Stone Soup

     Our focus for the past week or so has been on the book Stone Soup by author Marcia Brown. Brown tells a tale of cooperation and giving even when you don't have much to give. The people of the town are persuaded into contributing what little they have into this community soup which then feeds the entire town. After reading and discussing the book, and many similar versions of the story, we decided to make some stone soup ourselves. 

   The children brainstormed ingredients, some more outlandish that others, and determined what would taste best in our soup. Each child (and even some of their Study Buddies) brought in an ingredient to add to the soup on Friday. Once we prepped the veggies with the help of our volunteers Erin and Aunt Tracy, the soup was ready to be cooked. By the afternoon, we were ready to invite our Study Buddies down to taste our delicious community soup.

These two were cutting onions and crying.

Taking a closer look at the pepper and all its little seeds.

Mother and son chopping veggies together! So awesome.

 The colours of our soup were so bright and beautiful. The more vibrant, fresh veggies you eat in a day the better!

Peeling carrots is tough work! Good thing we've got some seriously strong kids. It's all those good lunches you guys are sending.

Supervised knife cutting is great for strengthening children's fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. 

Slicing and dicing the tomatoes with a helping hand from Erin.

Mother and daughter peeling potatoes together! 

Many hands make light work!

A different perspective of food preparation. 

Once our Study Buddies arrived, we took some time to talk about the books that we had read. Once the soup was served we were ready to chow down!

Sitting down together to eat as a community. The Kinders got to sit with their older Study Buddy.

You know it's good when you get the official thumbs up.

Special thanks to Erin, Aunt Tracy and Robin for coming in to help with the soup making and serving!