In September we talked about Germany. We had a guest speaker, my friend Mai, to talk about her experiences whilst living in Germany. Mai is actually French, her husband is German and they lived in Germany for a while. It is great to hear stories about a foreign country told by a family with different nationalities. Mai took us in a cultural journey while talking about traditional customs, books, language and we listened to beautiful classical music. We also played the continent game and kids had the opportunity to find the countries in the world map and discuss the geography of various countries.
Our highlight of the meetings is our communal lunch, where we can try and taste a bit of the food from that particular country. Mai and her husband showed us how to make Spatzle A hand-made noodle that are very popular and
an important ingredient of several dishes, such as Linsen mit Spätzle or Käsespätzle. We also had frankfurter sausages. A smoked
sausage made from pure pork, which is eaten hot and usually accompanied by
bread and mustard. Not to be confused with the American hot dog "Frankfurter"!!
Germans are very proud of their mustard! We had a food game where the children had to guess what mustard they were having.... English? American? French? German? And they did pretty well!!
Check out some of the moments below:
Mai introducing us to Germany
Kids start the search for the Continents
Making the Spaetzle
The food game. Do you know your mustard?
English mustard? Too hot mummy!!
Lovely lunch! Thank you everyone!! And a special thanks to Mai and her family.
