Week 5
Ages 2-3
Fun with Canadian food
Question:
Can you guys think of some food that comes from Canada?
Most of the kids thought of maple syrup and bacon when they thought of Canadian food.
Book:
The first book we read was "Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast" by Josh Funk, this was an exciting book with a good moral.
The second book we read was "Everyone Loves Bacon" by "Kelly Dipucchio. What a funny book! The kids got quite the chuckle out of this one!
The second book we read was "Everyone Loves Bacon" by "Kelly Dipucchio. What a funny book! The kids got quite the chuckle out of this one!
The third book we read was "More Pies" by Robert Munsch. This was a fun book, it was a great read-aloud!
Activities:
The Banana Song:
Bananas unite!
(Clap hand together on top of head)
Peel banana, peel peel banana, peel banana peel peel banana
(One hand in fist pretend to peel your fist)
Chop Banana, chop chop banana, chop banana, chop chop banana
(flatten hand in front of you chop with other)
Mash banana, mash mash banana, mash banana, mash mash banana
(Pretend to mash banana in hand)
Eat banana, eat eat banana, eat banana, eat eat banana
(Pretend to eat banana with a fake spoon)
Go bananas, go go bananas, go bananas, go go bananas!
(Go crazy wave your hand in the air, run around in a circle)
Purple Stew:
Craft:
The Banana Song:
Bananas unite!
(Clap hand together on top of head)
Peel banana, peel peel banana, peel banana peel peel banana
(One hand in fist pretend to peel your fist)
Chop Banana, chop chop banana, chop banana, chop chop banana
(flatten hand in front of you chop with other)
Mash banana, mash mash banana, mash banana, mash mash banana
(Pretend to mash banana in hand)
Eat banana, eat eat banana, eat banana, eat eat banana
(Pretend to eat banana with a fake spoon)
Go bananas, go go bananas, go bananas, go go bananas!
(Go crazy wave your hand in the air, run around in a circle)
Purple Stew:
Making a purple stew, whip, whip
Whip Whip Whip (pretend to stir a huge bowl, circular motion with arms)
Making a purple stoobie-doobie-oobie-doobie
Purple potatoes, and purple tomatoes and (pretend to throw things in from over your shoulder)
You in my purple stew. (person in middle points to someone)
Fancy meeting you in my purple stew. (the two shake hands)
Everyone stands in a circle while one person stands in the middle. While you are singing the song perform the actions. When you say "You in my purple stew" the person in the middle points to someone and that person joins the middle. On "Fancy meeting you..." the person who was just pulled into the circle shakes hands with the person who brought him there.
Craft:
Little Chef Craft:
Materials:
Colored construction paper (for chef's outfit, skin, and background,), black paper for mustache, marker, coffee filters, paper plate, scissors, squiggly scissors and glue.
Instructions:
I pre-cut the chef's shirt and arms for each of the kids. To do this I just made squares for the shirt and then just cut strips for arms. I also pre-cut the mustache (just a strip of paper then kids used their squiggly design scissors to design whatever mustache they pleased)
1. Glue shirt onto background paper
2. Cut out a circle for head
3. Glue head above shirt
4. Draw a face on your chef
5. Cut out a mustache from black piece of paper, glue your mustache onto face
6. Fold coffee filter in half and glue it on the chef's head, place a strip of colored paper underneath coffee filter for the hat band
7. Attach arms and hand onto chef
8. Draw your favorite meal on your paper plate, and glue plate onto chef's middle
9. Glue hands onto the plate to make chef hold the food
Materials:
Colored construction paper (for chef's outfit, skin, and background,), black paper for mustache, marker, coffee filters, paper plate, scissors, squiggly scissors and glue.
Instructions:
I pre-cut the chef's shirt and arms for each of the kids. To do this I just made squares for the shirt and then just cut strips for arms. I also pre-cut the mustache (just a strip of paper then kids used their squiggly design scissors to design whatever mustache they pleased)
1. Glue shirt onto background paper
2. Cut out a circle for head
3. Glue head above shirt
4. Draw a face on your chef
5. Cut out a mustache from black piece of paper, glue your mustache onto face
6. Fold coffee filter in half and glue it on the chef's head, place a strip of colored paper underneath coffee filter for the hat band
7. Attach arms and hand onto chef
8. Draw your favorite meal on your paper plate, and glue plate onto chef's middle
9. Glue hands onto the plate to make chef hold the food
