5/24/2023 0 Comments Bartholomew oobleckAnd in this way you can practice counting. You can change up the measurements, so long as the ratio remains the same, 1 part water to 2 parts cornstarch. The recipe for oobleck is simple: 1 cup of water and 2 cups of cornstarch along with some food coloring if you wish. Reading this book is a perfect springboard to making your own oobleck and practicing counting and the idea of ratios in the process. Seuss uses his signature style of illustrations, but this time everything is in black and white except for the green oobleck, making it really stand out on each page (and winning the book a Caldecott Honor). Bartholomew, the king’s clever page, must then step in and save the day. He wants something new and exciting to fall from it, so he calls on his magicians to create it! However, neither the king nor the magicians think about the consequences of the new, sticky, green substance called oobleck, which quickly causes a mess of the kingdom. King Derwin of Didd becomes bored and angry with what falls from the sky-fog, rain, snow, and sunshine.
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