Oreos Make You Smarter

Fact: Oreos are delicious.  But did you know that they can also make you smarter?

For fun I host a little book club for a few of my daughter’s 1st grade pals. We’ve been reading the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osbourne, a short and quick series of chapter books that cover a wide range of subjects.  In each adventure, Jack & Annie, a brother and sister team from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, travel through time and space by pointing to a page on a book that they find on the shelves of their magic treehouse. So far, we’ve traveled with them to the land of dinosaurs, Egypt, the Amazon, Japan and the Ice Age each book building on the next.  My kids have loved the adventure so far and also love the stories because the two main characters share their namesake.

So what does this have to do with Oreos? I’m getting there.

There’s so much supporting content out there on this series that it’s been super easy to find a craft for our little group to do after we’ve discussed the book. We don’t delve too deeply into character development or plot theories, afterall they’re only 6 and 7 years old but they do consistently surprise me with their comprehension and astute observations.

This week we are tackling Book #8: Midnight on The Moon and I was so excited for this one because my son had just done the best phases of the moon activity using Oreos (see I told you it was coming) with his preschool science teacher, Ms Janet.  I couldn’t wait to share it with the kids (and you)!

The original project idea came from Science Bob’s blog – and after looking around there I’m totally inspired to see some other really great projects to try next.

So got a kid who likes to read, got milk? got Oreos? Try this one at home, teach your kid about the different phases of the moon using Oreos! So cool and so easy.

Check this out:

Source: Science Bob

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Happy learning and Happy 100th Birthday to Oreos!