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Potato Day

Last Friday we harvested our Russett potatoes and Red Pontiacs from the farm. We had a sensational first day at the farm and the children literally shouted out with joy at each and every potato dug out of the ground! During group time we sorted the potatoes and everyone had a guess as to how many we had of each variety.

The guesses were as follows:
Russett Potatoes- the range was from 8-100 The actual number was 28.
Pontiac Potatoes -the range was from 6-100 million 2 hundreds (this is NOT a typo). Actual number was 53.

We found it so interesting to listen to their estimates. Some children were very close to the number and yet some were so far from the actual. There is a lot to learn about how children process quantities and numbers-an inquiry for us teachers! A discussion was had about what to do with the potatoes and we voted on making the first batch into mashed potatoes.

Monday: Mashed Potato Day








Every single child tried them and only one child did not like them. Samples of comments:

Matias: Yes, I like it!
Jordyn: I want more.
Kahlen: No, I don't like it.
Makena: No, it's yucky. Now I like it. My tummy now says it is yummy!
Joban: I don't like it but then I do like it.
Sebastian: I want more. I love it!
Koltyn: I like them.
Connor: I love it, I want more.
Jack: That is so yummy.
Grace: Very good.

All in all a very successful first day of cooking and eating!

Emily


Comments

Vanessa said…
Sebas was very detailed explaining the cooking process. He also said the teachers were fishing at the farm. I am still puzzled.
18 September 2013 at 10:53
Unknown said…
I love reading the blog updates so I can stay in touch with everything the kids are doing. Jack is loving every minute of pre-school and I love that he loved the mashed potatoes. One more thing to add to his very short list of things her will eat. You rock!
18 September 2013 at 19:34
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