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June 27th - July 10th, 2011

Watch
Let's Play videos
The Fairly Odd Parents
Adventure Time
Dude What Would Happen?
Hackers (movie)
MST3K: The Star Fighters
MST3K: The Giant Gila Monster
Invader Zim
Phineas and Ferb
Super Why?: Humpty Dumpty and Other Fairytale Adventures

Play
Little Big Planet 2 - PS3
Little Big Planet 1 - PS3
Balance - online
Sand Test - online
Droplets -iPad
Slice It -iPad
Doodle Bowl - iPad
Crazy Electric - iPad
Whizzball - iPad
Nitrome.com
Lazylaces.com
Scrabble - iPad (beat M)
Painting Doors - online
7 Words - iPad
Electric Box - iPad
Plumbers 2 - online
Doodle Train - iPad
Finger Block - iPad
Doodle Bowling - iPad

Read/Research
Lego Catalog
Mod Nation Racers blog post & links
New X Men 1 & 2
Bartleby's Button Book - iPad
Ask! Magazine
Choose Your Own Adventure #1 The Circus
Choose Your Own Adventure #3 Sunken Treasure
Lego Club Magazine
What are 'synonyms'?

Write
Notebook 'chat' w/ M
'to-do' list

Notebook chat


Do/Make/Art
Scratch programming
Drew pictures
Various art apps on iPad

Go/Community
Human Motion Center M's Physical Therapy
Laura Gyre visits 3hrs
Tokyo Sushi Buffet
Sushi Tomo

Health/PE
Food prep
Running around in the rain

Math
Vi Hart videos

Music
Singing Fingers - iPad
Tone Pad - iPad
R-Tap Drums - iPad

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