We just finished the Five in a Row unit, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman. What a fun book! It's about a little girl who wants to make an apple pie, but her market is closed, so she goes all around the world collecting the ingredients where they are grown. We learned SO much geography this week. We also spent a lot of time learning directions on the map.
We filled our notebooks with information about 6 different countries, vocabulary words, and French street art.
In the story the little girl goes to France for an egg, but decides to take a chicken instead because of the risk of breaking the egg. We did an experiment to see how long we could keep an egg whole. Riley and Cole had to carry an egg (in a ziploc) with them everywhere they went, trying to keep it from breaking. They even had to take it when they went outside to play. The first night, David layed on Cole's egg on his bed, so I gave him a new one because he was so heartbroken.
On the last day, I hid ingredients around the house in all six "countries" and gave Riley and Cole directions (North, South, East, West) to find them.
After they collected the ingredients, we made the apple pie from the recipe in the book.
In the story the little girl goes to France for an egg, but decides to take a chicken instead because of the risk of breaking the egg. We did an experiment to see how long we could keep an egg whole. Riley and Cole had to carry an egg (in a ziploc) with them everywhere they went, trying to keep it from breaking. They even had to take it when they went outside to play. The first night, David layed on Cole's egg on his bed, so I gave him a new one because he was so heartbroken.
On the last day, I hid ingredients around the house in all six "countries" and gave Riley and Cole directions (North, South, East, West) to find them.
After they collected the ingredients, we made the apple pie from the recipe in the book.
Fun!
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8 comments:
You are so good!
Love it!
You are one rockin' mom.
The egg idea is so cool. I remember in high school there was a parenting class that had students do this with eggs, as if the egg was their baby.
I also remember in physics class in high school we had to come up with a way to keep an egg from breaking when it was dropped off the edge of a football stadium. I got an F. Broken egg and broken hearted.
Why am I telling you all this?
Anyway, I love what you guys did!
Looks like you guys had a great week!
What fun!!
I love how you often combine learning with eating!! Yum!! That pie looks so good, I can almost smell it.
I love your ideas!
Thanks a lot it was a fantastic help, now to make an apple pie and see the world is definitely very easy with the help of your recommendation. Thank you
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