That sounds strange I know but there is a Legend regarding the pretzel that says it was originally made by a monk during the Lenten season who gave them as treats for children who learned their prayers. They began calling these treats Pretiola which is the Latin word for little treat. How cool is it that we added another Latin word without trying! That word later became pretzel. There is a cute story that explains it called "The Legend of the Lenten Pretzel" You can read the story here:
http://www.sundayschoolkids.com/activities-lent-easter/1-legend-of-lent-pretzel-instru.htm
The craft to go along with our story was a "Pretiola" wreath made from pipe cleaner and a wooden wreath frame
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| And the result of our craft. |
We then moved on to Science where we reviewed the topic of Physical "vs" Chemical change in our text. We discussed how heating/ cooking food is a form of chemical change. We followed that lesson by watching "The Magic School Bus Ready Set Dough" The kids in the show visit a bakery and discuss chemical change.
From there I found on Scholastic.com a lesson for chemical change that included pretzel making. Hooray!
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| The directions from Scholastic. |
You can find it here: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/subarticle.jsp?id=2850
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| And the results of our "Chemical Change" lesson. |
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| I know I always blog about Science or Bible or some other craft but here is a little proof that we really do other subjects -Ha! |
Well that was our day. Tomorrow is the start of Passover but we will be waiting until Wednesday to start that. Come back tomorrow and see why!
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