P is for Pesach and Parents in Ganon Bet





                                     We love when parents come visit with Ganon Bet. 
Thank you for coming in and helping us work on some of the projects in conjunction with our Pesach preparation and understanding the  difference between Chametz and matzah.





Willa's mom helped the children wrap the pillowcases with rubber bands in preparation for the tie dyeing.









Grace's mom helped us tie dye our pillowcases.



Gabby's mom baked challah with us. 

We watched the yeast rise!

Thank you all for coming in!



What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?

Baking bread is quite easy when you're handed the ingredients, but not so in Gan Bet...

 

 

Where is the yeast?!

 

 

 

 

It was quite the challenge as the children in Gan Bet explored many different grains, legumes, and herbs to find the yeast particles hiding within...

 

 

We had to work our fine motor muscles really hard to find the yeast.

FINALLY, we found it!

 

 

We were so thrilled that we decided to bake challah with the yeast to celebrate our unit on Shabbat!

 

Hmmm...but now how to make the challah....

 

 

 

We tried to create our own baking sequence...

 

 

...and then we "hopped to it!"

 

 

 

 

 

We hope it turns out good!

 



MOLD GROWS IN GAN DALED!

Several weeks ago Gan Daled learned about and tasted different types of bread (see blog published on 3/30/2011). We left samples of various kinds of bread on the Discovery Table and the children predicted what would happen to them.

We have been observing the bread and as we saw changes we referred back to our predictions and found that some were correct. Mold, which began as fuzzy and white with blue spots, has become a bluish green color and has overcome most of the breads. The only breads left untouched by mold are the tortilla and matza which are both unleavened and do not contain yeast.

The children learned that mold is not a plant or an animal but rather a fungus and needs moisture to grow. Some mold such as that used in the production of antibiotics can be helpful.