Our new Practical Life work - Potato Mashing or Mashed Potato
Making - is a smash hit. I have one of my assistants boil a few
potatoes with the skins on and place them in a bowl in the
morning. The other two ingredients are butter and milk. Oh, and
they may add salt and pepper, after the potatoes are mashed, as
they please. I have to say that my younger students devour their
own good work. Actually, they share their potato work with one
other student, so they both clean their bowls. Left to Right - a
small white bowl containing four tablespoons of butter with the
paper wrapper still on (the tablespoons are separated by knife
markings made by my morning assistant), a bowl of boiled
potatoes, a circular tray that has several items placed on it.
There is a medium sized white bowl for a child to place within
it one large piece of boiled potato. Sitting within the medium
bowl, for balancing while carrying purposes, is a small
container of cold milk. Also on the tray is a child-sized potato
masher, a tablespoon, a