Category Archives: Books

A Toddler Cookbook

DSC03742 This is a wonderful cookbook for toddlers, and even grownups.   It is Pretend Soup, by Mollie Katzen and Anne Henderson.

DSC03744 Here is an example recipe for Popovers.

Surprisingly easy, I had not made them before, or had forgotten completely about them.

DSC03745 The recipe is nearly exactly the same as that for easy crepes, except it is backed in muffin pans, instead of fried in a frying pan.

DSC03746 After each recipe in words, is a pictorial recipe, which can help the youngsters who do not yet read, follow the recipe.

 

ADSC03747 It is an excellent reading readiness activity, and our three and a half-year old was fascinated with it.  The next chance I get, I will let her crack eggs by the recommended method for toddlers of cracking the whole egg into a bowl, and then removing the shells.

The authors say that they had cooked as toddlers, but their cooking was mud pies decorated with flowers for the snails and worms.

For sure our toddler was very fascinated with watching popover assembly, and also enjoyed eating it with plenty of jam.

 

 

 

 

Brain, The Complete Mind by Michael S Sweeney

A National Geographic Book. DSC03644 This book, Brain, The Complete Mind, How It Develops, How It Works, and How To Keep It Sharp, by Michael S Sweeney, covers some of the new neuroscience discoveries, and includes, among much more information, the following. DSC03645 It describes some of the major neurotransmitters.  According to an online search of “How many neurotransmitters are there?”  there may be from at least 60 to over 110 neurotransmitters. DSC03646  On this page we learn something about how Helen Keller managed, and the thoughts of St. Thomas Aquinas on aspects of the working mind. DSC03647 Scattered throughout the book are these sections on “Staying Sharp”.  This book has many other helpful features. DSC03648 Near this sections is one describing how people think, in order to, for example, follow a recipe. DSC03649 This page describes how nuns age. DSC03650  This nicely illustrated book does indeed give “you greater insight into how your mind operates and how you can keep it sharp”.