Harvest Feast Week was comprised of two very special days; soup making day and
harvest feast day! The children were very proud of the vegetables they
contributed and were fascinated by the soup making process. As the
photos illustrate they were captivated as they watched Ann add the broth, and
remained so as we took our soup pot down to the kitchen and placed it on the
stove to cook! Today was a very "high energy" day! The
children were so very excited to have their family members at school to share
in the Harvest Feast! They prepared a terrific meal, gave a wonderful
performance, and had a great time sharing their toys and activities with
parents, grandparents and special friends back in the classroom! Many thanks
to all of you who assisted with each step of our preparations, and for sharing
in our special day! Your assistance helped to empower the children to
host this very special event for their loved ones!
Looking Deeper:
Exploration and Learning through Play
Let's take a closer look at our Harvest Feast!
The Harvest Feast is the culminating event of our entire
Fall focus!
Our "Gifts from Earth" unit began with our Indian
Ladder and Ioka Valley Farm field trips, when the children personally picked
apples and pumpkins! We have reinforced
this theme again and again over the past six weeks as we collected leaves, and
examined chestnuts, acorns, gourds and squash.
We talked about the importance of caring for the Earth that gives us so
many gifts, and talked too about earth's long ago caregivers, the Native
Americans. We talked about how the
Native Americans shared their gifts with the Pilgrims, and in turn we shared
our gifts of food with people who do not have enough food. This past week we used earthly gifts of
pumpkin, chocolate chips, and vegetables to prepare a simple meal to share with
our loved ones!
Experiential learning not only educates children it empowers
them! Throughout the past six weeks we
have strove to have the children "experience" Fall and its
gifts. We have weaved threads between gifts,
caring and sharing! All of these threads
came together today in a tapestry called "Harvest Feast"! It is a joy and a privilege to have you be
part of our "tapestry"!
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