We had a culinary week together in the Afternoon Class. On Monday, we stayed cool by making smoothies together. The children helped peel bananas, scoop frozen berries, and pour milk into a blender. Children had a lot to share — “That’s a blender!“ noted Clive. “I eat that!“ said Willy about the berries. Eli and Athena noticed there were so many kinds of berries in the mix, including blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Amari helped squeeze our bottle of honey to add a little extra sweetness. We enjoyed the smoothies together during snack time, with many children requesting seconds! Our story this week was Eating the Alphabet by Lois Elhert, which paired well with all our cooking activities. We noted which ingredients were in the book, and it guided many conversations about food children have tried, enjoy, or don’t really like the taste of. On Thursday, we mashed bananas together to make our banana bread. Everyone is getting very confident when using measuring cups and spoons; this loaf may have been our best one yet!
Indoors, we played an animal guessing game during meeting, practiced cutting tape, and used playdough. Outside, we stayed as cool as possible! Lots of water was offered to scoop, pour, and dump, and we even investigated a huge chunk of ice together. We chipped away at it using scoops and bowls, and when Eli poured water over it it made a fascinating sizzling sound.
We explored oil pastels together in the yard:
“I’m drawing people, I will make me and James.“ - Briar
“I’m drawing red!” - James
“I’m making Lily and James, they are so cute!” - Lily
We hope you all have a great long weekend, and look forward to seeing you next week. We hope you can join us for our End of Year Celebration on Wednesday, May 27th at 4pm.
