US Region Cooking Night: New England States

So this summer my kids and I have been studying states within the United States. Since they no very little about the country they are from, because we've lived overseas going on 10 years, I thought it was high time to learn a little about US culture and geography. To start I've put out the word through those I know (facebook) and my Kids-Cooking-Activities newsletter for a postcard plea. Whenever we get a postcard from a new state we study and read about the state. Then write the state name on our US wall map.

Then, when we have several from a certain area we do a little more indepth studying, the two oldest study and write a report with pictures on the state they choose.Then we have a US night and cook food from the region. (Thanks to Amy Houts cookbook for ideas for regions in the US.)


Our first region was the New England states. We had a report on Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Had clam chowder, clam linguine, Boston brown bread and chocolate chip cookies (did you know it is Massachusetts' state cookie!)

The kids did great on their reports and it was a fun night. The best part was after Keeley (who loves noodles) ate 2 servings worth of clam linguine and I said so you like the clam linguine and she says CLAMS, I thought that was chicken!

A little hard to see the clams in there!

After dinner we red One Morning in Maine, which is a great book and fit in well with the clam dinner.


If you'd like to help us out with postcards send me a message or leave a comment for our address.