We spent a lot of time this week learning about the food pyramid and the food groups. We started by cutting out pictures from local sales papers and sorted them into groups:
Then we did some further exploration with the grain group by doing a science experiment learning about popcorn. We popped three different batches of popping corn - one batch had been soaked in water for an hour, one batch had been dried in the oven for an hour, and one batch was straight out of the bag. We then compared the size of the popped corn kernals and learned that the ones soaked in water made the biggest kernels! We talked about why this might happen, and did a taste test. Big K decided even though they were different sizes, they were all delicious! Then we watched some super fun videos on you tube of slow motion popcorn popping. (Our favorite one was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_7Qi3mprKQ)
Another day this week we learned about the dairy group and doing another science experiment. We added heavy whipping cream into a mason jar with a marble and shook for about 20 minutes. The result was homemade butter! Little E kept calling it "milk butter". Then we made buttered noodles to eat for lunch to try it out - delicious!
Big K also spent some time on the computer exploring the website www.choosemyplate.gov/kids
learning about healthy eating habits. His favorite game was the food smash game.
We have also been working through the book How to Eat Fried Worms to go along with our unit. We are really enjoying the book so far. We've been talking a lot about the characters in the book and the new things we learn about them each day. We've also been encountering lots of words that are new to us so we have been learning about how to use the surrounding text to determine what a new word means. I personally loved the book as a kid and I am excited to be able to share it with my own kids.
Happy Learning,
Momma C
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