Week Seven (Oct 13-20)
Pelle’s New Suit
How We Use Wool
G is for Gorse
We will be coloring the Gorse page from our Flower Fairies Alphabet Coloring Book and reading the accompanying story in the Flower Fairies Alphabet Book.
I’m not totally sure what our project will end up being. We may use the wool roving on felt to make pictures. We may try to make Felted Wool Soap Bars or maybe some felted critters for the nature table. I’ll have to see what the kids are interested in trying.
Try to find a knitting shop, local farm, historic village, etc that has a spinning wheel, loom or in some way processes wool. If nothing else, visit your local yarn shop (not one of the box stores – they don’t have as many natural fibers) to compare the types of yarn available. How do the different fibers feel? What other animals do we get yarn from?
I don’t have something specific in mind so we will probably just go ahead with making some yummy, fresh bread.
Harvest
Now all the farmers from far and wide
Have gathered their bounty of countryside:
Corn and barley from field and wold,
Honey from beehive and wool from the fold,
Fruit from the orchard all ripe, red and gold,
Log for the fire to keep out the cold.
by Dorothy Hancock
Bug has started on a new project with a theme of “Inside the Body.” I am trying to let him lead the process on this one… so we will be working on this as well, but I have no predetermined plans for it. Last week he checked out a lot of books and a dvd from the library, put together a skeleton and colored a diagram of the heart chambers.
Kindergarten/Preschool Term One Overview: Harvest Time
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I went on line and googled Lamp’s Wool recipes and discovered there is an old, traditional spiced ale drink by that name. I figure you can substitute cider for beer and have an equally yummy drink. Basically a mulled cider, but much more fun to refer to it as Lamp’s Wool than hot cider!
Lamb’s Wool (Hot mulled beer with Apples)
SERVES 6 -8
3 apples, peeled, cored & finely chopped (read recipes that left them in cored circle slices)
3 tablespoons butter
3 (12 ounce) bottles dark beer or in this case apple cider
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 and place apples and butter in a baking dish Bake 30 minutes.
In a large saucepan combine, apples, beer, brown sugar and spices.
Heat until just hot & serve.
With the butter it also sounds a bit like hot buttered rum. Think this would be a great drink to prepare in advance and drink after a cool fall walk-about!
Have a fun week!
Hmm sounds interesting… very rich. I could see how it would warm you up.