The popsicle all began when eleven-year-old Frank Epperson from San Francisco accidentally left a jar of flavored soda water with a stir stick in it outside on a chilly night. When the morning came, he awoke to a frozen treat on a stick! And in true preschool fashion, this kind of information calls for an experiment! When asked what happens to a popsicle if it is left in the classroom, the children responded with answers such as, "it will melt" and "you need cold or else it will melt." The children knew just what would happen. But, what would happen if we put it on the light table or in the dark? So out came the popsicles and the children decided to put a popsicle in the closet (dark), on the light table (heat), under a lamp (heat) and outside (cold). Since experiments can take some patience, the children tried out their own hypotheses on how to make the popsicle melt faster! They naturally gathered around the light table and tried putting animals and fabric around the popsicle, "If we put all this stuff around it, it will help melt it, we have to make the cup hot!" Very cool! Check out the pictures below!
On Friday, we introduced the children to the story of the chocolate chip cookie! Did you know that Ruth Wakefield, from Massachusetts, created the Tollhouse Cookie in 1930? One day, Ruth began making chocolate cookies for her guests at her inn named The Tollhouse Inn. She ran out of bakers chocolate and decided to substitute semi-sweet chocolate morsels instead. She hoped that once she baked the cookies, the morsels would melt making the chocolate cookies she had made for years. The chocolate chips stayed in tact in the oven and she decided to serve them after all! The guests loved the cookies and Ruth originally decided to call them Chocolate Crunch Cookies and the recipe is the same Tollhouse Cookie recipe we use today! So, of course, we just had to make our own Tollhouse Cookies today! Check out our pictures below!
Reminders:
- All scheduling additions/changes for Fall 2015 must be submitted as soon as possible.
- Spread the news! Our Open Houses are scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 24th from 9-11am and Saturday, February 28th form 9-11am. Tell your friends!
- Don't forget to send your child with warm winter gear for outdoor play! We try to get out everyday!
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| Pre-experiment discussion |
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| Popsicle under the lamp |
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| Popsicle Outside |
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| Popsicle in the closet (dark) |
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| Popsicle on the light table |
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| Popsicle surrounded by animals to make it warmer |
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| Mixing up our Tollhouse cookies! |
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| Cookies in progress! Yum! |
Love this blog and the pictures.
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