Poetry, Paint And Carrot Cake

Every Friday, we try and read some poetry, do a craft and bake a yummy treat! Last Friday we read a few poems by A.A. Milne (of Winnie the Pooh). We also made some milk carton watering cans and carrot cup-cakes.

For our special Friday treat, the little ones made carrot cup-cakes. They have been doing a book called: "The Carrot Seed" for school. My mom uses books as curriculum. We usually read a book, then we learn about all the different things in that book. For instance, we did a book called: "Papa Piccolo". This story is based in Venice, Italy and was about cats and how an alley cat adopted two homeless kittens and how he teaches them and how he experiences the joys of fatherhood. We then learnt about Italy, about Venice, about the famous people in Italy. We also learnt about cats and I had to do an essay on fatherhood. The artist who illustrated the book painted with water colour paints, so we had a lesson on how to paint with water colours and so on. We also had an Italian meal.

As I was saying, Beth and Gabrielle were making carrot cup-cakes for our tea-time snack to finish off their book. They have had great fun making a lapbook, planting carrot seeds, doing carrot crafts and listening to the audio "The Carrot Seed" which is an extended version to the book. To listen to this audio, click here, scroll down and click on 'record 1'. There are some really cute songs to go with it, too! The liitle ones (me, mom and Nancy too!) are still singing these songs!

Beth and Gabrielle breaking up walnuts to put in the mixture.

Nancy grating the orange zest.

Icing was quite difficult, as it becomes runny very quickly.

And now for the cherry - I mean carrot on the top....!

My mom read us some poetry by A.A. Milne, "The World Of Christopher Robin".

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
"A soldiers life is terribly hard,"
Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a sentry-box.
"One of the sergeants looks after their socks,"
Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robing went went down with Alice.
We looked for the King, but he never came.
"Well, God take care of him, all the same,"
Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace,
Christopher robing went down with Alice.
They've great big parties inside the grounds.
"I wouldn't be King for a hundred pounds,"
Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace,
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A face looked out, but it wasn't the King's.
"He's much too busy a-signing things,"
Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
"Do you think the King knows all about me?"
"Sure to, dear, but it's time for tea."
Says Alice

A.A. Milne

MILK CARTON WATERING CANS

Gabrielle, not very impressed that the paint got on her hand.















Drilling holes in the lids (with Dad's help of course!)


























The Little Ones' so enjoyed watering the flowers but were really sad a few days later when my mom said that they can't water the plants because the rain we have had for the past week, drowned them!

We realised that we needed some varnish on the cans, as the water just washed all the paint off, so we have to paint them again!

This was a great activity, I just hope the plants survive all the watering!!