We had such a special treat today…
the “Maple Man” came to perform at our school!
It was a real coincidence in timing, because Mrs. Boekhout and Monty Moose had just come back from their very first (but very short) trip to Quebec. (They didn’t get to see a Maple farm, but they did get to go dogsledding! That, however, will be in ANOTHER post!)
The Maple Man, René Turmel, is a third generation “Maple Sugar” producer. His Maple tree grove is in Sainte-Marie de Beauce, near Quebec City, Quebec but most of the year he lives in the Okanagan Valley, BC. He travels across Canada sharing some of the traditions and history of French Canadians.
Watch our video to see some of the wonderful learning from this session:
The Maple Man Video
Have you ever eaten “Le tire” (Maple Taffy)?
Has the Maple Man ever been to your school?
Here are some videos of us “in action” with the Maple Man!
1. It was fun learning how sticks and spoons can make rhythms and music!
2. We also learned some fancy dance steps from a wooden puppet!
3. Finally, we got to see the making of “le tire” and EAT SOME! Yum!
Which instrument would you like to play the most…
the spoons, the fiddle, or the accordian?
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Oh what fun! Shay very much wanted to make taffy last night, since we have a fresh supply of snow, but i think we need to watch the video again.
Thank you for a wonderful (and tasty) educational moment.
Shay’s mom
dear maple man
My favorite instrumint is the accordian.
Dear maple man
My favouite instrumint is the spoons.
Dear Mrs.Boekhout,
I think I like the fiddle best!
from Amanda
Dear Maple Man,
My favorite instument was the spoons because I’ve never heard of it and it was really interesting.
From,
Willam
Dear Maple man,
My favorite instument was the accordian,because it looked fun to play.Your accordian is awesome!
from Hayden.Y
Dear Maple man
Thanks for coming to the school at the PERFECT TIME!!! so i would like to say thanks a lot forthe maple taffi that tasted so good! thanks for the taffi & thecoming at a good & a of that but mostly I want to say thank you
Dear Classroom#2
I would want to play the fiddle it just looks like fun.
From Megan J.
Dear Maple Man,
Thank you for coming to my school. My favourite instrument was the spoons. I love maple taffy. Are you coming next year?
From Mattias
Dear Maple man,
My favouite instrumint is the Fiddle.
From Jesse
Hello everyones from Nestor Elementary,
What a wonderful day I had at your school,
it was my pleasure to share with you my knowledge
of making maplesyrup and the culture that go with it, Bravo for your beautiful web site ,you are doing
a great job,
have a wonderful year and remember,
don’t lose contact with nature to charge your energy, the nature are waiting for you ,
au plaisir from
Rene the maple man
Dear Rene… the maple man,
Thank you SO much for writing on our Edublog! We had such a wonderful time learning about some French Canadian traditions, and of course, eating maple taffy! We hope that other schools will see our websites and invite you to their schools too!
Dear Shay’s Mom,
from Mrs. Boekhout
I think that many of us will be trying to make our own taffy with the next new snowfall! Be sure to go to Amanda’s blog… she DID make it, and put a photo of it too!
Dear Class,
Maple taffy is good!
from Amanda