30 Days Of Fall + Day 16

What sticky, gooey, scrumptious substance do you enjoy putting on your toast, muffin, or maybe even a waffle? Some people would say... JAM. Thats right... JAM. At school today we made just that. But we didn't make just any kind of JAM we made strawberry jam!
First every one helped me cut up the strawberries into small pieces. *We talked about knifes and how to properly use them, and to never use them without an adult present. They are Tools NOT toys.
Then we each had a turn to smoosh the strawberries up real good. We crushed them into tiny pieces, and there was lots and lots of strawberry juice in the bowl. That's a good sign!
After we smooshed up the strawberries we put it into a big pot. We added sugar and Fruit Pectin that I picked up at Wal-Mart. We waited and watched it get to a boil, all the while I stirred it up. After it boiled for a few mins I skimmed the foam off the top. *We sang our Christmas recital songs while we waited.
After we took the jam off the heat we waited for it to cool down and jarred it. I sanitized the jars and lids before we jarred the jam. *Very important
We had cute labels for the jars too. One side said Learning Zone Preschool and the child's name who's jar it belonged too. *they got to fill up their own jar, of course with my help, the openings are fairly small, LOL. And the other label had the name of our Jelly/Jam on it. One of the kids thought of it, it's A Jelly Jar's Favorite Jelly. I thought it was a cute and unique name for Jam. LOL. Course he said Jelly so I left it. LOL.
It was loads and loads of sticky fun!

Toodles