Candy Corn Math Activity

There is something about combining candy with math that makes math a little more enticing for kids.  My boys absolutely LOVE candy corn, so I decided to make a math activity that incorporated this fall favorite.

Supplies:

* 1 package of mixed candy corn (I grabbed the wrong one at the store, but we made it work anyway)

* Candy Corn Tasting Math Activity Worksheet

Directions:

1. Print out the Candy Corn Tasting Math Activity Worksheet here.

2. Give your child a handful of mixed candy corn and have them determine the fractions of each kind and graph.

There are also some writing activities included as well.

Here are some more candy corn activities:

Candy Corn Multiplication

Candy Corn Template

The Candy Corn Contest Reading Comprehension Test

Tastes from Home with Frito-Lay recipe Contest & Giveaway

Lays has a new line of potato chips that were  inspired by popular American regional cuisine and include:


1. Northeastern U.S. – Lay’s Honey Mustard
2. Midwestern U.S. – Lay’s Creamy Garden Ranch
3. Northwestern U.S. – Lay’s Balsamic Sweet Onion
4. Southwestern U.S. – Lay’s Chipotle Ranch
5. Southeastern U.S. – Lay’s Cajun Herb & Spice


All of the Lay's Regional Flavored potato chips are made with all natural ingredients and cooked in healthier oils, like corn and sunflower oils, which contain 80% or more of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat - the "good fats." They also contain 0 grams of trans fats per serving!

There’s also less sodium in them than you might think – a 1-oz serving of our Lay’s Regional Flavored potato chips contains less salt than a plain bagel!

I can't wait to try the Lay’s Honey Mustard and the  Lay’s Creamy Garden Ranch!

I live in the Northwestern region of the United States which inspired the Lay’s Balsamic Sweet Onion flavor.  I actually think this is super appropriate because one of our regions most loved festivities is the rib cook-off where you can also partake in yummy beer battered onion rings made with sweet onions.  Not content with enjoying these yummy onion rings only once a year, my hubby and I were bound and determined to recreate our own version at home.  Here is our recipe:

Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Ingredients:

Onions


1-1/2 cups flour


1-1/2 cups beer,  room temperature


2 large Sweet onions


oil for deep frying

Directions:

1. To prepare the batter for the onion rings, thoroughly whisk together flour and beer. Let batter stand, covered, at room temperature for at least 3 hours.

2. Slice onions 1/4-inch thick. Separate into rings.

3. Pour oil into a large frying pan about 3 inches deep.  Heat.

4. With metal tongs, dip a few onion rings into batter, then carefully put them into the hot oil.

5. Fry, turning the rings a couple of times until golden brown. Remove from oil.

Frito-Lay is offering one lucky reader of Homeschool Parent a chance to win a multi-pack of Lay’s Regional Flavors!  You  can try them all!

 
 
Mandatory Entry:

1. Tell me which flavor from the  Lay’s Regional Flavored potato chips you would most like to try.

Leave a separate comment for each entry:

2. Like Frito-Lay on Facebook and leave me a comment below telling me you are a fan.

3. Follow Frito Lay on Twitter and leave a comment below with your twitter handle.

4. Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment below with your twitter handle.

5. Like Homeschool Parent on Facebook and leave me a comment below telling me you are a fan.


6. Become a Homeschool Parent email subscriber.

7. Follow Homeschool Parent on Google Friend Connect.
 
8. Tweet about the giveaway and comment with your Tweet.

You can copy and paste:

Enter to win a variety pack of Frito-Lay Regional Flavored Potato Chips! from @kellys3ps http://t.co/l9KxPTc  #FritoFlavors

Disclosure: Frito-Lay provided  me with  a variety pack of Lay’s Regional Flavors potato chips to giveaway to a readers of my blog, and my blog post is a form of entry for the Tastes from Home with Frito-Lay recipe contest. The opinions posted are entirely my own.  
 
Contest ends: August 23, 2001 11:59 PM PST.

Animal Cracker Learning Fun

You can come up with learning ideas all around you!  I was in the grocery store the other day when I spotted these:

Instantly the wheels in my brain started spinning with all sorts of ideas to use them for.  I knew the boys would enjoy the animal theme since we had just visited an animal safari.

The first thing we used them for was graphing.  Luke used the following supplies:

He then made his own graph and graphed the animal crackers in his snack.  I asked him questions such as: what animal do you have the most of? the least of?  How many more giraffes do you have than elephants.

Tyler and Cody had learned about ecosystems and habitats, so they sorted their snacks by their habitats using this worksheet.

They also learned about animal probability using this worksheet.

Here are a few other animal cracker related activities you could try with your homeschoolers:

Animal Cracker Coloring Page

Zoo animals emergent reader

And your more advanced readers might want to learn about Dian Fossey.