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P, P, P, Popcorn!

 Let's Pop, Pop, Popcorn! Written by Cynthia Schumerth and Illustrated by Mary Reaves Uhles. Published by Sleeping Bear Press copyright 2021.

We are "popping" into summer with popcorn!

"m," "b," and "p" sounds are some of the first sounds to be spoken and articulated clearly by our 2 and 3 year olds. We were working on the "p" sound as the popcorn sound, so we did two weeks in a row of making popcorn. We checked out this book from the library and even though it is geared more toward the 4-8 year range, we have read through it two times. We love the pictures, big and bright! The book brings you from planting the popcorn seed to eating a snack of popcorn, "mmm! delish!" Is popcorn still America's favorite snack? I did a quick google search and it looks like Rice Krispie Treats have taken the title of America's favorite snack. More information about the book, I like that the book doesn't water down the vocabulary for this topic the author uses big words such as: quench, endosperm and pericarps. In the back of the book it has more science of popcorn information. We tried the "From Seed To Sprout" science activity and enjoyed watching the seeds sprout. In addition to the popcorn, we also did white and black beans, chia and flax seeds. The flax and chia started to sprout in only one day! The beans and popcorn took a week to sprout. 

It's always good to find out more about the foods we eat. Is it snack time yet?! Let's pop some popcorn! 

What's your favorite snack? 

Day 1, putting the bags of seeds in the window.
Checking on progress on day 2.
Day 3, germination in the flax seeds!
Day 14, wow!
Also, check out this groovy phonics song: 
Laurie Berkner constant song #1 video


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