Grow Me. Grow You.

Busy Baking.
 

Nursery Rhymes.  Each child is memorizing a different nursery rhyme and presenting it to the class.  All the kids that have gone have done such a fabulous job!!

Science Experiments.  All the kids brought candy to class (Pearl brought enough for 20 people) so I got Ziplocks out and had my kids and their cousins organize them for all our science experiments and baking projects.

Here is the worksheet I made for a class when my oldest was little to do candy and other science experiments.  We did some science experiments on Tues. and Thurs.  The kids were like little scientists taking notes and drawing pictures of what they had seen.











Science Experiments:
Skittles-do they dissolve faster in hot or cold water?



M&Ms and Skittles-watch the letters float to the top because they are made of a different substance and dissolve more slowly.


Starburst-Put them in the microwave and look at the oil that is on top afterward


Candy Bars-some sink and some float.  Why?

Warheads, Sweet Tarts, Smarties, Lemon heads-Test if they are acidic.  Put water and baking soda on top and see if they bubble.  Test against non acidic candy too to compare.  If  things are sour, they are acidic.



Laffy Taffy-How can we make it stickier.  Make a car and see how long it can be stretched.
 
 

 
 

Making paper airplanes and testing them out.



For the rest of the class we made goodies using our Halloween candy.
Witch's Brew Brownies
Make a box of brownies like normal and add Halloween candy on top just before baking.

 
 
 

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make regular chocolate chip cookies but instead of chocolate chips, the students cut up their chocolate bars (with butter knives) or used other bits of chocolate candy.


Holiday Bark
We melted chocolate chips and poured it out on parchment paper.  The kiddos added all sorts of crazy candy combinations.

 
I am sosososooooo thankful for my students helpers, my daughter, and my nieces for pulling off such an incredible feat as to make so many goodies (we did it in little groups).  Thank you to the mamas who baked up our goods.

 Journal.  I am good at...

Math.  We had a very great discussion about the money we made from our apple pies and what it was spent on.

After we got back from our Halloween bake sale, we added up all the money together.  The kids were excited to think of what could be purchased.

We all made a bake sale sign that was a huge success!!  We ran out of brownies.  Madelyn was setting up the cookies and table for me and came back to tell me that there was already a line forming for the goodies before lunchtime even started!