FOOD AND FAIRY TALEWe selected 3 traditional stories from the

„Gebrüder Grimm“,the fairy tales we grow up with in

Germany.

� The Potato King: we told the story in a special setting, we let the children draw the story and we learned how to make a

potato pancake.

� Hansel & Gretel: the parents read the story to the children, they made a gingerbread house which we ate at our Advent

celebration with the parents. We learned about an opera and

made a shadow-play together.

� Schlaraffenland: we read the story, brainstormed about our very own Schlaraffenland; we baked a cobbler and created a

picture-book.

The Potato King.This tale is about a real big potato that jumps out of the

potato box, rolls down the street and meets all kinds of

different creatures who want to eat it.

At the end it „goes“ with the children. They make

delicious potato pancakes out of it and are not hungry any

longer.

First: all the actors for our story and then:

curtain call...

We tell the story

about:

„The Potato King“

We draw the

Potato-King

How does he look like,

the great Potato-King?

Do you think,

he likes to go with me?

The Potato-King has gone with the children,

they make Potato-Pancakes out of „him“

Step by step: we make

a potato pancake.

The clean-up:

tables,

hands,etc.

And the final

product:

Potato-King-

Pan-Cake

The story about „Hansel & Gretel“We,re making a gingerbread house.

the children work

with gingerbread and

sugar mixed with

water to „glue“ it all

together.

They are very proud

of their Gingerbread

house. We will eat it

with the parents.

We make a Play out of the story: Hansel & Gretel

The children take a seat

in front of the screen.

They get ready for the

shadow-play of the

story.

We play parts of the

Fairy-Tale-Opera from

Engelbert Humperdinck

„Hansel and Gretel“

We cut the figures

out of thick black

paper, put them on

sticks and let them

„act“ on the canvas

screen.

The Story about SCHLARAFFENLAND guided us

throughout the last three months: we made cobbler, a picture book,and celebrated in a party on carnival

our „Schlaraffenland“

I know of a country of plenty some people would like to visit, if they only knew where it was and how to get there...In this land there are houses made of pancake-roofs and gingerbread doors. The walls are made of meatloaf and the fences around the houses are woven sausages. All the wells in the garden cart wine or juice, whatever you wish, just put your mouth under it and drink. In the trees grow fresh biscuits, under it flows milk and honey just for you to eat & drink.The fish swim already cooked in the rivers and the chicken fly crossly fried in the air. The stones are made out of your favorite cheese. When it snows it will be powdered sugar coming from the sky... so all in all you can nibble & drink all day long as much as you like.Money and pretty clothes grow on trees for you to take, so you can dress as you wish. When ever you have the need for a fountain of youth, you will find it there and then you can baths all your aches and pains away! All your wishes will be in reach for you, just think of it...!

But to get to the Schlaraffenland you first have to find it and if you do, eat through a thick wall of apple cobbler, and believe me, that wall is VERY VERY THICK ...

This cobbler may be the wall around „Schlaraffenland“ !

Here the recipe for Schlaraffenland-CobblerYou need...

100g milk reis , a pinch of salt,

1l milk

500g apples, that taste tart,

a hand full of raisins,

1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

And for the vanille sauce:

1/2l milk

a package vanille-sauce powder

2 tablespoons of cinnamon.

...To do:

bring half the milk with the rice

and the salt to a boil, simmer

slowly, steering constantly until

reis has steeped to softness. Fill

into creased baking dish; add

sliced apples, raisins and spices;

top with vanille sauce, which

you've cooked according to

instructions on the package.

Bake by 200° (180° with air) about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

The Kindergarten-bake-house:

Ingredients and

measurement, the

children learn how

to „read“ a recipe.

With love&care

the children

are very

concentrated

in their work.

Everybody

knows what to

do...

Almost done!

We add the

Vanille sauce

and then...

in the oven

with it...

Mhmhm, what

delicious smell!

We have to eat

„through“ this

before we get

to our party...

Here are some pictures of our

Schlaraffenland!

In our Schlaraffenland we get to be who we are. We play as fairy

tale creatures who ate through the cobbler wall and now we'll

>>>>>>>>>>>>PARTY- PARTY-PARTY ALL DAY LONG<<<<<<<<<<<<<