Object:  A jar of whole bay leaves (can be found in spice section of store)

Good morning, girls and boys. I’m going to pass around a jar this morning, and I want you to take a sniff when you get it. These things I’m passing around are called bay leaves. They are a spice that your mommies and daddies use in cooking. They smell good, don’t they?

Today we use bay leaves for cooking. But thousands of years ago, people gave bay leaves as a symbol of honor. In fact, bay leaf crowns were given away…