November 10th, 2020

Rainey A 

Brigadeiro, a popular Brazilian  fudgy sweet, found its way into our classroom today. Last Monday, Jack and Elle were “baking” in the sandbox and Jack suggested we give this recipe a try. It’s something that he and his Brazilian au pair, Stefani, have made together on several occasions. As he describes it:

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So it’s really tasty because sometimes you just eat it plain and that way it makes it pretty tasty and then the next time we do it plain but with sprinkles on it. Well she (Stefani) just said we were gonna make it and then she showed us how and we made it with her.

While we didn’t have a chance to try it last week over zoom, we gave it a shot today. First we mixed the condensed milk, coco powder and butter and then kept it over a low heat on the stove. When it was thick enough, we took it off the stove and let it cool to later roll into sprinkled balls. Unfortunately, we may have let it cool a little toooo long because it resembled more of a lava rock than a sprinkled fudge ball in the end, but nevertheless we persisted, trying to roll them into balls.

“I’m really strong” - George
“When mine went flat, I squeezed it so tight.”- Lochie
“It feels like clay!” - Elle 
“Mine is flat now!”- Marley
“I tried one piece, it tastes even better with the sprinkles!”- Elle 
“I can’t roll mine, can you help me Ms. Brigitte?”- Marley 
“I made it flat as a rock!” - Violet

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We also took some time today to notice the fall leaves in and around the school. We enjoyed a leaf walk where we saw not only the ginkgo leaves on Potomac street, but also the browns, greens and reds of the leaves on O street and the playground.

Those are spotted ones up there. These look like the sun and the rain- Lochie
Looks like a sun and the plant - Jack

This one is awesome!- Violate
What is this one?- Elle
Eek, don't squish it!- Violet