Things To Do: Handmade in Britain activities. Minus2909: Blue soda bread and home science. One of the brilliant things you can do at home, which is also really colourful, is make your own pH indicator from red cabbage water. Here's a particular use for it which occurred to me the other day:Making naturally blue soda bread. The way this works is that so-called "red" cabbage (which i think of as purple) is very high in an anthocyanin. The word "anthocyanin" is from the Greek words anthos - flower, and kyanos - blue. Anthocyanins are in fact not necessarily blue but all sorts of colours. They are also useful in herbal medicine. For instance, the skins of Sambucus nigra (elder) berries are high in anthocyanins which soothe the throat and are useful in coughs and sore throats. They are almost entirely tasteless and occur in a wide range of flowering plants with the exception of the Caryophyllales, a large order containing such plants as beetroot and cacti, which instead contain betalains.
The red numbers show where variations occur in the structure. Elderberries Cornflower. Sandra Dodd: Unschooling's Unexpected Benefits. Unschooling: the new class of learning. Learning for Fun: Interview with Sandra Dodd - Unschooling Mom for 22 Years! Digg digg For the first time today on Mommy Labs, I’m sharing an interview. I’m all stimulated about this and hope you’ll love reading, too.
I intend to share more such interviews in the future, bringing you face to face with people who have dared to take a path uncharted, have gone after their soul’s calling and have inspired many with their life’s journey and stories. When you read these people’s stories, you may relate or resonate with them, or not. The story and perspective that I bring to you today, is one such. Yes, for hundreds of unschooling families around the world, Sandra Dodd is the guiding light and pillar of support.
Sandra Dodd has unschooled her three children who are now 20, 23 and 26. She has authored two books – *’The Big Book of Unschooling‘ and ‘Moving a Puddle‘; shares her thoughts on sandradodd.com and is present around the world speaking at conferences and conducting workshops. She had visited India in 2010 and will most likely visit again in 2013. 1. 2. 4. 5. 6.