The Backlog - Homeschool March 2010

Last year we were using FIAR (Five In A Row) and reading a book called Mrs. Katz and Tush. It was a wonderful book, though a bit sad, about a woman from Poland and a stray cat she takes in. This book led us down a few rabbit trails including learning about life in Poland, as well as making homemade bread. And when making homemade bread, what better time to learn about the science of yeast!

Gotta love Eric's cheesy grin while mixing the dry ingredients

The kids kneading the dough

I wish it had tasted as good it looked. It was a bit.....heavy. :-)

And while all this bread making was going on, we did our experiment of yeast in the bottle (add yeast, a little sugar, warm water, and then top it all off with a balloon.



The kids were really impressed! Gotta love when an experiment goes right!