4-H Friday!

our group of homeschool friends
have been meeting 
every other Friday at 10
for some 4H FUN!
and fellowship

our lessons and experiments 
have come from 
the Acres of Adventures 
National 4-H Curriculum

this curriculum has been an AWESOME way
 to introduce our kiddos 
to life science and 
the world of agriculture
and the role agriculture plays 
in our lives
every day

at our first gathering 
we made homemade play-doh
one batch from whole wheat flour
the other from bleached flour
we added food coloring (because EVERYTHING’S more fun with food coloring)
to both batches
we compared
the smells
the texture
the coloring and density of each

It was A LOT of fun!


at our second meeting
we had a 
Mystery Food Touch Test

Cowboy Dan assisted by 
filling numbered balloons 
with various foods (such as rice, sugar, beans, etc..)
and then 
tying the top
we then passed out note cards
had the kiddos number there cards 1-8 (assisting as needed for our youngers)
next we began passing each balloon
allowing each child to touch each 
make their best guess as to what was inside
write their guess down on their card beside the appropriate number
once all had made their predictions
we opened each balloon
allowing them to taste the samples as well

FUN!

and then today 
we began with a classic story

and a discussion of things pioneers made from scratch
(that we take for granted each day) 
and then

we made soap
or should I say we attempted to make soap
(isn’t that half the fun?! will it work? or not?)

the recipe called for soap flakes
OR you could grade a bar or PURE soap
this is a grated bar of Irish Spring 
**the experimental factor

3 cups of of grated soap
add 1 to 1 and a half cup of water
mix with your hand until the texture is that of play-doh
place in a mold and let set overnight

our RESULTS: