This week’s theme is potatoes. Our “Growing Minds Day by Day” educational resource lists are designed for families and educators to use during COVID-19 and beyond.
Potatoes
Up, Down, and Around
This rhyming story is perfect for introducing young children to fruits and vegetables that grow up (like corn and peppers), down (like potatoes and carrots), and around (like cucumber and pumpkin vines).
Sweet Potato Fritters
This lesson plan has step by step instructions for cooking in the classroom and features literature and curriculum connections.
Downloads
- Sweet Potato Fritters recipe and lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Farm to School Taste Tests
Students at Cullowhee Valley Elementary School enjoy a taste test of local sweet potatoes with help from Western Carolina University pre-service teachers and dietitians through ASAP’s Growing Minds Farm to School Program!
Downloads
- Farm to School taste tests (quick view as .pdf)
Sweet Potato Fritters recipe and lesson plan
A delicious recipe for sweet potato fritters. The associated lesson plan includes instructions for making your own sweet potato slips.
Downloads
- Sweet Potato Fritters recipe and lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Mexican Cauliflower Soup
Cauliflower and potatoes combine to make a creamy soup flavored with cumin,onions, and chili powder. Reduce or eliminate the chili powder for very young children. This recipe requires the use of a blender.
Ma Farmer’s Sweet Potato Pie
From the book, The Gigantic Sweet Potato, by Dianne de Las Casas, this recipe incorporates local sweet potatoes into a sweet and savory pie.
Mashed Potatoes and Me
From the book Two Old Potatoes and Me, written and illustrated by John Coy. Recruit a few students to make the butter for this recipe by shaking heavy cream in a jar!