DNG - Hoppin Popcorn

by Sarah
(Avon, IN)

We had such fun with this unit study from Download N Go unit studies!!

It’s loaded with all kind of poppin’ fun! My boys loved this study…everything about it. They especially liked the amount of popcorn we consumed all week!

What do you get to do? Take a look!

Day 1: Popcorn—What Is It?
Day 2: The Story of Popcorn
Day 3: The Flavors of Popcorn
Day 4: The Science of Popcorn
Day 5: Fun With Popcorn

We have this popcorn popper that we love. They enjoyed watching it pop at my moms, so we were excited to find one for super cheap at Lowe’s.

And popcorn is just always such fun! We had popcorn parties every night!

We learned about the “corn belt” states. Since we are in one of them, that was fun! We bought some semi-locally grown popcorn in fun colors…Ruby Red and Sunburst Red.

I put together a popcorn sensory bin for the boys. They got a ton of fun out that one. I cleaned up a lot of kernels, but it was it worth it! They enjoyed passing the corn through funnels, pretending to pop it, and transferring into containers.

One of Andrew’s favorite activities was the graph he made from surveying people about what their favorite way to eat popcorn is. He called grandmas and grandpas and asked a few friends.

The acrostic poem he wrote was so darling. It read:

P opcorn is so yummy.
O h so yummy.
P opcorn is in my tummy.
C orn is where it comes from.
O n farms it grows.
R ight from the plant God made it.
N ever burn your popcorn!

The boys painted a picture of popcorn using popped popcorn as their stamp!

There were so many fun video links that my boys loved watching. Anything that has to do with farming is right up their alley!

And we couldn’t leave out the birds. As suggested in the unit study, we made a popcorn ball covered with seeds for the birds to enjoy!