We the Italians June 14, 2015 - 62 | Page 23

th # 62 • June 12 , 2015 An Italian in the Kitchen day starts out in the living area on cozy, colorful sofas and chairs. The words and expressions that have relevance for today’s lesson are introduced. We discuss our plan of action and head to the kitchen - ready to prepare our recipe. On the day we make bread, for example, we immediately call flour - farina and then learn that la farina e’ bianca. The children sprinkle the farina on their workspace and write the words farina and bianca or integrale. They then add water - acqua and yeast lievito and cosi’ via. Vocabulary is learned almost effortlessly. in Charleston, S