A co-worker let me use her recipe on my website, Homeschooling on a Shoestring. I’ve reprinted it here for the holiday season. I like it, however it is quite thick tasting, you definitely need a glass of something and I’m sure it’s not health-friendly at all. If you know a good vegan version, let me know.
Pumpkin Roll
Cake:
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup solid pack pumpkin
Mix and set aside.
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Blend in with top mixture.
Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla
4 Tablespoons butter
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix until creamy.
Spread on cookie sheet, sprinkle with nuts. Bake at 325ºF for about 15 minutes or until done. Dust towel with powdered sugar. Turn cake over on towel and roll up. Allow to cool completely. Mix filling. Unroll towel and spread filling over cake. Roll up, wrap and freeze.
Free Health Curriculum Supplements for Highschool age, Middle School age and
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Evan-Moor offers free monthly lesson plan activities and ideas and free clip art.
Fire Prevention Week October 9-15, 2011
Fire Safety Videos
http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/characters/?preset=firemansam
http://www.dangerrangers.com/
“Practice Your Escape Plan!” is the theme of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13. NFPA has all of the info, tools, and products you need to make FPW a success in your community.
http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp
http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=2017&URL=Safety%20Information/Fire%20Prevention%20Week
Fire Prevention Week (October 7-13) is the perfect time to help your students and their families create a home fire-escape plan and teach valuable lessons about fire and fire prevention. A well-practiced home fire-escape plan is essential to providing guidance for every family in the event of fire. Use these activities during Fire Prevention Week to keep fire safety in your student’s minds throughout the year!
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=271
FireSafety.gov for Kids
Great site with parents / teachers info
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/flash.shtm
London Fire Brigade
Note: This is a UK site. Do not call 999 (unless you’re in the UK).
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/EducationAndGames.asp
Misc Fire Safety Links
http://www.kinderteacher.com/FireSafetyIdeas.htm
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/firesafety/firesafety.html
http://www.makingfriends.com/firemans_hat.htm
http://tinyurl.com/64xovac (takes you to the American Red Cross educators module for downloads)
http://www.sparky.org/
The Museum of Vision provides educational material for physicians, teachers and parents interested in teaching children about the eye, vision and ophthalmology. The museum’s materials are suitable for ages 11 and up, but can be adapted for other age groups. Choose from Eye Openers: Exploring Optical Illusions, Art and Vision: Seeing in 3-D, and Animal Eyes.
http://www.aaofoundation.org/what/heritage/learn.cfm
Columbus Museum Permanent Collection Educator Guide designed for grades K-12, this guide is an excellent tool for teachers in explaining the Museum’s art collection in terms of themes, artists, resources and more.
http://www.columbusmuseum.com/education/educator_serv.html
When was the last time you loaned a neighbor your shovel or had a block party? OhSoWe is a website to help save you money, save resources and establish neighborhood friendships.
Math Concentration is a resource that not only provides free math homework help but is a community aimed to building strong parental support and and healthy relationships between learners and educators. They offer free homework help via forum, chat, and virtual whiteboard.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Discover thousands of organisms from around the world. Document nature with your mobile phone. Help scientists with ongoing research.
