How to Make a Lemonade Stand

To make a lemonade stand, start with what you learned about making jugo de naranja and use limones instead! We began preparations in Spanish class with Sra. Ayers. While there are many ways to extract lemon juice from the rind it does take a lot of hard work; our hands and arms were tired after we squeezed four dozen lemons! For all of the following steps, we worked in groups of three to be sure we all had hands-on practice with every part of the process of making a lemonade stand.





We squeezed the lemons and collected the juice in pitchers. Next we measured the lemon juice and mixed it with water and sugar. We used a Mexican stirring stick called a molinillo to blend the lemon juice, sugar, and water before doing a taste test. Delicious! We put our lemonade in the refrigerator to get cold.





We set up our lemonade stand. One table was a lemonade bowl for ladling lemonade into cups. Another table had a bowl of lemon slices and ice cubes. We took turns working our stand in groups of three: filling cups, adding ice and lemon slices, and serving.











The lines at our stand were long. As it neared 90 degrees on our playground, our customers waited patiently and didn't mind waiting a in line a second time for another cup!


We enjoyed getting in line for our kindergarten friends to serve us, too!

Pre-kindergarten wrote delivered the following letter to us:

"Dear Kindergarten,
Thank you for the lemonade. We liked the lemonade a lot! We liked the lemon slices and ice. We had a really good time eating the lemon and making funny faces-it was sour! It was yummy and delicious. From: Nicky, james, Ava, Caroline, Morgan, Garett, Aria, Danny, Catherine, Mathew, Alex, Ella, London, and Kiana"

Mrs. Thompson of Pre-School remarked, "What a great service you're doing, kindergarten! What a great day for lemonade! Thank you for inviting us!"

Kindergarten thanks everyone for visiting the first annual spring lemonade stand!