It's been such a hot and dry summer. We have been looking for mostly indoor events to beat the heat. Luckily for us our library had lots of amazing events in July! One of them was called "Living and Working in Space". This was their description of the event:
Using exclusive NASA videos and a variety of visual and hands on
demonstrations, students will learn how astronauts live and work in
space while answering questions like: What is it like to live in space?
How do astronauts adjust to microgravity? What are the astronauts doing
in space?
There were fun activities used to show what it was like living and working in space. They all got to examine the powdered foods astronauts eat in space. Some kids were brave enough to try the dehydrated apples.
The kids had to build a puzzle with gloves that astronauts wear. This was to show how difficult it is to repair something in space wearing big bulky gloves. They also had to work in teams to build a lego set with the builder not looking at any of the instructions. Without facing each other, another child had to give the instructions while also describing the shape, color, and size of the required piece. It was definitely frustrating!
They also had an archery event where the kids received extensive instruction on safety, proper form, and how to hit the target.
We also enjoyed a science show called "Power & Energy" with the spectacular Science Tellers!
We watched things fly,
bounce, transform and soar while listening to a series of stories. The person telling the stories was definitely fun and engaging.
And my favorite event of all was "
On Your Mark, Get Set, Bake! - King Arthur Flour - Bake For Good". A King Arthur Flour representative came and showed the kids how to bake bread, cinnamon rolls, shape pretzels and pizza dough, and more!
At the end of the event, we each came home with a goodie bag that
contained 2 bags of King Arthur Flour, a packet of yeast, a dough
cutter, a bread bag, and a book of recipes. Each bag contained enough ingredients for two loaves of
bread- one was for each family to keep, while the other cooked loaf was
to be returned to the library to be donated to a soup kitchen.
We wanted our loaves to be fresh and we had a whole week to complete three loaves, so we started with some banana nut muffins for ourselves!
The day before the bread was due we set to work making two loaves of sandwich bread.
Once they cooled off we bagged them.
The next day we set to work making braided bread. We made two loaves- one for ourselves, one for the soup kitchen.
Once each child finished their braid, we brushed on our egg wash and popped it in the oven. We came out with these beauties!
In other exciting news, we found out we are also baking a third minion for our clan- a baby boy due in late fall!
