Skip to main content

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
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The River - 4 Hour Class

We went out to the park to play and something caught our eyes. There was something new and different. One of the paths in the park was flooded with water. The children quickly gravitated towards it and decided to walk in the water. Chloe said that they were crossing a river. Andrew noted that they can walk in the water because they are wearing their boots. Sara replied with “our feet won't get wet”. Adonis was watching the other children walk in the water. I knew how badly he wanted to do it as well. But he was not wearing his boots. He went around the playground and saw a big branch and started dragging it. I wondered what he would do with the branch.       Adonis brought it to “the river” and started tossing it in the water. Alvis saw what he was doing and quickly joined in. Adonis threw the branch in the water and Alvis got it in “the river” for him. Alvis was wearing his boots so he was able to be in “the river”. They speculated about the size of the splash on
Post a Comment
Read more

Oil, Water & Food Colouring - 4 Year Old Class

The children experimented with oil, water, food colouring and pipettes this morning. They squeezed drops of coloured water into a layer of oil and were engaged for a very long while. This is a simple activity with an intriguing effect.  Irena gently and carefully shook the tray back and forth, blending colours.   Roan watched a small drop rolling up and down the pipette.   Daniel said “The circle drop is getting bigger and darker. It's dark green and red and purple.”   Charlie seemed intrigued while watching water move up and down the pipette as he squeezes the bottom. Lucas thoughtfully puts the strips of paper from a weaving activity in order, and then begins threading the strips through. A very time consuming activity.     While Lucas was having snack, Tiffany and Cara decide to take over where he left off. Lucas comes over to check out the progress. Lucas, while looking at the completed activity said “Cool, the g
Post a Comment
Read more