Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Why is it called a marshmallow?

Ask your kids...they know the answer!  During our unit on Inventors and Inventions Ms. Straume gave the kids a bit of a history lesson on the marshmallow.  Ancient Egyptians used the roots of the marsh mallow plant mixed with honey as a remedy for sore throats (who knew?!)

Since you can't very well learn about the history and modern production of marshmallows without sampling at least one - we broke out the bags of marshmallows (sampled a few), paired them with their toothpick friends, and started building!





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