Flavours of Fruits
10/12/2018
The tropical fruits in Handa's basket were very intriguing to the children. They enjoyed touching them, smelling them and studying their shape and colour for art sketching and paintings. It then came time to predict how they would taste and which they thought they would enjoy the most. We also discussed if the fruits would look the same on the inside as the outside. Some children's comments stood out, "We can't eat the pineapple, it's not real". Discovering more about this idea we learnt that this particular child did not think there would be juicy pineapple inside, since the outside was so hard and "wooden". It was fun to see the delight on their faces when they saw and smelt the juiciness of the different fruits. After hearing the passion fruit shake and rattle, some were a little put off by it's appearance inside. Some were brave in trying something new though and enjoyed the smell and texture. (Again, our vocabulary from the nature hunt came in handy.) Then came time for some more science vocabulary and a chance for us to say if our predictions were correct. Some of us were surprised and did enjoy a new fruit. Some even came up with reasonings for why. "I thought I would like the mango. I was correct. It was yummy because it was juicy. I thought it would be juicy because it looked like a giant plum." We worked on our fine motor skills, to complete some chopping and slicing to create a yummy fruit salad for snack time. Also this week...We used our new reading skills to understand a recipe and measure out the ingredients to make some apple and banana bread... luckily the monkey did not take our bananas! Finally, we LOVE our new playground!
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Melissa SmithMs. Smith has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has taught kindergarten for many years. Alaska has been home to Ms. Smith for 28 years, and she can't imagine living anywhere else! She has four children, a dog and two cats. She loves reading, camping, gardening, and genealogy! Archives
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