{"id":6547,"date":"2022-09-13T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Glenwood\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:37:02","slug":"beetroot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Glenwood\/2022\/09\/13\/beetroot\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetroot"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mrs Wilson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The children and adults have been learning about planting, growing and harvesting a variety of different vegetables and fruit with help and support from Goody Foody. Towards the end of August we began to harvest our beetroots and the children have been exploring them in their play experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>The children have been learning how to prepare the beetroot for cooking, using brushes and water to clean them and joining in with a rhyme as an adult used a sharp knife to cut off the bottom and cut the leaves off the top.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Chop, chop, choppity-chop,<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut off the bottom, and cut off the top.<\/span><\/p>\n

What there is left, we put in the pot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chop, chop, choppity-chop.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>When the beetroots were cooked the children had the opportunity to have a go at tasting them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI like this beetroot.\u00a0 Can I have some more?\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The children were very interested to observe that the beetroot cooking water had changed colour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks a bit like purple now.\u00a0 The beetroot has changed the water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The cooking water was used to investigate what would happen if some white cotton material was soaked in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not white anymore.\u00a0 The beetroot colour is all over the material.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The children developed their mark making skills using the cooking water to paint with.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The beetroot leaves were also used, along with some nasturtium flowers and leaves grown in the garden, to try the Japanese art of Hapa-Zome (leaf-dye).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou need to hit really hard with the hammer to squash the leaves.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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