Ms. Szymaszek’s Investigations:
If You're Happy and You Know it...Squeeze Some Lemons!
March 21-28
On Wednesday, March
21, the children were exploring with sand and bottles in the sand table. One of the children put a straw in the bottle
and said, “Look, I made you some lemonade!” We encouraged this exploration by
giving the children a large box. “This is our lemonade stand so we can have
people buy it.” Some of the children used markers to add a pictures to the box.
“It’s a sign for our lemonade.” A lot of our sand ended up on the floor. During
group time, we brainstormed ideas to have a cleaner lemonade stand. “We can be
careful.” “We can make actual lemonade!”
The children determined they wanted to make
real lemonade. Through family donations
and a parent volunteer, the children were able to create lemonade and “pink lemonade” on
Wednesday, March 28. The children worked
with teachers to wash, roll and squeeze the lemons, cut the strawberries, “squinch” the strawberries,
sifted the juice from the seeds, and mixed the lemonade. Using measuring cups, spoons, and knives, the
children created their own lemonade for snack.
The extra was served at the Early Childhood Program Exhibit on
Wednesday, April 4.
