Our theme this week was all about the power of coming together as a community to create something larger than ourselves. In the classroom, we read Marcia Brown’s retelling of the European folktale Stone Soup. In the kitchen, we made our own version of the soup (using potatoes to represent the stones)!
There was a LOT of chopping of vegetables and mincing of herbs, as well as some waiting involved while the ingredients cooked. Without the hard work of everyone at our tables, we would never have been able to finish the recipe within the confines of the class time. Not only is cooking together a healthy act, but also sitting down together to eat. The kindergarteners will hear many, often confusing, messages as they grow up about what constitutes a healthy diet. In this lesson our intent is to celebrate the magic of sharing a meal—any meal—with people you love, just like we have the privilege of doing every day at our school.
