Have you been to the grocery store lately? Have you seen empty shelves anywhere? It’s possible you saw empty shelves in the stores or online. Maybe you spoke to someone, and they shared that their store’s favorite chips were sold out. Well, guess who else saw it? I did. Yep. Me too. It’s even on the mainstream news. Local and worldwide current events include –

Emptied shelves due to panic buying at a supermarket

• Supply crunch
• Transportation dilemma
• Natural disasters (winter storm warnings)
• Trade imbalances
• Lack of gardening skills

Homeschoolers: Sketch/color an illustration. Theme: food. Visit our eBooks online or listen to one of our fascinating audio book stories. Read the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” in Learning to Read: Favorite Fairy Tales. Put these words in alphabetical order: stores, shelves, food, storm, snow, ice, table. Finish these two sentences – 1) Goldilocks saw three bowls with porridge on the table and… 2) I saw empty shelves… Then write about two things you can do to be prepared. (Skillset: identify, comprehend, apply, creative)