A Z Potato

Activity Package

26 Complete and Comprehensive activities

that cover all things potato

to

AMAZING

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase See if you can match the words on the left (our potato and farming words) with the words on the right

vegetable

climate

variety

fertile

acre

tractor

spud

harvester

crop

agriculture

potato

irrigation

paddock

planter

farmer

ivy tear

rent lap

arc trot

dock pad

ref ram

origin rita

earth revs

fire let

bevel gate

pat too

corp

puds

ice malt

cruel guitar

care

Anagrams

B

BINGO

There are so many foods and meals that contain potatoes Play a game of BINGO to see if you can identify them all

Some of them you may be familiar with some you may never have heard of before You will need to photocopy the following sheets so everyone has their own You may even feel inspired to cook one of these after playing

YOU WILL NEED Bingo Cards food item words container

HOW TO PLAY Photocopy the Bingo cards for players (next page)Photocopy the bingo potato food items (below) and cut up When cut up place in a container that you can pull them out fromPull out a food item word one at a time reading the word out loud Each player needs to find the word on their card and mark it Pull out all the food items until a player fills in a row (vertically horizontally or diagonally) and calls out lsquoBingorsquo

Bonanza

soup Potato skin burgers Potato bake

pizza smashed Roast potato

hasselbacks latkes croquettes

fritter casserole Loaded

Hot chips Hash brown Potato chips

salad mash Wedges

Omelette Stuffed spuds Frits

gratin galette Gnocchi

Potato skins

Food List Items

1

2

3

B

BINGO

Bonanza

pizza

Potato chips

Latkes

Fritter

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Galette

Roast potato

Potato skins

Hash browns

Frits

Smashed

Potato bake

Loaded

Croquettes

hasselbacks

Omelette

Soup

Gratin

Wedges

Hot chips

Stuffed spuds

Casserole

Mash

Gnocchi

Potato bake

Loaded

Hash Brown

Gratin

Soup

Fritter

Stuffed spuds

Mash

Frits

Croquettes

Wedges

Gnocchi

Hot chips

Casserole

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Smashed

Galette

Potato skins

Hasselbacks

Roast potato

Pizza

Omelette

Potato chips

Latkes

Bingo

Bingo

BINGO

Bonanza

Soup

Hot chips

Omelette

Fritter

Galette

Pizza

Potato chips

Wedges

Casserole

Gnocchi

Smashed

Salad

Frits

Latkes

Potato skins

Roast potato

Mash

Stuffed spuds

Croquettes

Potato skin burgers

Hash brown

Hasselbacks

Gratin

Loaded

Potato bake

Roast potato

Hash potato

Hot chips

Casserole

Gratin

Mash

Potato bake

Hasselbacks

Wedges

Potato skins

Fritter

Pizza

Stuffed spuds

Galette

Loaded

Soup

Salad

Potato chips

Latkes

Potato skin burgers

Gnocchi

Frits

Smashed

Omelette

Croquettes

Bingo

Bingo

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

AMAZING

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase See if you can match the words on the left (our potato and farming words) with the words on the right

vegetable

climate

variety

fertile

acre

tractor

spud

harvester

crop

agriculture

potato

irrigation

paddock

planter

farmer

ivy tear

rent lap

arc trot

dock pad

ref ram

origin rita

earth revs

fire let

bevel gate

pat too

corp

puds

ice malt

cruel guitar

care

Anagrams

B

BINGO

There are so many foods and meals that contain potatoes Play a game of BINGO to see if you can identify them all

Some of them you may be familiar with some you may never have heard of before You will need to photocopy the following sheets so everyone has their own You may even feel inspired to cook one of these after playing

YOU WILL NEED Bingo Cards food item words container

HOW TO PLAY Photocopy the Bingo cards for players (next page)Photocopy the bingo potato food items (below) and cut up When cut up place in a container that you can pull them out fromPull out a food item word one at a time reading the word out loud Each player needs to find the word on their card and mark it Pull out all the food items until a player fills in a row (vertically horizontally or diagonally) and calls out lsquoBingorsquo

Bonanza

soup Potato skin burgers Potato bake

pizza smashed Roast potato

hasselbacks latkes croquettes

fritter casserole Loaded

Hot chips Hash brown Potato chips

salad mash Wedges

Omelette Stuffed spuds Frits

gratin galette Gnocchi

Potato skins

Food List Items

1

2

3

B

BINGO

Bonanza

pizza

Potato chips

Latkes

Fritter

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Galette

Roast potato

Potato skins

Hash browns

Frits

Smashed

Potato bake

Loaded

Croquettes

hasselbacks

Omelette

Soup

Gratin

Wedges

Hot chips

Stuffed spuds

Casserole

Mash

Gnocchi

Potato bake

Loaded

Hash Brown

Gratin

Soup

Fritter

Stuffed spuds

Mash

Frits

Croquettes

Wedges

Gnocchi

Hot chips

Casserole

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Smashed

Galette

Potato skins

Hasselbacks

Roast potato

Pizza

Omelette

Potato chips

Latkes

Bingo

Bingo

BINGO

Bonanza

Soup

Hot chips

Omelette

Fritter

Galette

Pizza

Potato chips

Wedges

Casserole

Gnocchi

Smashed

Salad

Frits

Latkes

Potato skins

Roast potato

Mash

Stuffed spuds

Croquettes

Potato skin burgers

Hash brown

Hasselbacks

Gratin

Loaded

Potato bake

Roast potato

Hash potato

Hot chips

Casserole

Gratin

Mash

Potato bake

Hasselbacks

Wedges

Potato skins

Fritter

Pizza

Stuffed spuds

Galette

Loaded

Soup

Salad

Potato chips

Latkes

Potato skin burgers

Gnocchi

Frits

Smashed

Omelette

Croquettes

Bingo

Bingo

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

BINGO

There are so many foods and meals that contain potatoes Play a game of BINGO to see if you can identify them all

Some of them you may be familiar with some you may never have heard of before You will need to photocopy the following sheets so everyone has their own You may even feel inspired to cook one of these after playing

YOU WILL NEED Bingo Cards food item words container

HOW TO PLAY Photocopy the Bingo cards for players (next page)Photocopy the bingo potato food items (below) and cut up When cut up place in a container that you can pull them out fromPull out a food item word one at a time reading the word out loud Each player needs to find the word on their card and mark it Pull out all the food items until a player fills in a row (vertically horizontally or diagonally) and calls out lsquoBingorsquo

Bonanza

soup Potato skin burgers Potato bake

pizza smashed Roast potato

hasselbacks latkes croquettes

fritter casserole Loaded

Hot chips Hash brown Potato chips

salad mash Wedges

Omelette Stuffed spuds Frits

gratin galette Gnocchi

Potato skins

Food List Items

1

2

3

B

BINGO

Bonanza

pizza

Potato chips

Latkes

Fritter

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Galette

Roast potato

Potato skins

Hash browns

Frits

Smashed

Potato bake

Loaded

Croquettes

hasselbacks

Omelette

Soup

Gratin

Wedges

Hot chips

Stuffed spuds

Casserole

Mash

Gnocchi

Potato bake

Loaded

Hash Brown

Gratin

Soup

Fritter

Stuffed spuds

Mash

Frits

Croquettes

Wedges

Gnocchi

Hot chips

Casserole

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Smashed

Galette

Potato skins

Hasselbacks

Roast potato

Pizza

Omelette

Potato chips

Latkes

Bingo

Bingo

BINGO

Bonanza

Soup

Hot chips

Omelette

Fritter

Galette

Pizza

Potato chips

Wedges

Casserole

Gnocchi

Smashed

Salad

Frits

Latkes

Potato skins

Roast potato

Mash

Stuffed spuds

Croquettes

Potato skin burgers

Hash brown

Hasselbacks

Gratin

Loaded

Potato bake

Roast potato

Hash potato

Hot chips

Casserole

Gratin

Mash

Potato bake

Hasselbacks

Wedges

Potato skins

Fritter

Pizza

Stuffed spuds

Galette

Loaded

Soup

Salad

Potato chips

Latkes

Potato skin burgers

Gnocchi

Frits

Smashed

Omelette

Croquettes

Bingo

Bingo

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

B

BINGO

Bonanza

pizza

Potato chips

Latkes

Fritter

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Galette

Roast potato

Potato skins

Hash browns

Frits

Smashed

Potato bake

Loaded

Croquettes

hasselbacks

Omelette

Soup

Gratin

Wedges

Hot chips

Stuffed spuds

Casserole

Mash

Gnocchi

Potato bake

Loaded

Hash Brown

Gratin

Soup

Fritter

Stuffed spuds

Mash

Frits

Croquettes

Wedges

Gnocchi

Hot chips

Casserole

Potato skin burgers

Salad

Smashed

Galette

Potato skins

Hasselbacks

Roast potato

Pizza

Omelette

Potato chips

Latkes

Bingo

Bingo

BINGO

Bonanza

Soup

Hot chips

Omelette

Fritter

Galette

Pizza

Potato chips

Wedges

Casserole

Gnocchi

Smashed

Salad

Frits

Latkes

Potato skins

Roast potato

Mash

Stuffed spuds

Croquettes

Potato skin burgers

Hash brown

Hasselbacks

Gratin

Loaded

Potato bake

Roast potato

Hash potato

Hot chips

Casserole

Gratin

Mash

Potato bake

Hasselbacks

Wedges

Potato skins

Fritter

Pizza

Stuffed spuds

Galette

Loaded

Soup

Salad

Potato chips

Latkes

Potato skin burgers

Gnocchi

Frits

Smashed

Omelette

Croquettes

Bingo

Bingo

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

BINGO

Bonanza

Soup

Hot chips

Omelette

Fritter

Galette

Pizza

Potato chips

Wedges

Casserole

Gnocchi

Smashed

Salad

Frits

Latkes

Potato skins

Roast potato

Mash

Stuffed spuds

Croquettes

Potato skin burgers

Hash brown

Hasselbacks

Gratin

Loaded

Potato bake

Roast potato

Hash potato

Hot chips

Casserole

Gratin

Mash

Potato bake

Hasselbacks

Wedges

Potato skins

Fritter

Pizza

Stuffed spuds

Galette

Loaded

Soup

Salad

Potato chips

Latkes

Potato skin burgers

Gnocchi

Frits

Smashed

Omelette

Croquettes

Bingo

Bingo

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

CRACK THE

Use the key to decode each of the words which will reveal a fun fact about the humble potato

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

20 8 5 23 15 18 4

16 15 20 1 20 15

3 15 13 5 19 6 18 15 13

20 8 5 19 16 1 14 9 19 8

23 15 18 4 16 1 20 1 20

Code

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

POTATO FARM

A diorama is model that represents a scene It is a great craft project to do on your own with someone else This one will represent a potato farm so you will need to make sure the following items are in your diorama to make sure the farm works properly

YOU WILL NEED A cardboard box (a shoebox is perfect) different types and colours of papers pop sticks matchsticks cotton balls different coloured paints small farm toys if you have them

OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ON YOUR FARM shed house hay bales potato crop potato bins tractor harvester people fences cows

Some useful websites provide some great ideas and resources to help make your diorama Once you have completed your diorama please send it to us so we can admire them

httpswwwthenaturalhomeschoolcommake-a-farm-diorama-printable-sets-includedhtml

httptheinfiniteyumsblogspotcom2011_07_01_archivehtml

httpswwwwikihowcomMake-a-Diorama

Diorama

Infographic vector created by macrovector - wwwfreepikcom

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Everyone loves potatoes but do we all like the EXACTLY the same way I really do not like mashed potatoes but I LOVE hot chips ndash I wonder what is everyonersquos most favourite way to eat them Letrsquos make a survey to find out

Ask a selection of people what their most favourite way is to eat potatoes and

record it in a tally chart below (the first one I have put in as an example)

Way to Eat Tally Total

Roasted III 3

What is the most popular way to eat potatoes

What is the least popular way to eat potatoes

Why do you think this is

1

2

3

Loves PotatoesEveryone

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Farms are full of lots of things to see and everything there helps in the running of the farm Using the map below answer the questions on the following page to find your way around the farm I hope you know your directions

FARM

Fun

N

S

EW

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Is the dam north or south of the chook pen

If I walked from the gate to the hay bales in which direction would I be walking

List all the items that are south of the dam

Name two things that are west of the hay bales

Are the water tanks south or north of the house

In what direction does the fence run

In what direction is the shed from the house

In which two direction are there crops from the hay bales

Write down the directions you would give someone if you were directing them from the shed to the hay bales You may want to use words like straight around left right

1

2

3

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5

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7

8

9

FARM

Fun

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Your own potatoes

YOU WILL NEED

Vegie patch (or even a bucket will do if you do not have a vegie patch) seed potatoes soil

fertiliser water

In your vegie patch prepare the soil making sure it is well drained (perhaps add a layer of

gravel to the bottom) and add a fertiliser BEFORE planting the seeds

Very gently push the seed into the soil with the

sproutsshoots pointing up Add some soil over the top

to cover the potatoes Your crop will need to be watered

well especially during hot weather

The potato plants will soon sprout green leaves above

the ground this means your potatoes are growing be-

low the ground ndash woo hoo

When the leaves and flowers of the plant die ndash your

potatoes are ready for digging

Remember to keep some of the potatoes to use as seeds again

GrowPotatoes can be grown in most parts of Australia you just have to get your timing right Spuds can be grown all year round in areas without heavy frosts but as the weather gets hotter pests and dis-eases can start to appear

Seed potatoes (or tubers as they are known) are the ones that are planted Each seed needs to have one or two eyes (the eyes of a potato are the little indents or pits you see on their skin) on each piece If you have some potatoes growing eyes at home ndash these are ready to be planted If you do not have any sprouting at home just put aside one or two potatoes in a cool dry place and watch them sprout

1

2

3

4

5

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Potato

YOU WILL NEED One large potato (well washed preferably) music people standing or sitting in a circle one person controlling the music who is NOT part of the circle

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

Everyone is standing sitting in a circle (in can be whatever size you wish)

The youngest person in the group starts ndash they are holding the potato as the music starts

Starting clockwise the potato is passed around the circle

When the music STOPS the person holding the potato is out

The music starts again and the game continues until there is only one person left in the game ndash WINNER

The person controlling the music MUST NOT be able to see the passing of the lsquohot potatorsquo

(Game for the whole family)

Hot

1

2

3

4

5

6

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

The Numbers

How good are your mathematics skills ndash especially when it comes to potatoes Letrsquos put it to the test

YOU WILL NEED a set of kitchen scales one potato (choose the biggest one you can find from the pantry) measuring tape or ruler

DIRECTIONS Have a good look at your potato hold it in one hand look at the length and then complete the following REMEMBER you need to estimate your answers first

Draw your potato here

I think my potato is __________________________________ cms long

I think my potato is ___________________________________ gms heavy

My potato has _______________________ eyes

NOW you can use the scales and ruler

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ cms long

I KNOW my potato is ___________________________ gms heavy

HOW accurate were you

Investigation

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

JUST

Everyone loves a good joke right Read these following jokes and rate them between 1 ndash 3 as to how funny you think they are 1 is not funny at all 2 is funny like a dad joke and 3 is laugh out loud

Q Why do potatoes make good detectives

A Because they keep their eyes peeled

Q Why did the potato cross the road

A He saw a fork up ahead

Q Why shouldnt you tell a secret on a farm

A The potatoes have eyes the corn has ears and the beans stalk

Q Why did the potato sit down

A Because he was a couch potato

Q What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips

A A Chipmunk

Q What does a British potato say about a sunny day

A Its mashing

Q What do you call a baby potato

A A small fry

Q What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo

A A pouch potato

Q What do you call a potato after its been sliced

A Chip

source wwwjokes4uscommiscellaneousjokesfoodjokespotatojokeshtml

Joking

Circle how funny the joke is

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Capers

Who loves to cook Who loves to eat What are some of your favourite potato recipes I have too many to choose my favourite so I have just listed some of them You may want to make one you are familiar with or you may want to challenge yourself with something different If you make any of the following please send in pics to us so we can drool over your lovely food You will find lots more ideas on our website httpswwwtodatoescomaupotato-recipes

Kitchen

Potato Salad Potato Bake Hasselback Potatoes

Gnocchi Stuffed Spuds Roast Potatoes

Wedges Hash Browns Potato Mash

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

THAT Plant

Potatoes are vegetables and they are important part of the worldrsquos diet They are relatively easy to grow provided they have all the right elements of soil sun and water The plants are usually pol-linated by insects such as bumblebees and that is why they have flowers I wonder if you know the other parts of a potato plant

The parts of a potato are fairly easy to identify BUT what if we gave them different names Would people know what we were talking about What is we were to change the names to something a bit tricker Letrsquos give it a go

Label

Flowers are now called

Stem is now called

Leaves are now called

Roots are now called

Potatoes are now called

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Art

Potato mashers arenrsquot just for mashing potatoes They make a great tool to use when creating some wonderful artwork Make sure you check with Mum before you start using the masher as she may want to use it for dinner tonight

YOU WILL NEED A potato masherDifferent coloured paintsA flat work surface that has newspaper covering it to catch any splashesSponges to put the paint onYour imagination

The following images below provide some great ideas of how to use your masher to make lots of different animals

These ideas and more can be found athttpshappytoddlerplaytimecom

Masher

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

There are 100s of varieties of potatoes and there are some with some very unique names See if you can match the following potatoes with their country of origin ndash some are more obvious than others

Strobrawa

Amandine

Black Champion

Red Pontiac

Laura

Agata

Pink eye

Home Guard

Anya

Dejima

Kipfler

Almond

Red Gold

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

Poland

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Ireland

United States

France

Austria

Scotland

Japan

NameWhatrsquos in a

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

OH

Oobleck is a substance that acts both like a liquid and a solid It is like the sand at the beach you can crush it up to make it crumble or you can mould it together Usually made with corn starch you can also use potato starch instead

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 2 cups of potato starch 1 cup of waterLarge containerFood Colouring (1-2 drops)

Mix all ingredients together ndash and that is it Have fun

Oobleck

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Stamping

Want a quick and easy way to make home-made wrapping paper All you need is some large sheets of white paper paints brushes and some potatoes

YOU WILL NEED Large potatoes knife variety of paint colours cookie or scone cutters paper towel flat surface covered in newspaper in case of any spillages

DIRECTIONSCut the potato in half lengthways

Push the cookiescone cutter through the flat (white) side of the potato

Holding the potato flat on the surface break or cut away the extra potato bits so the cutter shape lsquostands outrsquo

Dry the cutter shape of the potato

Cover the cutter shape on the potato with paint using a paint brush (be careful not to put too much on)

Press the potato onto the paper firmly You may need to hold the paper down with your free hand to make sure the stamp comes away cleanly

Continue on to cover the whole paper reapplying paint when necessary

When you want to change colours wipe the remaining paint off the potato and reapply with a different colour

Throw potato away when finished and leave paper to dry

Potato

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Draw

How hard is it draw a potato It is actually trickier than you think because potatoes are not perfectly round or smooth They have lumps bumps ridges and eyes

The following youtube clip will guide you through (very easily) how to draw potatoes that actually look like the real thing httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rfn43qDkMbE

Once you have drawn experiment with different colours shapes and shades to see how many different varieties you can represent

Donrsquot forget to send us your drawings ndash we would love to see them

Quick

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Story

A rebus story is one where some words are represented by a symbol or picture Can you work out the following rebus story where you will find out information about a very famous toy

Did you know that the original Mr Head was missing a head An American called George Lerner came up with the idea of a toy that children could design

themselves He sold the toy as a set of plastic body parts - noses mouths

and accessories such as hats and a pipe Children could then decorate

a potato (or any vegetable actually)

Originally Lerner sold his idea to a

parts in the cereal box as prizes

company who would put the plastic

Hasbro Company really liked the idea of the toy with plastic parts and so paid the

company to production They then paid Lerner 500 in advance

and 1048635 percent royalties for every set sold

In 1953 Mr Head got a family Mrs Potato Head their children Yam and Spud and the

childrenrsquos friends Kate the and Oscar the Orange

Soon the whole family also had a and a boat

Rebus

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

SPUDS AND

Air pressure is a powerful force The following experiment is a great example of how we can use this pressure to place force on an object

YOU WILL NEED potato plastic straw (MUST be plastic paper does not work as well)

DIRECTIONSHold the straw WITHOUT blocking the hole at the top

Push the straw into the potato Are you able to push the straw in Probably not

NOW try that again BUT this time put your thumb over the top hole of the straw so you are blocking it

Are you able to push the straw in now Congratulations

BUT HOWWhen you placed your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw you trapped the air that was already in inside the straw This trapped air provided enough pressure for you to then force the straw into the potato

Straws

1

2

3

4

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

TWO

Some things just naturally go togetherhelliplike fish and chips See if you can think of the matching partner for the following items

Chips (you canrsquot say fish as this was the above example)

Spaghetti and

Shoes and

Knife and

Sweet and

Needle and

Pencil and

Song and

Pins and

Mashed potatoes and

Bacon and

Soap and

Back and

Salt and

Together

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

OR Not

Potatoes are quite fascinating when you learn all the weird and wonderful things about them See if you identify the following facts as true or false

The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata

The sweet potato is NOT a direct relative of the potato family

Potatoes contain a lot of starch

Potatoes are 80 water

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family alongside tomatoes and eggplants

In order to popularize potatoes in Switzerland Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to ldquostealrdquo the crop

The Great Potato Famine occurred in Australia

The ldquoFrench fryrdquo was allegedly served in the US for the first time by Thomas Jefferson at a presidential dinner

There is a potato variety called lsquoRussian Bananardquo

A potato has more chromosomes than a human being

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space

Potatoes can be grown in a bucket of salty water

Untrue

Fun Fact True OR False

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

VANISHING

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes in the world Some of them are listed below however the vowels have been removed to work out how many you know Have a go by yourself before you ask others to help lsquofill in the blanksrdquo

1 C __ r __ s m __

2 R __ y __ l B l __ __

3 L __ __ r __

4 N __ d __ n __

5 W h __ t __ S t __ r

6 K __ p f l __ r

7 P __ r p l __ D __ l __ g h t

8 R __ d __ __

9 M __ l __ n

10 D __ t c h C r __ __ m

Vowels

B

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Search

Wherersquos the Potato

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

Word

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

O V T V H B S T E Y V P L A N T E R W F V A H Q E S C P W Q W C A J C J U A Z Z I R Z T C H F D R Y U F P F A R M M Z R L I B H T V V A M X N I E O C I O F J B S E H H A H E J R O G K P R T I Q P G F E T T I R L J G U M L M C M T A A C R E E Y R V E H L D E U E W I K E I T Y Q M D J A G X A H P T T H R S F W N L O V R X A C B J R J W A T A P L Z W B T E E M C P T G U V A K T G O B G W T T N I L S C A O K I E D J L Z R J L B L Z P M C L S D R H Q S S P B C Z I S E U M V H U D S D W P N T R O S H E D C S A D R V Q Y P O Y I C E K T B I H I G U V S D J P T U C R P T R Q A P P S R G S L N L A N D D K G E E M Z T E S X N K Z J T T X E A N H R S M R R O K C L I M A T E U W P G L A M F I R R I G A T I O N Y H B R S R

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

Y and Z

Here is a little EXTRA activity to finish off with

YOU WILL NEED Supermarket catalogue scissors glue

DIRECTIONS Read the task inside each box Using your catalogue find what the task has asked you to do Cut out that picture from the catalogue and glue inside the box

Find some potatoes in the catalogue

Find a food that costs more than the potatoes

Find a food that is grown as a crop like potatoes

Find a product grows from seed like a potato

Extra

Find a green food that would go well with potatoes

Find a food that you can keep in the pantry (where you keep your potatoes)

Find a food that is made of potatoes OR has potatoes as one of its ingredients

Find a product that would help you cook or prepare food

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

vegetable bevel gateclimate ice maltvariety ivy tearfertile fire letacre caretractor arc trotspud pudsHarvester earth revscrop corpagriculture cruel guitarpotato Pat tooirrigation origin ritapaddock dock padplanter rent laofarmer ref ram

AMAZING ANAGRAMS

CRACK THE CODE

Hidden Fun Fact The word potato comes from the Spanish word for patata

FARM FUN

1 North 2 North 3 Chook Pen fence gate house shed (you could also have crops as part of them are south of the dam)4 Dam water tanks crops house shed chook pen fence5 North6 West ndash East7 West8 West and South9 There are a number of turns you could take but the important element is that you would be heading East

NAMES

Strobrawa PolandAmandine FranceBlack Champion IrelandRed Pontiac USALaura AustriaAgata NetherlandsPink Eye AustraliaHome Guard UKAnya ScotlandDejima JapanKipfler GermanyAlmond SwedenRed Gold Canada

Answers

REBUS

Potato eyes glasses cerealbreakfast cerealbreak-fast stop dollars five carrot car

TWO TOGETHER

The following are the more lsquoobviousrsquo answers Feel free to discuss with your family other possibilities

chips saltspaghetti Mincemeatballsknife forksweet sourneedle Threadpinspencil paperSong Dance musicpins NeedleMashed potato gravybacon eggssoap Waterback Frontsalt Peppervinegar

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers

UNTRUETRUE

1 True

2 True

3 False ndash potatoes contain NO starch

4 True

5 True

6 False ndash he did it in France

7 False ndash it occurred in Ireland

8 True

9 True

10 True

11 True

12 False ndash they need soil and not salt

VANISHING VOWELS

1 Charisma

2 Royal Blue

3 Laure

4 Nadine

5 White Star

6 Kipfler

7 Purple Delight

8 Rodeo

9 Malin

10 Dutch Cream

WORD SEARCH

agriculture

equipment

climate

potato

seed

land

acre

irrigation

potatoes

tractor

hectare

pipes

farm

vegetable

paddock

fertile

chips

spud

farmer

harvester

variety

planter

mash

shed

crop

Answers