Subah bakhair’!
It has been wonderful to see some of your learning on our nursery Team 🙂
Today the adults want to use a continued interest in the brave and resourceful Supertato to share some ideas for play and learning.
A. Read one of the Supertato stories together if you have any of the books from the series at home. If you don’t you could follow one of the stories on a YouTube video or perhaps read another book you have about a vegetables/fruits/superheroes.
Here is the author, Sue Hendra, reading the first of many Supertato tales:
B. Why don’t you make your own potato character? Add as many details as you can and give it an interesting name.
C. Discuss and describe different vegetables you have at home. Use your five senses and do a fun taste test.
D. Help to prepare some vegetables for dinner or a snack. Try to include as many different coloured vegetables as you can. Why not try something new or something that you didn’t like before but haven’t tasted for a while?
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-green-vegetable-soup
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/creamy-lentil-veggie-curry
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/carrot-cake
E. Use potatoes or other fruit and veg to do some printing.
F. On a clean surface, group and sort different vegetables. Your child could choose criteria or you might provide ideas to get started. Think about size, shape, colour, likes/dislikes etc.
G. Sing and dance along with some vegetables! Do you recognise every vegetable here?
H. Create your own villain!
In Supertato, and other great hero stories, there is always a villain. Evil pea has a black mask and a cape, up-to-mischief eyes and a mean grin!
Can you create your own villain?
– what do they look like?
– what super powers do they have?
– who is their enemy or the hero they are battling with?
-what mischief do they get up to?
You could draw a picture of your villain and then ask a grown up to write down the words you say when you tell the story of their adventure.
I. Count along with the potato song. Maybe your parent can show you actions to do with your hands too. The song counts as far as seven. Do you know which numbers would come next if you kept going?
J. Why don’t you look online at lots of different vegetables and help to make a shopping list or online order together. Can you try to find a vegetable that starts with the same letter as your name? Or maybe one in your favourite colour? Why don’t you pick at least one vegetable you haven’t tried before that looks or sounds interesting?
K. Why don’t you continue yesterday’s science investigation and find out which vegetables float/sink? Does it make a difference if you cut them in different ways..?
L. Who are the real life superheroes that help people every day? Talk together and maybe make something nice for one or your own superheroes.
