Scrambling Eggs

I started making scrambled eggs with the little one several weeks ago.

She loves sitting on my lap and doing it together.

This is a wonderful way to teach her how to cook.

As I said we have been making scrambled eggs for a few weeks and pulling the shell apart has been the hardest thing for her.

So one time when we were playing with play dough I shaped some dough like eggs and gave them to her to crack.  We went through a lot of 'eggs' that day.

This morning, after two eggs I moved her over to her chair and started on a fresh bowl, in case there were any shells in that first batch.

We were making extra eggs this morning for her Opa.  Here she is signing for Opa to come and watch.

After the first video I showed her how to hold the fork a bit differently to make it easier to 'whisk'.  Next time we make these I'll have to remember to bring her small whisk, from her play kitchen, to use.

 In this video she is signing egg (she signs it with one finger on each hand, instead of two. Remember she is a baby and still developing that fine motor) and cook.

Yum!

A great, quick meal and maybe the beginning of loving to cook.

Sensory Table - Oats

I had a wonderful time observing (and taking pictures) of my 

grand daughter

experiencing a sensory table for the first time.

The tub contains ground oatmeal.

I ground so it would go through the holes in the colander

and to make it look a bit like sand.

If I was to use it again I wouldn't grind it

as it is quite dusty.

At first she was hesitant, not sure what it was or what to do with it.

I put my hand in and scooped some up and let it fall from my fingers.

Her initial interest was in the tools provided.

She took out the wooden spoon and cup and played with them for a bit.

Then back to the oats.

Over the years of watching toddlers I noticed that when they dig in and scoop up

their arms, when bent, will swing wide and most times something is

spilled on the floor.

Rather than trying to contain it in the tub I continued to watch

what my grand daughter would do next.

Babies and toddlers will use their whole bodies when exploring

so I wasn't surprised to see her moving the oats with her feet.

She sat down and looked at her feet as she felt the bits stuck to them.

 Next she moved her hands through the oats on the floor.

Sweeping it back and forth, wildly watching it spread around.

She has been using utensils to help feed herself for several months 

so it was natural that she would try to eat the oats.

             

So much exploring and learning in this short play period.

She stayed at it for about 25 minutes before moving off to something else.

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Carrot Play

             
I bought this book in the spring and wanted to make a garden activity to go with it.
       Spring came and went and I still didn’t get anything created.
                
Well this fall I pulled out all the materials that I had gathered and finally put it together.  I wrapped florist foam in brown felt leaving a gap down the middle.
             
I had found these plastic carrots at Dollarama in the candy aisle.  I tried dumping the candy sugar out and just using the empty cases but they became too easy to squeeze and break.  So instead I left them filled and hot glued the tops on.
 
           And in just a short time I had a carrot garden ready.
   
The children can harvest and replant the carrots over and over again.  But I wanted something more so I searched on line for a fingerplay about 5 little carrots.
 
I didn’t find anything that I really liked but a colleague thought up this simple one. 
                        All I had to do was add a bunny.

     The children took it from there and helped the bunny find his lunch.