Summer Garden Tea Time Guide - Potatoes

Read One or More:

Potato Pants by Laurie Keller

Potato Joe by Keith Baker

I'm Bored by Michal Ian Black

Potatoes, Potatoes by Anita Lobel

The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis

Sunday Potatoes, Monday Potatoes by Vicky Shiefman

The French Fry King by Roge

French Fries by Raphael Fejto

Jack and the Bean Stalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague

Craft: Potato Stamping

Choose some inspiration from one of the books you read today, and cut out any shape you would like in your cut potatoes.Find some great ideas here in one of our DIY Posts:

10 DIY Potato Crafts You Can Enjoy in Your Homeschool | The Masterpiece Studio

Make: Potato Smilie Bakes

Theses potato snacks are so yummy, and quite simple to make! Watch this video on how to make them, but the only difference from our recipe is they deep fry them, which you can try too:

In the Garden:

Try placing a potato that is showing signs of growing eyes, into a jar or can of water. Tend to it for a few weeks until it has grown green shoots and leaves, then plant in your garden, or bucket of dirt!

This Summer Garden Tea Time goes perfectly with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study, as well as our Adventures in Ireland 1:

Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study
$7.00

Learn all about the Life Cycle of a Potato with the second Montessori-Inspired Unit Study Series called “Ingredients We Cook With” for kids age 3 to 12. Learn about the 6 stages of how a potato grows along with the history of the French Fry, and so much more with our 41-page PDF that will encourage an appreciation for how potatoes grow, plus enjoy counting and cooking with them! This Life Cycle is a companion study for the Adventures in Ireland #1, which also features the Irish Potato, Potato stamping projects, art appreciation, maps, flags and more. It also pairs wonderfully with The Masterpiece Numbers - Counting 1 to 30 Learning Pack, for counting fun with Potatoes, watercolor dots and number flashcards you can color in.

What’s included in this Life Cycle Unit Study?

  • Curriculum Guide, Book Lists, Helpful Video Links and a special QR Code with Additional Learning Resources via our website

  • Sprout a Potato in a Jar Experiment and Coloring Page

  • How a Potato Grows Lesson Page

  • Sequencing Activity

  • The History of the French Fry

  • 4 Awesome Potato Recipes

  • Life Cycle of a Potato Watercolor Poster

  • Life Cycle of a Potato Coloring Page

  • 3 Part Cards

  • 3-D Life Cycle of a Potato Craft

  • Tracing + Coloring Pages

  • Parts of a Potato Plant Coloring Page

  • Coloring Pages

  • Pp Potato Card

  • Potato Counting Cards 1-20

This digital product was created for your personal use only. Books and props are not included.

Adventures in Ireland 1: Potatoes + Irish Stew + Soda Bread
$8.50

Continue your #readpaintcook journey with our first Adventure in Ireland with the Build Your Masterpiece Class, all about the flag, map, and History of the Irish Potato! This is the first of 3 adventures in Ireland, and includes hands-on art projects, art appreciation, art history, cooking Irish soda bread and lamb and vegetable stew, plus so much more! Perfect for kids ages 3 to 13 and beyond with our 40 page PDF. This adventure goes perfectly with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study which is part of the Food We Eat Series of Life Cycle Unit Studies and our Vegetable Garden Learning Pack.

What’s included:

  • 5 Lesson Plans; I is for Ireland, History of the Irish Flags, P is for Potato, History of the Irish Potato, Irish Art Appreciation, and S is for Soda Bread

  • Book Lists for all topics, plus YouTube video links via QR Codes with as many read aloud’s as we can find for you to enjoy on the go

  • 5 coloring pages; Europe Map, Ireland Map, Ireland Flag, Potatoes in the Garden, Irish Soda Bread

  • Letter pages for PreK-grade 2

  • Worksheets; sentence tracing and coloring for K-3+

  • Artist Spotlight and Art Appreciation of Gerard Dillion 1916-1971 and a focus on the Connemara area of Ireland

  • 1 Art Project; Potato Stamping

  • 2 traditional recipes of Irish Soda Bread and Authentic Irish Stew with a Lesson Plan, History lesson, books and Coloring Page for life skills in the kitchen, math connections and more!

  • Plus Additional Learning Resources via QR Codes with so many fun things to learn right at your fingertips while teaching

  • Europe Coloring Map - Find Italy on it and color it in. Use again and again to continue to add more color as you learn about more countries along your #readpaintcook journey

  • The Build Your Masterpiece Class Passport and Stamp Ireland #1 to collect!

  • 3-part cards for the topics learned in this lesson about Ireland’s Flags, Map, Potatoes, old ways of cooking, Connemara, and more.

This digital product is for personal use only. Books and props not included, mix + match this adventure with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study.

Share with us on Instagram your Potato Inspired Tea Time creations!

Which book was your favorite? Which craft did you make? And, did you bake or deep fry your potato smilies? Did you try to grow sprouts on a seed potato at home? I can’t wait to see them!

~Alexandra