JoJo and Gran Gran Harvest Fruit
In JoJo and Gran Gran Harvest Fruit, JoJo and her grandmother are at a harvest festival. They pick apples and rhubarb and make a fruit crumble with the fruit they’ve harvested. Real-life friends visit an apple orchard to harvest apples. This video is excerpted from BBC’s JoJo & Gran Gran, a children's animated television series following JoJo, an inquisitive and cheerful 4-and-a-half-year-old girl and her loving Gran Gran, who always has something new to teach her.
Lesson Express
Q: Have you ever harvested anything? How did you harvest it?
A: Student responses will vary.
Q: How do Bonnie and Henry make pear juice?
A: First, they pick the pears. Then, they put them in the presser, which squeezes out the juice.
Q: What problem do JoJo and Gran Gran have? How does Gran Gran solve it? What other ways could they have solved the problem?
A: They don’t have enough rhubarb, so Gran Gran suggests making a crumble with all the food they do have. Student responses will vary.