Dragon bread

Today we baked bread. But this was not our regular bread of the week, it was Dragon bread! It was SO fun, the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We started with mama prepping all the ingredients so we could do a story WHILE we were making the bread.

 It went like this; 

First we made a valley in the flour where the townspeople lived. Then the Dragon came, (we poured the frothy foaming milk over the land). The land grew colder with snow, (salt), and darker with soot (cinnamon). Then the townspeople called to Michael to help them, and he threw down shooting stars (sugar and chopped dried mango). And then the land began to heal and grow again, and with the sun's warmth, (egg yolk), the land was ready for the farmers to return. 

When the farmers returned they had to work the land 

(kneading the dough) 

Finally it was ready for planting, 

(kneading sunflower seeds into the dough). 

Then they left the seeds to rest and grow, (let dough rest for 1 hour).

Finally they could harvest their grains and make their bread. 

(They shaped their bread into the dragons to bake)

They were very proud to share their dragons with daddy at dinner time. We also added a verse to our normal verse at dinner which we had been practicing together;

Brave and true,

Will I be.

Each good deed,

Sets me free.

Each kind word,

Makes me strong.

I will fight,

for the right.

I will conquer the wrong.

Some other doings today by Mr 6.. 

Dragon and peg doll play, painting and handwork sewing.

Story today which was very edited by mama, but Mr 6 still LOVED it was St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges. 

We also learned the song Michaelmas which you can hear here.  This song was new this year to all of us and was fun to learn.

May you always have nourishing food for your body and enlightening stories for your soul.

~ The Little Bruns

Sleeping dragon...