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Fine Arts & Science M/W/F Class - Happy Thanksgiving!

To celebrate Thanksgiving, we made cranberry sauce to take home to our families. The children observed the cranberries, smelled the cinnamon sticks, squeezed juice out of oranges and cut apples into pieces. Then we put them all into a pot.



 

  
 


We then added sugar and water to our cooking pot and waited patiently for the ingredients to boil. The children noticed steam rising from the pot and concluded that the pot must be very hot. They checked in with the teacher every few minutes to see if it was still hot. When the cranberry sauce cooled down, the children were amazed how the ingredients had changed into yummy cranberry sauce.



 

Before and after photos of our cranberry sauce.


The children counted the cups to be filled with cranberry sauce and decorated doilies for a finishing touch. We hope they were enjoyed at home and that you had a happy Thanksgiving!

(Karen, Michelle, Sandy, and Matt)

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