Two Old Potatoes and MeLanguage: English | |
A girl and her father find two old potatoes which they plant and tend, to see if they can grow new potatoes. LeVar and his daughter explore the benefits of recycling kitchen waste and visit artists who take cast offs and turn them into something useful. |
Here are activities to do after watching this episode: |
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Those Eyes!Try to grow a potato! Instead of discarding an old potato, help your child cut around the sprouted eyes (leaving a portion of the potato with the eyes) and plant them. Use a container that will be big enough to sustain the growth of a plant with roots. Care for the plant as you would any plant and see what happens! Mashed Potatoes!LeVar and Michaela put a dash of nutmeg on their mashed potatoes before eating them. Have a family tasting party and try out some different “toppers” for mashed potatoes such as pepper, garlic salt, grated cheese, bacon bits, onion flakes, paprika, a pat of butter, garlic pepper, any other likely herbs and spices, and, of course, nutmeg. Create a chart that shows which family members liked what toppers. |
Potato PalWhat you need:
Each player draws a large potato on a piece of paper and colors it brown (or red). Create a spinner
Decide who goes first. The first player spins and then draws on their potato picture the body part pointed to by the spinner. |
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