Monday October 19
The story of stone soup is an oft told tale of many versions. We decided it would My be the focus of this day so we had the kids bring in the veggies needed. As I read the story Mrs. Smith helped the children place them in the pot of hot water after each one had taken a turn at placing a stone in the bottom of the pot. We set it to boil as we went out to recess. My class worked on some puzzles I made and took turns trying to guess which stones were heavier before testing them on the balance. First they were allowed to hold them then they had to guess only by looking. Before we left for lunch we all had some stone soup and I must say it was delicious.
We all went home for lunch but I did not eat much after the two bowls of stone soup. We came back after lunch for Gym and Art. In Gym I was filling in for Coach Josh so we played four squares. In Art they are making jewelry out of rocks. Linda’s class is going to make a large volcano cone in the sand box tomorrow so after school we went looking for ammunition. We both wished we had thought to bring Mentos mints. They would have made a great volcano with a bottle of diet cola. When we got home we experimented with vinegar, baking soda and Alka-seltzer. I then headed back over town for more alka-seltzer.
Had a supper of pasta and worked on lessons for tomorrow and turned in early.