Yummy yummy!

Our second unit this year was Food. A simple thing for us adults, yet such a big wonder for the little ones!

The entry point for this unit was going to a vegetarian restaurant called De Appelier. Taking the bus there was an excitement on its own. The kids loved visiting the restaurant´s kitchen too. They were very brave and tried lots and lots of surprising new dishes!

Where does food come from? At the beginning of the unit, some of the children answered ´from the box´ to this question. By the end of the unit, the kids knew that food comes either from an animal or from a plant. They even know from which for much of the food they regularly eat!

Which food is healthy and which unhealthy? The kids loved to learn about this and kept checking if what they had in their lunch boxes was healthy.

Making orange juice, boiling and peeling an egg, cooking an omelette, making a smoothie and making tea were activities that the children loved. After all, orange juice squeezed by your own efforts tastes way better than any juice you could ever buy!

During this unit, we worked much with the senses. Touch a vegetable inside a box and guess what it is; smell little bottles and find two that smell the same, then guess what the smell is; taste some food blindfolded and guess what it is; shake plastic eggs and find two that sound the same, then guess what is inside.

As an exit point, we made gingerbread cookies. The children kept a few for themselves and their families. The remaining ones they gave to some of the people that help care for them at school. The children choose to whom they wanted to give these cookies. They were very thoughtful and generous!

Have a great Christmas Holidays! See you new year!

Ms Laura