Can you spell Pomegranate?

This week we are celebrating the letter Pp.  Last night at Cub, they had pomegranates on sale 2 for $5.  So I decided it was a great chance for the Kindies to give it a try!  (A few already had, of course!)

I put the directions for 'cleaning' the pom up on the smart board and demonstrated on my desk top.  We cut open, soaked, and then strained the seeds before snack time.

Opening the pom under water.  Then we needed to pull the pulp out as it floated to the top.

At this point some children were less sure about trying it because of how it looked!

At snack each child was offered 1 - 4 small spoonfuls of the seeds.  The majority of students really liked it!  All but one tried at least one seed!

The seeds we got from two pomegranates.

On the count of three say "pomegranate'!

It was a hit!  And it is so so good for you, too!

(The directions I used for getting the seeds out of the pom were available right by the poms at the grocery store.)