What's on your table for breakfast?We love General Mills!

In my home we eat tons of cereal. The kids love it as a dry snack and my husband and I love to have it for a late night snack. One of our household favorite brands is General Mills. My husband loves Trix and I love Cherrios. The kids always want to get those cereals that look great and are loaded with sugar and that is why i am so happy that General Mills announced they would be reducing sugars in their kid targeted cereals. This is awesome news for parents! And since we know that a good breakfast is part of a good start for kids we can rest easy that General Mills cereal will contain less sugar. Here is some great information I learned from their website.

Cereals are rich in important vitamins and minerals, yet lower in calories than many other common breakfast options.

Cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters.

Ready-to-eat cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and nutrients, such as vitamins A, B6, iron, niacin and zinc, and cereal is a top source of key nutrients in children's diets.

Importantly, more frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights, and lower Body Mass Index measures (BMIs). It's true of men. It's true of women. It's true of kids. And that includes people who eat presweetened cereals.

Today's cereals are more nutritious than ever. Every General Mills Big G cereal contains at least 8 grams of whole grain per serving, and more than 20 General Mills cereals deliver 16 grams or more.

When you consider the benefits of cereal, you’ll see why ready-to-eat cereal is such a great breakfast choice.

You can print coupons from General Mills HERE

I want to thank My Blog Spark and General Mills for the cereal coupons we received!

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Sight Word Paper Chain - Printable

Here is an idea for a way to help kids who are working on sight words - make a sight word paper chain. As they learn new words, they continually add links on to a paper chain that represents the words they know.  Sometimes that boost of confidence that they get from seeing what they know can really help.

Each of the links that will become the chain has one of the words that your child is working on listed on it. You can even use the links as flashcards to study the words. When you child has mastered a new word, he "earns" that link and gets to add it to the chain.  Seeing the chain grow as he learns new words can be a great way to build confidence with reading!  Image the sense of accomplishment your child will feel as she sees the chain growing and wrapping around the walls of her room!

Here are printables for the first hundred sight words from the “Fry Sight Word List.” (You can of course just cut strips of paper to make your own too. Pretty scrap-booking paper makes a nice chain.)

Sight Word Paper Chain– “Fry List” The First Hundred Words

1-10
11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

81-90

91-100

If anyone is interested in printable links for another level of sight words from the Fry List, send me an e-mail.

See more about sight words and a list of games in this post.

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Breakfast Butterfly - Go Ahead, Play with Your Food

I love having fun with food, especially at breakfast when my kids often need a little encouragement to wake up and start the day in a positive way.  My son and I made a french toast and scrambled egg butterfly, and he loved it. 

We cut the french toast into quarters for the wings, formed the body, head, and antennae out of scrambled eggs, and added ju-ju bees for eyes.  I think chocolate chips would be cute for eyes, but my son wanted ju-ju bees.  Simple and fun and he had a smile on his face while he cleaned his plate. 

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Wordless Wednesday

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