My Little Teacher

As part of their curriculum, Harbor House has the children take turns teaching their classmates a lesson of their choice. Jacob had his turn this last Wednesday. He chose to teach how to make cinnamon sugar pretzels, a recipe he created all on his own about a year ago.

We practiced two times on Monday and once on Tuesday. Greg and I each gave him pointers, but being the stubborn guy that he is, he didn't show that he even took notice of our advice when we were practicing. Greg told that he should be sure to tell the kids not to eat the pretzels he passed them out. When Jake failed to tell Greg and I not to eat them, Greg ate his. When it was Greg's turn to dip his pretzels in butter, cinnamon and sugar, he had no pretzels! This happened three times, and each time, Jacob said, "Greg! Where are your pretzels?" Greg would respond, "Oh...Uh, wasn't I supposed to eat them? You're supposed to tell the kids not to eat them." The first thing Jacob said to the kids when he passed them out at school was, "take a pretzel, and don't eat it!"

He was also hesitant to put enough cinnamon in the sugar at home when we practicing. Greg told him to put enough in that it looked like sand when it was mixed. I heard him tell another classmate that she needed more cinnamon because it needed to be the color of sand when she was done. I told Greg both of these stories that evening. It really is proof that kiddos listen, even when you think they aren't.

Jacob wasn't even the slightest bit nervous. He jumped right in, told everyone what to do, how to do it, and demonstrated everything so well. And the kids LOVED the recipe! They wanted to make more. I kept hearing, "We're out of butter! We need more cinnamon sugar! Can I have more pretzels?" It was so funny! The teachers had to tell the kids that this was just a teaching lesson, not lunch! I also heard several of the kids tell Jacob that they were going to make the pretzels when they got home too. I was so proud of him. He did a terrific job, and everyone enjoyed themselves, including me!

A note the teachers left in his box afterwards. He thought they gave him an "A+" for the lesson!

This is the little girl he was telling to add more cinnamon.

This is a shot of us practicing at home on Tuesday. My step daughter and her boy friend stopped by for the lesson.

If you are interested, the recipe is very easy. You use store bought pretzels - any kind. Melt butter in the microwave. Dip the pretzels in the butter and then roll in cinnamon sugar. Eat them right away, though. They get soggy if you let them sit too long.