Sunday, April 10, 2011

Learning by Chocolate

We did a fun study all about chocolate, and finished up with some hands on learning at a local Chocolatier.
We read a book about chocolate and worked on a lap book. 




Now, for some taste testing at The Cocoa Tree.


 


Truffles!  Yum!




A delicious treat!  We learned some geography (Central America), Ancient history(Mayans), science (cacao tree, pollination, cacao beans), harvesting, processing, creating, and eating...all from a little chocolate!

A few days later H came up with this joke:  "mom, what is a cow's favorite tree?
"a Cacao (CACOW) tree!  :)

2 comments:

  1. Great. Now I am smelling chocolate! Must call Rick and tell him to get me some on the way home. :)

    Looks like a fun study/trip!

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  2. Yes, the truffles were delicious. I bought several different ones to try. The owner is very nice and does "mini field trips" often. She has 6 children and was very good at explaining the process to ours.
    Shannon S. set it up if you want the info.

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