At Home Learning Oct 12
Why aren 't there many jokes about popcorn? Because they are corny. This week at home let's talk popcorn!
Welcome to our At Home Learning Page! We will do our best to offer weekly ideas for at home learning about agriculture! These activities will all be free to access and share. Our weekly activities do not build on each other, but are individual and can be done in any order.
This week we are looking at popcorn!
Popcorn poetry. POP is an onomatopoeia, a word that mimics a sound. Have your learner try writing a poem about popcorn using the onomatopoeia! Use other descriptive words in your poem. You can read a fun popcorn poem here for inspiration.
How and why does popcorn…pop? Learn the science behind the sound with this video.
Let's look at some geography. Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio. Print out a US map and find/color in these states or glue a popped pocorn kernal on each state!
Make a festive fall popcorn treat! Monster Mix!
Read a letter from a real popcorn farmer.
BONUS: Read Popcorn Country by Cris Peterson
