{"id":25176,"date":"2014-07-14T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=25176"},"modified":"2015-03-30T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T02:02:19","slug":"learning-with-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/learning-with-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning with Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

By contributing writer\u00a0Colleen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Summer time is a little lighter in our homeschool. We still learn, but the hardcore, heavy duty subjects go by the wayside for fun (and slightly frivolous) lessons. Like an\u00a0ice cream study<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Learning<\/p>\n

Learn Ice Cream\u00a0History<\/h2>\n

Did you know that there isn’t a clear answer to who invented ice cream? It’s true.<\/p>\n

There are stories of Roman Emperor Nero (AD 54-68) sending slaves to the mountains for snow to mix with nectar and fruit, and of China’s King T’ang of Shang (AD 618-907) making a dish with ice, fermented milk, flour, and camphor.<\/p>\n

There is a fun timeline with some of these stories from ice cream’s history at The Old Farmer’s Almanac<\/a>. It might be interesting\u00a0to use that timeline as the inspiration for an ice cream cone timeline at home.<\/p>\n

Simply make a cone out of brown construction paper and circles (for scoops) out of various other colors. Write one event from the timeline on each scoop, and assemble it, in order, up a wall.<\/p>\n

Ice Cream Activities<\/h2>\n

Make Your Own Ice Cream<\/h3>\n

There are lots of great books filled with ice cream recipes<\/a> that can be found on Amazon or in your local bookstore. You can search the internet for fun and easy recipes too.<\/p>\n

Here are a few to get you started:<\/strong><\/p>\n