Easy Fortune Cookies

         
                   We made fortune cookies today. 
            Thanks to Mrs. Longland for the recipe. 
      She makes them with her grade 2 class every year.
       
        The children are becoming familiar with cooking at the
                                   round table. 
             

        They wait their turn and are starting to be able to predict 

                       when their turn is next.

           
                     Their patience is growing.
          
Once the batter was mixed the children and their grown ups wrote fortunes
                                    – good wishes –
                            on the little pieces of paper.
 
                                    Time to cook.
 
                  Scoop the batter with a tablespoon. 
      Use the back of the spoon to spread it thin in the pan. 
                 When the edges are brown flip it.
     
         As soon as you remove the cookie from the heat,
      place the fortune on it and fold in half then half again.  
               They will become crispy as they cool.
       
    It may take some adjustment of the heat to get it right
           but once you do they don’t take long to cook. 
               Thanks to my volunteers for cooking.

 
     Time to crack them open, read the fortune and enjoy the cookie.
        
                   Happy thoughts your way.

         
                  The recipe for you to try.

Chopsticks

The children have been learning how to use chopsticks. 

Chopsticks are available in different play areas around the room.
 
In the house area there are chopsticks and fortune cookies
or as some say ‘they look like dumplings’.

 
On one of the play trays they could transfer yarn noodles
from basket to basket.

 
But today at the art table we used chopsticks to move cooked spaghetti
noodles from the paint to the paper.
 
It was fascinating to watch how they attempted to use the chopsticks.
I tied some of the sets of chopsticks together to make it easier.
 
Even after watching how it’s done they decided to find
their own way to move the noodles.
 
And extending the play by making fingerprints. 
Fingers are just chopsticks.
 
Or learning that the faster you rub the noodles on the paper

the lighter in colour they become.

 
Two books we read today were “The Story of Chopsticks” and
 
Maggie’s Chopsticks.

Chinese New Year

We began our exploration in to Chinese New Year today. 
This is the provocation that greeted the children as they
entered the room.

Plenty of pretend tea to pour and share.


Our sign in wall holds the animals from the chinese zodiac.

The animal pictures I found at Activity Village.

The children chose the animal of their choice.

The grown ups checked the calendar above to learn
what animal represents the year their child was born.

Animal Tracks Compilation

Here is a glimpse into our study on animal tracks.
 
We began by looking at our own tracks. 
Their size, shape and features.

Our feet or hands were painted depending on the
comfort of the child.


We spent a morning at the beach looking for tracks and
making tracks in the sand.

 
And we used the same plastic track moulds from the beach to
paint tracks at the art table.