COMING UP…
Blethers today and tomorrow. We invite you to bring along your favourite Julia Donaldson or Sue Hendra/Paul Linnet book, toy or drawing to get the conversation started. Listening ears at the ready for a game too!
| Tuesday 16.02 @11am | BLUE + PINK GROUPS (Apples) |
| Tuesday 16.02 @1pm | ORANGE + AQUA GROUPS (Bananas) |
| Wednesday 17.02 @1pm | RED + YELLOW GROUPS (Apples) |
| Wednesday 17.02 @2pm | GREEN + PURPLE GROUPS (Bananas) |
Subha udaesanak! Today is a traditional Christian festival that has also become a tradition in the UK for many people who are not Christians. Today is known as Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day / Pancake Tuesday.
A. Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday. Can you remember the names of the other days of the week? Can you say or sing them in order? Here are some videos to help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/playlist-days-of-the-week-songs
B. 
For Christians, Shrove Tuesday is traditionally the day to use up all the treats in the house before Lent. Lent is a time (about 6 weeks) when Christian people might choose to give up treats or do other personal challenges before Easter.
For people who are not Christian, they might make pancakes just because they enjoy eating them. Pancakes can be thick or thin, sweet or savoury.
C. Pancakes have different names all over the world. What do you call them in your house?
Did you know that they eat pancakes all over the world, not just in Scotland? 🏴 Here is a lovely story set in Africa called Mama Panya’s Pancakes- A village tale from Kenya 🇰🇪 Enjoy!
D. Why don’t you make some pancakes today?
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search/recipes?q=pancake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/search?q=pancake
E. Here is a story featuring pancakes. If you know the old tale of The Little Red Hen you might notice some similarities… until the end!
Do you think the characters were kind to one another? What could they have done instead? What would you do if your brother/ sister/ friend asked for help?
https://www.starfall.com/h/ir-folk/littlered/?sn=ir-folk–im-reading
F. 
Why don’t you talk about pancake toppings or fillings? Which do you like / dislike? Which new combination could you try? How does it taste/feel? Sweet/sour/soggy/crunchy/salty etc.
Maybe you could write and draw your own pancake recipe, sign or menu for a pancake cafe. What would the cafe be called? What jobs do you need to do in the cafe? How much will the pancakes cost?
G. 
Make collage paper pancakes. On a circle of brown paper use collage materials that resemble toppings that could be put onto a pancake: fruit, chocolate sauce, marshmallows – talk to the children about different toppings they could use and what resources they could use to create their toppings. Maybe these pancakes could be used to decorate your cafe.
H. Sing, move and dance with some pancake songs.
Sing this to 5 Currant Buns tune.
5 flat pancakes in a baker’s shop
Round and flat with sugar on the top
Along came (Childs name) with a penny one day.
Bought a flat pancake and took it away.
Continue the rhyme with 4 flat pancakes.
I. Can you make animals or faces using your pancakes and toppings? Use your imagination!
J. Make your own pancake game.
Pancake maths game
- Paper or Recycled Cardboard
- Scissors
- Spatula
- Pen / stickers
- Cut out either 11 or 21 (or more) circles (depending on child’s ability).
- Write either 0-10 or 0-20 on the circles (depending on child’s ability). If you cut out more, your child could copy your numbers.
- Once the numbers are written, you child can flip them, stack them or sort them in other ways.
- To encourage your child to put numbers in sequence, ask them to order the numbers in a row.
- As appropriate, you could ask your child to show you the number after/before/in between X or you could remove a number and ask them which one is missing from the sequence.
K. Join Jaime for some foodie yoga today. Yoga story begins about one minute into video.
