Canada: Stone Soup a Thanksgiving tradition at Glenbow School in Alberta
In the spring, the school’s community gathers to plant vegetables in 12 of the boxes at the community garden adjacent to the school.
Written by Noel Edey
Cochrane Now
Oct 07 2022
Excerpt:
“The kids are really excited because they’ve been part of the planting, part of the harvesting, and part of the washing and chomping today. We’ve added the broth and it’s been cooking all morning, and we’re ready to eat.”
Kimaya, Sadie, and Deklan were excited to share their favourite parts of preparing the soup.
For Kimaya, it was the chomping of the vegetables. Sadie enjoys planting the garden and particularly enjoys the potatoes. Deklan was looking forward to tasting it.
The Stone Soup story was shared with the classroom before the soup is prepared, and Kimaya was among the students who finds the story inspiring.
“They thought they didn’t have any food and that’s why they’re not sharing, so the two visitors made stone soup for them and everybody loved it. Everyone was apologizing at the end.”
