To prepare for the upcoming holiday of Tu B'Shvat and our "trip" to
Israel on Monday, we began by sitting a few characters into our little
wooden airplane and following them on their journey across the ocean to
this special land.
We looked at a map of Israel and discussed its physical characteristics. How many points are there? Oceans and seas?
There are seven foods that are indigenous to the land of Israel: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates. After identifying each in pictures we discussed which foods we were familiar with, liked or didn't like, and would like to try.
The children couldn't wait to try a pomegranate. All around the circle was heard, "Can we cut it open?" First, we passed it around the circle, feeling, smelling and exploring it from the outside.
Anslee said it felt "cold"!
Careful, Morah Rena! Slicing in class provides a good opportunity to talk about knife safety.
We expected to see seeds inside, but not this many! When we eat most other fruits, we eat the fruit and not the seeds. For a pomegranate, we only eat the seeds! We tried it at snack time and it was a hit.
We noticed the pomegranate seeds and juice stained our plates at snack time. We jumped on that discovery by doing some staining of our own. Using red-colored water and eye droppers, we squeezed red droplets onto paper towels and watched the color spread across them.
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