We learnt that it takes 40 litres of sap to make just 1 litre of maple syrup! Seems like a lot of time and effort, but those pancakes sure were delicious!!!
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Maple Syrup Festival!
Saturday, March 12th momstown Oshawa - Port Perry went to Purple Woods Conservation Area for their annual Maple Syrup Festival! It was a beautiful day for a nice walk through the sugar bush. The children had a chance to explore a shelter made from branches, see how maple syrup is made, and go on a horse drawn wagon ride through the woods!
We learnt that it takes 40 litres of sap to make just 1 litre of maple syrup! Seems like a lot of time and effort, but those pancakes sure were delicious!!!
We learnt that it takes 40 litres of sap to make just 1 litre of maple syrup! Seems like a lot of time and effort, but those pancakes sure were delicious!!!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Nursery Rhymes Circle Time and Craft!
This morning we braved the snowy roads and headed out to Boston Pizza Oshawa for our Circle & Craft event! This months theme is Nursery Rhymes so we started off by reading the classic "Humpty Dumpty". We then had an egg on a spoon race and talked about how eggs are fragile and will break when they fall. For the race we used plastic eggs of course and the children had a great time walking back and forth trying to carefully balance their eggs.
We then read a few more nursery rhymes. Did you know that there are a lot of nursery rhymes with sheep in them? There's "Baa Baa Black Sheep", "Little Bo Peep", "Little Boy Blue", and "Mary Had a Little Lamb"! Can you think of more? There may be some...
After reading all the nursery rhymes about sheep, we made our own sheep! The children were given a cut out of a sheep that they covered with glue and stuck cotton balls and googly eyes to.
This is a quick and easy craft to prepare and children of all ages can participate. The picture of the sheep craft below was done by my 2 year old daughter. She also made another that had about eight eyes, but hey - creativity is good! :)
After our crafting was complete we all enjoyed a delicious Boston Pizza lunch! The kiddies who were old enough all went for the "Bugs 'n' Cheese"! mmm...
We then read a few more nursery rhymes. Did you know that there are a lot of nursery rhymes with sheep in them? There's "Baa Baa Black Sheep", "Little Bo Peep", "Little Boy Blue", and "Mary Had a Little Lamb"! Can you think of more? There may be some...
After reading all the nursery rhymes about sheep, we made our own sheep! The children were given a cut out of a sheep that they covered with glue and stuck cotton balls and googly eyes to.
This is a quick and easy craft to prepare and children of all ages can participate. The picture of the sheep craft below was done by my 2 year old daughter. She also made another that had about eight eyes, but hey - creativity is good! :)
After our crafting was complete we all enjoyed a delicious Boston Pizza lunch! The kiddies who were old enough all went for the "Bugs 'n' Cheese"! mmm...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Are You an Expectant Mom? Did You Know...
Did you know that if you are a first time expectant mom you can start enjoying your momstown Oshawa - Port Perry membership right now!? Completely FREE until 2 weeks after your due date!
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