Nov 4, 2012 Host Your Own Cranberry Day Last year, my 1st grade
teaching partner, Kelley, told me she celebrated Cranberry Day
with her students each November. Since she grew up in
Massachusetts this was a given! However, since I have lived my
entire life in California, I had never heard of this
celebration, but thought it sounded wonderful. It was! The
parents donated all the supplies we needed and several
volunteered to run one of the stations. I kept it simple last
year, but decided I would add a few more activities that Kelley
had shared with me this year. I can't wait! The children will
rotate through the following stations: 1. Taste Test: Which do
you like? (unsweetened juice, sweetened juice, dried
cranberries, fresh cranberries, cranberry sauce, cranberry
muffin, etc.) 2. Freshness Test: Do the cranberries bounce? 3.
Video: Growing and harvesting cranberries 4. Drying Cranberries
5. Using Cranberry Dye 6. Stringing Cranberries (Make a popcorn
and cranberry garland) 7. Observe Cranberries Using Your 5