We live in the midwest and the corn harvest is happening right now. Corn is also a major plant and food source of Latin America (month 9) and also an important part of the Pilgrim's experience as they came to America (month 2). We also are excited about learning more about corn because of our ongoing study of Botany that we started this summer! This week we drew the parts of the corn plant into our Botany Notebook.
We watched a dissection video of corn to see the different parts of the corn seed and learned it is a monocot.
We learned that the Mayan name for Corn is Ixim. And watched this film about the creation story of the Mayan with corn.
We loved this book called Corn is Maize so much on YouTube that I ordered a copy for our family library. Amazon Link
Because corn is such an important crop for Native Americans we listened to the music of the Corn Dance of the Pueblo Indians
And this corn grinding song and this video. Music makes work better!
about Roots
After playing in a corn pit at the farm we love the sensory aspect of corn too!
Next up is fun with popcorn
and corn meal
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