Playing and dancing to CDs is one option, but don't think you're limited to kids music. Any fun, upbeat music will likely be appreciated, including songs from Abba, the Beatles, and Van Morrison. Another way to get musical is to break out some instruments. My daughter has always had a wide variety around to choose from, and loves them all from bongo drum to bango to maracas. Children love even the most basic of instruments, so if you don't own any consider buying some small inexpensive ones like a triangle and an egg or gourd shaker.
Recipe:
Roasted Garlic Hummus
3 cups cooked garbanzo beans
2-3 heads roasted garlic
1/3 cup olive oil with roasted garlic
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup lemon juice
salt to taste
1) While garbanzo beans are still warm from cooking, puree them in a food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Make sure to have fun squeezing out all the tasty, tender roasted garlic.
Project:
Learn About the Water That Your Family Consumes
(after all it is or at least should be the largest volume of anything that you put into your body)
What You Will Need
The links below
Some spare time, guaranteed to be well spent
To get you motivated here is an excerpt from a press release the Environmental Working Group (EWG) put out in 2009:
"Federal law does not require tap water to be safe for long-term consumption; the long-term risks of cancer and other health threats are balanced against the cost and feasibility of purification. As a result, health officials acknowledge that legally binding contamination limits typically allow exposure to levels of pollutants that present real health risks. For hundreds of other contaminants there are no legal limits at all -- any amount is legal."
LINKS
Bottled water ratings
Tips for safe drinking water
Find out what's in your city's tap water
Water filter buying guide
And just in case you have some extra time on your hands, here's the
EWG drinking water database report in its entirity
"Without music life would be a mistake." ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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