Number the Stars Wallhanging

I named this quilt Number the Stars after a wonderful book by Lois Lowry that is a favorite book of my students.  The pattern comes from the book Scrappy Stars by Jodi Barrows.  Jodi is known for her Square in a Square technique and ruler.  The book is available used through Amazon.  Jodi's website is found here: http://www.squareinasquare.com/        

This is the final post about the quilts in my classroom.  It is a small room, perfect for teaching reading to small groups of children.  I enjoy making it look as much like a living room as possible.  I'm a big believer in good phonics instruction and want my students to develop good decoding skills.  But I also want my students to develop a lifelong love of reading.  

   

Two Lives Are Yours

Books I think

Are extra nice.

Through books you live

Not once but twice.

You are yourself

And you are things

With fur or fins

Or shells or wings,

As big as giants

Small as gnats

As far as stars

As close as cats.

You live today

And long ago

The future, too,

Is yours to know.

You’re multiplied,

Expanded, freed.

You’re you and also

What you read.

                       

                                Richard Armour

Coffee Can Ice Cream

1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

2 teaspoons vanilla

¼ cup sugar

1-pound coffee can with lid

Plastic wrap

Sturdy rubber band

3-pound coffee can with lid

Crushed ice

Box of salt

1.  Mix together the whipping cream, vanilla, and sugar.  Pour this into the 1-pound coffee can.  The can should be about ¾ full.  If it isn’t, you can stir in more whipping cream.

2.  Put the top on tightly.  Cover it with a piece of plastic wrap held by a rubber band.

3.  Set the 1-pound can in the center of the 3-pound can.  Put a layer of crushed ice about 2 inches thick in the bottom of the large can around the small can.  Then sprinkle ¼ cup of salt on top of the ice.  Continue layering the ice and salt until the can is almost full.  Put the top on the can. 

4.  Sit on the floor and roll the can back and forth with a partner.  In 15 minutes, check the ice cream by carefully opening the inside can.  Be careful not to get any of the salt water in the ice cream.

5.  When the ice cream is frozen, enjoy it!

You might also enjoy reading my previous posts about my classroom quilts:
http://www.starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2013/01/if-your-teacher-is-also-quilter-part-i.html

http://www.starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2013/01/calendar-of-houses-bee-quilt.html

http://www.starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2013/01/state-flower-quilt.html