Maple Syrup

We are almost done with our maple syrup unit. Since we have all been sick I have not been able to post about it.

Books we read:
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sugar Bush Spring by Marsha Wilson Chall
At Grandpa's Sugar Bush by Margaret Carney
Backyard Sugarin' by Rink Mann
Sugar on Snow by Nancy Dingman Watson
Maple Harvest by Elizabeth Gemming
Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky

After reading the book that day we did a small book to add in our scrapbooks. All of the mini books we did I found through Homeschool Share.

Mini Books we completed:
Maple producer maps this was a great activity for all ages. They had to color in the state listed also some in Canada.

Vocabulary about maple trees. There are a number of different little books you can complete with this.

Copywork book which is a small poem for the children to copy. The kids loved doing this. I took it one step further and had them copy some scripture that had to do with anything sweet. (Ex 15:25; Judges 14:18;Ps 119:103;Ps 55:14; Prov 16:24) They copied one verse a day and put them into their journals.

Tools for tapping is a book listing all the tools you will need for tapping the trees.

We even went outside and measured around our maple trees to determine if our trees are big enough to tap. We have 2 trees that are!! So we will be gathering tools for next year.