Dear
Parents,
Our
investigations this week have taken us to the Dairy farm. We discovered that
dairy cows have 4 stomachs and eat their grass twice! This certainly makes
delicious milk. We have our own working udder in the room and the children have
been eagerly taking their place on the milking stool.
“The
milk comes out fast. It kind of smelly.” said Ammar
“Some
cows give us milk. Some cows give us meat,” added Jack
“Girl
cows give us milk and boy cows give us meat,” suggested Hugo
“I
am uddering the cow to give me milk,” said Pauline
“The
cows don’t drink the milk only the baby cows.” said Jarrah
“The
cows has the udder that where the milk comes out. You got to squeeze the udder
gently or the cow might get angry. The cows get the milk from the grass to make
milk,”
The
children have also began to talk about which other foods which we get from
animals, the foods we grow on trees and the different types of foods we grow in
the ground. We have continued to explore some of these ideas through our
cooking experiences and our farm play settings. The children have loved trying
to make their own pasta using dough in the pasta machine. The pasta shop is
open for business! Our tastings this
week included pineapple sorbet, lemon sorbet and home grown treats from our gardens.
Next week we will use Jarrah’s pumpkin to make some yummy soup or pumpkin
scones. The Cooper Room certainly is a delicious place to be!
