So in regards to "the plan", last week was a success. I didn't even need all of my ideas, but it still felt good to have them ready if the situation required.
We made our bean collages. Both Luke and Ava enjoyed it, I think. Luke mostly loved moving the beans back and forth between his paper and the bowl.
Ava loved squeezing her own glue.
And I found myself having a pretty good time making my own as well.
We got sweet surprise birthday presents from Uncle Bret's family (Thank you!). Ava opened hers and we are saving Luke's till his birthday.
It was a cute apron, chef's hat and pink lip gloss. It was very well received,
And came just in time because I also received in the mail this week, a book I had ordered that I am really, really excited about.
It's called Pretend Soup and it is a preschoolers cookbook. It basically has some simple recipes written out for adults and then in picture form, so that a child can follow it, with a little help, of course.
We've only made one recipe so far, Popovers, but it was so much fun. Ava loves to cook and has since she could push her own chair over to the counter. I let her do most of it herself and she was so excited and proud. I'd ask her, "what's next?" and she would look at the next picture and say, "flour!" or "stir!".
That was another realization I've had with "the plan", is that I am really going to try hard to let the kids do these projects and activities regardless of how I think they should do it. I can clean up a little mess, but them experiencing art and cooking without all the "no, like this!" or "don't make a mess!" like I usually do, will go a long way.
The sad part of our popovers was that Ava didn't eat them. I thought she would like them but she said politely said she had a tummy ache and asked if I could get her some Goldfish crackers instead. Oh well, she was proud and happy with them even if she didn't eat them. Unfortunately for my growing waistline, I ate most of them. They are really good with butter and jam! And she beamed with pride as Dan complimented her with a full mouth, when he got home from work.
To anyone that has kids or knows kids, that likes to cook, or that wants to help kids like to cook, I would recommend this book!
And on the docket this week:
clean mud (mixture of cheap toilet paper and water)
trace our bodies
peanut butter playdough(1 cup pb, 2/3-1 cup dried milk, 2 Tbs. honey)
make father's day presents
6 comments:
Awww my kids love to cook too as do I! Looks like fun! Have you been to www.notimeforflashcards.com? It has all kinds of neat easy craft ideas.
What an amazing mom! I might have to steal some of your ideas for my kiddos. (After camp is over and if I've survived.)
You are such a fun Mom...LOVE your ideas!
Sorry I'm slow to think of these, but I have some ideas for you. I have loved seeing yours! The 1st thing we like are a deck of idea cards called Bright and Beyond. You can get them at Amazon for about 10$. You get the age you are interested it, ie preschool, and then each card has a different suggestion of an activity to do with stuff you have around the house. They're great when you run out of ideas. Also, we just joined an activity bag swap. I can't say how great they are, but I love the idea. You get a group of people together and buy 1 book. Then copy each activity for a different family. They assemble multiple bags with the needed supplies for that activity, all things that preschoolers can do mostly independently. Then you get together and trade bags like a cookie swap. Maybe your church could do it? Here's a link to the activities: http://www.activity bags.com/ ActivityBags/ PSA_2_Info/ PSA_2_Table_ of_Contents. pdf Happy summer!
Thank you, Mary! Those sound cool! I've never heard of the activity bags, I'm excited to look into it!
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