Marhaba!
It is lovely to see so many of you active on our Microsoft Team, recreating the warmth, friendliness, fun and individuality that makes our nursery so special.
Lots of you seem to be busy in the kitchen, cooking and baking, so that gives us today’s theme!
Here are today’s suggestions:
- Listen and sing along. Can you make your own playdough buns and sing the song? What about starting from a number greater than five? 8 buns? 10 buns? 20 buns?! Can you still count back?
2. One of the main ingredients you need for baking is flour. It has been tricky to find in the shops recently as so many children and families are baking! Watch this video to find out about how flour is made. Did you learn any new words or facts? What is wheat? Where is the flour made? What is a sieve? How does the flour travel to the bakery or shops?
3. Flour is a kind of powder. Did you know you can turn it into ‘glue’ by mixing a little with water? Make your flour glue then get a piece of paper or card and place some glue where you want things to stick. Use dried lentils, peas, pasta or seeds to make a picture by pressing them into the ‘glue’.
4. Why not explore other powders in the kitchen to make more pictures? Mixing spices or cocoa powder with a little water will allow you to create your own paints. How many colours can you create? Please be careful not to stain clothes! Look at these ideas from Adventures with Alice.
5. Do you know the story of the Little Red Hen? What do you think about the choices the different animals made? How would you describe them? How do you think the Little Red Hen felt when they wouldn’t help? What would you have done?
https://www.starfall.com/h/ir-folk/?sn=im-reading
6. Although baking can be quite precise, at your child’s stage of development it is good to let them follow their curiosity and experiment. You could do this by following a basic recipe together then allow them to choose and add the final flavours or topping such as chocolate chips, dried fruits, sweets or grated cheese. Another way to let them think and explore more deeply is for you to lay out small quantities of varied, edible ingredients that we might normally put together such as flour, milk, sugar, butter etc and let your child, choose, measure and mix. You will find they create something that you could bake in the oven or fry in a pan and enjoy together!
7. We are sure you have many favourite recipes at home so please share on Teams if you can. Here are a few simple ‘baking’ ideas for now.
- Mash a banana or two, mix with an egg, add a little S.R flour, fry in a pan for banana pancakes. Add blueberries to make them special.
- Melt some chocolate with a knob of butter and some golden syrup then mix in your favourite breakfast cereal. Spoon into cupcake cases and leave to cool. Add mini marshmallows to make them extra sticky.
- Make some flatbreads by mixing flour, a pinch of salt and some greek yoghurt. Knead briefly to form a soft dough. Shape into mini flatbreads then pop under the grill or on a griddle pan. Brush with a little olive oil before eating.
- Here is a recipe from the local Dandelion Cafe:
