In the final week of our Cooking and Nutrition (Fall Flavors) course we watch videos about how pumpkins grow and cook pumpkin bars with Sarah’s Great Day. Do you know how to tell the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? …
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In the final week of our “For the Love of Musicals” course we look at musicals that have won the Oscar for Best Picture. Did you know that there are only 10 out of 88 years that the Academy Awards have been around?…
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With the help of Dr. Smarty and Fooducate we talk about the importance of reading nutrition labels in the Cooking and Nutrition course. The exercises on this topic are designed to appeal to people on different levels of education. The Dr. Smarty…
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We use different skills and tools to cook. It’s important to understand what tools we need to measure the amounts of foods we use in a recipe. In the Cooking and Nutrition course we look at different measuring tools and the math…
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In week 5 of our “For the Love of Musicals” course we look at four musicals that won Tony Awards. One of those that we look at is “A Chorus Line.” We add a bit of exercise and fun to the unit…
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Many adults with Down syndrome participated in some kind of “life skills” training during their school careers. In the Cooking and Nutrition course, we reinforce some of the knowledge gained in those courses. In week 6 we have a matching quiz that…
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The “Mouth of the South” – Jimmy Hart is one of the people we talk about in week 8 of the “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble” course when we look at “Managers, Valets, and Tag Teams.” Hart was known as a manager…
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When we look at “The Lion King” in week four of our “For The Love of Musicals” course, one of the activities challenges students to identify some of the animals featured in the epic Disney film. This is one of the ways…
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In week 2 of the “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble” course we explore the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame. We talk about the different ways you can be inducted into the Hall, and look at some of the best…
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In our “For the Love of Music” course we talk about musical theater, on Broadway and in movie theaters. In a fabulous piece by Down syndrome specialist and advocate Dr. Dennis McGuire mused about how things would be “If People With Down…
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