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I thought I would share a glimpse into our week and share a recipe that we enjoyed. My oldest has been really into animals lately, so we have been enjoying Animal planet in the evenings. On Monday we watched a show about bears living in Canada. At one point the bears were grazing through a field of blueberry bushes. So on Tuesday when we went to the library I made sure to grab Blueberries for Sal. We also picked up some books on hiking and camping and all the animals you can see.

Then on Wednesday we packed up and went to a local park that we love. There are lots of trees, flowers, a creek, and a small hill covered in brush and plants. Its a pretty small area, but to little kids it is huge. That evening We went to the store and bought some blueberries and a small thing of plain yogurt. Thursday we used the plain yogurt to make our own yogurt that we could eat with the blueberries. It cultured all day Thursday and was ready to eat Friday morning for breakfast.


Yogurt recipe

a cake pan
a deep mixing bowl
a wire wisk
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1 quart skim milk
4 small jars with lids

Combine the yogurt and the skim milk in the bowl. Stir it well with the wire wisk. Pour the mixture into the jars and put on the lids. Set the jars in a pan and put enough warm water in the pan to come almost to the top of the jars. Find a warm place to put the pan where it will not be disturbed for 8 hours. You will find when you open the jars that the milk has thickened. It is now yogurt. You can sweeten your yogurt with fruit or jam.

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Posted in General, Ideas on May 26th, 2007

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6 Responses to “Blueberry homeschooling”

  1. Brit Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    We LOVE Blueberries for Sal. It’a a classic. My daughter also really likes Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low.

  2. Jennifer Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 7:07 am

    Hi, thanks for swinging by my blog and introducing yourself! It’s so hard to find other homeschool bloggers!
    Blueberry homemade yogurt….mmm….science…lol
    My boys don’t like yogurt but we can accomplish the same science with an old piece of cheese… ;-)

  3. Jennifer Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 7:08 am

    The comment box wouldn’t work, trying again…Just wanted to say thanks for swinging by my blog and introducing yourself. It’s so hard to find homeschool bloggers!

  4. Jennifer Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 7:09 am

    LOL i see it did work, twice!

  5. Jenny-up the hill Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    That’s what homeschooling is all about..what fun we have with our kiddos!! We love Blueberries for Sal!!

  6. Stephanie Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    Oh I love that book too! . . . and blueberries. How fun and educational!

    Thank you for the Make It From Scratch entry!

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