October 21, 2011

Lemons Don't Always Make Lemonade

In taking a neighborhood walk to see which families were decorating for the holidays, we noticed a tree that had dropped many lemons beneath it.  The children wanted to know if we could take them to make lemonade.  Ofcourse I said, as long as we didn't pick any directly from the neighbor's tree.  So, each child picked up 2 lemons.  We hurried home and began the process of making lemonade.








The Squeezing of the Lemons (senses: smell, touch, feel).





Measuring and Making of the Lemonade (math & science)
(added water & sugar to our juice)
 
The Tasting of the Lemonade (sense: taste)
 
Conclusion: Yucky, these lemons were so bitter.  No amount of sugar could mask the horrible taste.  The kids were laughing so much and making so many faces.  We had such a blast exploring the good old fashion Lemonade process, that it didn't matter we had to throw it all down the drain.  Just proves that not all lemons make lemonade.

3 comments:

  1. That is so great, laughing about the puckering faces of sour lemonade! We placed mirrors at the lemon-tasting station but the kids were more into looking at themselves tasting than paying attention to the flavor/sourness of the lemons : )

    steph

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  2. Sounds like the children had a lot of fun!

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