What is that white stuff?

" I like snow castles!" Sam

"I like snowmen!" Adi

"The snow melts when it hits concrete. The rock doesn't have any snow on it

 because it is blocked by the tree. "  Ryan 

 

"The snow melts into rain. The snow doesn't melt over there because the grass is colder." Stefan

 

What do you know about snow?

"It comes from up there!" Isla

"The season of winter makes snow." Olivia

"Snow comes from clouds" Adi

"My mom says that rain turns into snow, when it rains alot." Devon

Mrs. Madsen, whose taller?

I think your the same height. Are you sure? they ask.....

 Then I opened it up to speculation. How else can you measure your height?

(double check)

Take a picture of us against the wall!   I think i'm as tall as this line!

 What about us? And the line grew longer!

How many bricks tall are you?

 

Calling All Parents!!!

We are almost done our apple challenge!  We only have two more apples to sample, the Crispin and the Red Prince.  If you are able to find these apples please send them in.  We have looked EVERYWHERE!!!

Tis the season for APPLES!

 

After our exciting trip to Brantowood Farms we discovered that there was a newspaper article sharing all the different varieties of Ontario apples.



Apple Challenge Accepted!!

During the previous week we took part in a apple tasting activity.  The kids discussed colours, taste, smells, size and texture.  We had brought in three different types of apples for everyone to try.  First we sampled Golden Delicious (Mrs. Crape's favourite!!), then came Red Delicious, followed
 by Granny Smith.

Some things we were curious about were...

Do all apples have the same amount of seeds inside them?
Will they all taste the same?
How many different kinds of apples are there?

After reading the article the kids initiated a new challenge.  How many apples could we sample off the list?  To date we have also tried Empire, MacIntosh, Jonagold, Royal Gala and Honey Crisp.

But what else could we do with apples?  So naturally the kids made a list.

-Apple cider

-Apple juice

-Apple pie

-Apple crisp

-Apple smoothie

-Apple sauce

Lucky for us we like to cook!!  So a food dehydrator was brought in and we made apple chips.  And if that wasn't enough we then made our own apple sauce.  Everyone knows you need to begin with a recipe.

Then came the baking...

Mmmm

Mmmm

Good!