September 5, 2012

Today was a wet day!  Because of all the rain last night and intermittently through the day, we weren't able to go outside and plant or harvest in the garden.  Instead the kids made mashed potatoes from the potatoes they harvested last week.

We started with a chat about how to make mashed potatoes and how to appropriately use tools.  Although peeling potatoes isn't easy - the potatoes get kind of slimy and are hard to hold and the peelers require leverage that's hard for a small child to get - the kids worked hard to peel over 20 potatoes!

 

 

Next, they chopped the potatoes into small pieces and we boiled them in a pot over the hotplate we keep in the classroom.  Last, they mashed them with butter and milk. 

 

Finally, everyone enjoyed eating the mashed potatoes they worked so hard, from harvest to preparation, to make!