsp olive oil until 90% done.
4. Add the mixture that you set aside.   Let heat through while the angel hair pasta is cooking.  
5. Once the pasta is cooked through (about five minutes to cook through) add it to the cooking rabbit and mix well.  
6. This meal is best served warm but I will suggest that you let it sit covered for 5 minutes before serving, giving the sauce time to flavour the pasta well.

Verdict:
Me: I LOVE THIS DISH.. so glad I took a chance with it.  :)
Hubby: I wish I were feeling better...the bit I tasted was good but I can't eat more.
The Lad: One moderate serving followed by a much larger serving.  "I like this mom, can you make it again please?  It was really good!"


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Review: One Upon A Time Storybook Bible

 This book is gorgeous, filled with lovely images and text that flows easily from the tongue.   Once Upon a Time Storybook Bible is a book filled with bible stories from the Old and New Testaments, biblical references, and points to take home.

Book Synopsis:
The Once Upon a Time Storybook Bible highlights powerful and inspiring stories from the Bible.   It is beautifully illustrated with wonderful artwork by Omar Aranda. Some of the stories include: Adam and Eve, Ruth and Naomi, The battle of Jericho, The Blind Man, Lazarus, Wake up and Jesus in Jerusalem. Each  story is told in a way to encourage children to get excited about reading the tales of real heroes of the Bible.   33 chapters, most from the Old Testament, a few from the New.  Each story is about 3 pages long.

My Thoughts: 
What I liked:
Once Upon A Time Storybook Bible is a GORGEOUS book, I kid you not.  The pictures are superb!  They have so much detail and colour in them. They don't look babyish, they look like something you'd see in a book of quality that you like to have around for a while.

Each story starts with a bible verse, and closes with the biblical reference.  Good things that eh?

The happily ever after section.  I liked this part.  Pulling out a moral for children to apply to their lives or to think about.  That's a good thing don't you think?

Concerns:
Frequently the bible verse at the start of each story had no connection to the story that I could readily discern. 

I dislike the "once upon a time" aspect of this book.   The stories, even though they aren't complete, (how many stories in bible story books are?) are still based on the bible. The bible is reality and not just about telling a story to teach a moral. Putting bible stories on the same level as fairytales is encouraging children to just see them as another story with a simple truth to take from it and not God in action. If using this book, I was suggest care in how you explain that God's word is reality, and perhaps even read the full story directly from the Bible to them to help them understand that bible story books only give a shortened version of the whole story.

Once Upon A Time Storybook Bible
Illustrator: Omar Aranda
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Age: 5 to 8
Style: Hardcover, storybook
Size: Oversized a bit bigger than 11 x 8
33 chapters.
Pages: 144 
Reviewed for: BookLookBloggers.


Where can you get it?
Amazon.ca: Once Upon a Time Storybook Bible

Amazon.com: Once Upon a Time Storybook Bible

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Cactus and A Play

 It's been a pretty good week with some up and downs.... but when I reflect back.. mostly up!   AND THAT is a very good thing.  :)

Monday: 
Started out like a typical day though everyone was act
ing tired and math was a frustration, and then English grammar was a frustration and... well let's just say that we tossed English out the window and planned things out a bit differently to make the rest of the day a success.    We ran out to Gramma's where the lad finished his schooling and then indulged his latest love.. CACTI!!!

Check out what he picked up with Gramma: 

If you see that little red nub on the side of the cactus...he's already trying to graft it on to another cactus.  He's been reading, researching and sussing out all the things he wants to try with his cacti and apparently next week we are going to go cacti hunting in Kitchener.  :)

I have to admit... I love hearing his enthusiasm for his cacti... it gives one a break from minecraft and pokemon talk I must say.  :)

Tuesday:
A stay at home day... we had plans to go out Wednesday to a play so stayed home to get some work done at home.   One of the things we worked on was our Art Achieve Lesson.  We are working on making a totem pole.   You'll have to wait for the review though... coming up in a couple of weeks.

The lad also worked on his Digital Savvy course (also a review coming up).   

OH!!!   And we made a brain!  I know that sounds weird, but the lad and I have been learning about the central nervous system and I thought it would be good to make a plasticine model of the brain and then we'd label it another day.

I can't say today was the easiest day... I actually disappeared for a needed few hours in afternoon to take a break from the angst of the morning.  We did some good things together, but it took working through angst to get there.  :)   I managed to power through three reviews though, had a couple of conversations with friends, and got my mind back in order again.   Good to do that eh?

Wednesday we did minimal schooling.. writing a story, working on math, Canada history and Veritas Press lessons... then off to London.   We went to see the Musical "Little Women".  I enjoyed myself!

Thursday:
A good day today.   Working through schooling, having fun relaxing in the afternoon, and at night...the success of Bridge Busting night at Cadets!  The lad came in first for best looking bridge, and came in fourth of the boys for bridge weight holding.  His bridge held 150 lbs.

Friday: 
We had co-op in the morning with lots of YAY!!   The children like the class I am teaching, and woot woot.. they love how Hubby is teaching gym.   AND I brought a bunch of books down with me and ended up selling some of it.  Would have loved to have sold more but hey.. a wee bit here and there .. it all works eh?  I'll slowly winnow it down.  

I came home completely tired so I napped off and on in the afternoon sitting in my comfy chair.  So here it is 1030 and I'm feeling tiredly awake.  :)   

Saturday:
I'm supposed to go to a rabbit club meeting but currently am feeling like I don't wanna go.   We'll see what happens in the morning. 

Reviews: 
God's Easter Miracles.  Miracles about Easter, a picture book.
Shepherd, Potter, Spy--And Star Namer.  Biblical history in creative story telling


Homeschooling and everything else:  
Art Book Series: 1-2-3 Draw: 5 in 1 how to draw books. 
Sacred Moments:  Prayer as a unit is a good thing to plan.
Tuna Noodle Salad: A recipe. :)
The Temple's Chambers: Devotion Ezekiel 42
God will dwell in Their Midst Forever: Devotion on Ezekiel 43:1-12
God Alone is enough: word prompt post
Books Read in March.  Word prompt. book list

Loonies and Toonies, an alphabet blogging post.

Linking up at the following places:

Homeschool Highlights.

Weird Unsocialized homeschoolers.

Homeschool Nook.

Homeschool blog and Tell.

Family Friday linkUp,

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God Alone is Enough

Thinking about the word enough and I'm brought back to mind these words from the Ezekiel Study that I am doing. ⁴ As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, ⁵ the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Filled the temple.   That's what God's glory did.  It FILLED the place.

Do you think that was enough?

It should be I think...but so many people don't see the enoughness of God.   They don't see the filling that he does.

They look to so many other things to fill themselves up with, things like... money, people, relationships, stuff and so much more.   

But I've observed in the people I see (and in myself as well) that when I look to anything OTHER THAN God for satisfaction, for that feeling that I have enough, nothing truly gives me that feeling.   That feeling of enough.

I see myself raising my boy and seeing how I am fairly sure that I fail him...and then seeing how God uses me to meet the needs he has, the training that he requires, and I realize that, in God I am (along with his dad), enough to lead him to making right choices for God. 
  
Still, seeing my enoughness in God, his enoughness in me, to meet that tasks that he sets before me... I still often feel the failure and the want.

It's a tough one sometimes, to believe my claim, that he is enough....Cause I know it as a surety that he is, but sometimes.. I want to trust my own abilities more than his enoughness.

Oh, that I might learn more surely.. that God is Alone is Enough. 

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  Today the word is Enough..   What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it's a party of a group of like minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to each other on this writing journey.  It's fun, though it's not always easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won't you?  You are always welcome.

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Art Book Series: 1-2-3 Draw

 Today I have a book from my own collection. 1-2-3 Draw, a  neat coil bound book that teaches the student how to draw a variety of objects. 

One of the things I like about this book is how it LIES FLAT.  Oh heavens, too many art books don't which means you need to weight down the book in order to use it effectively.   Having a coil ring art book makes it easy to display if showing a classroom or to lie flat as you learn.

Five sections to choose from including: wild animals, dinosaurs, farm animals, knights/castles and vehicles.

It's a book of simple line drawings, walking the student through a series of circles and lines to help them accomplish their drawings.  Learning the technique for one animal, object or person will help them learn how to do it for others.

Followed by inspiration on how to put it all together.   Each section ended with a picture of how you might put it all together.  

Not only that, as you learned to draw an animal, object or item, you were given a brief spot of information about it.

 All in all a good book to learn how to draw different things.  The only thing my son and I dislike is that some of the animals are a bit disproportionate (legs being too long for the body), but that is easy enough to fix eh?  :)

 1-2-3 Draw: Super Fun Stuff
 Author: Freddie Levin
Publisher: Peel Productions, Inc.

Five books in one

 
 
Where to Find it?
Amazon.ca: 1-2-3 Draw Super Fun Stuff: 5 Books in One


Amazon.com: 1-2-3 Draw Super Fun Stuff: 5 Books in One




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