It’s More Fun With Nana

One of our focus questions was, “When do things happen at school?”  We used our visual schedule to see what happens during the day and even took some time to plan activities together.  Routines are very important at this age and their inquiring minds enjoy discussing what we are doing next. One of the activities we planned was to to read Peeny Butter Fudge.  In this book when Mama leaves the kids with Nana, she also leaves a set of instructions for the day. But, when the door closes, all sorts of fun breaks loose. Then, Mom comes home, sees the house is a big mess and is temporarily annoyed until she sees that they've made peanut butter fudge. The peanut butter fudge fondly reminds her of her childhood.

We had our schedule planned for the day and who do you think showed up? Our very own Nana!

Nana is my son’s grandmother and there is no one like Nana in the whole wide world. She is the best. Nana knows how to take an ordinary day and make it extra special!  

She brought the recipe and all the ingredients to make peanut butter fudge.  We read the recipe and discussed how important it was to follow the directions. If we missed a step, our fudge wouldn’t taste good.  Knowledge of print and its uses includes understanding that print carries a message and that print is organized and read in particular ways.  Each child was given a step from the recipe and couldn’t wait to help. 

One of America’s fondest legends is that of Johnny Appleseed, a folk hero and pioneer apple farmer in the 1800’s. His dream was to produce so many apples that no one would ever go hungry. This was a great story to read since September is Hunger Awareness Month. Every year the Primary classes collect food to donate to Harvest Food Bank. To help our community we put on our Johnny Appleseed hats and passed out apples reminding everyone about our food drive. This was also a great way to meet faculty and other students for our other focus question “Who works at our school?”