After listening to a rendition of Stone Soup that depicted three clever monks who visited a town of suspicious town folk devastated by famine and floods, Kindergartners braved the cold and wind to travel to the grocery store to purchase vegetables for our own recipe of "Stone Soup."
Our class immediately suggested buying apples, ice cream, and cinnamon buns before deciding on zucchini, peas, carrots, potatoes, and a few other additions. We perused the sample counter serving pumpkin bread but after reading ingredient labels were offered a more inclusive snack of yummy nut, fat, and gluten free snicker doodles.
Melissa, an attentive Trader Joe employee, even assisted us in finding our vegetable soup starter mix. After paying for our selections and receiving stickers from our cashier we decided that this was a great store with lots of amenities!!! Excellent customer service reps even called our school to remind us that we had forgotten our groceries in the shopping cart after loading all our Kindergartners back on the bus in such a hurry to escape the elements!:)
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| Back at school, vegetables were washed and de-stickered (we hope)! |
Back at school, Kindergartners scrubbed their hands well then received safety instructions for plastic knives. We then began chopping like chefs and quickly filled our vegetable bowl to the brim. Our new crock pot was embellished with broth and other seasonings then was left to simmer for the rest of the afternoon. The smell permeated throughout the south wing of the building. Kindergartners will assist in serving our soup (minus the stones) at our "Farm to Table" culminating School-wide Harvest Feast.
Finally, Kindergartners transferred their newly acquired soup making knowledge to our writing activity. Using recipe cards, Ks wrote and/or illustrated ingredients for their own recipes that included "The main ingredient is love..." and "Potions for making bombs."
