Every Color Soup by Jorey HurleyThis book's cover will grab your attention with its beautiful colours and simple design. Each page displays one or two food items to match a colour. The food is shown being chopped, dropped, boiled and eaten as soup. It is a lovely book for babes learning colours, for little ones who love their food or families who love to (or want to) cook. The story appears to be aimed at quite young ones but even older kids will be inspired to discuss colourful foods. This story is a perfect little reminder to think about what we put in our bodies and to keep it colourful.
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Sorting - Age 1+
If you own play food, see if your little one can find similarities between each piece. Being able to identify differences or visually discriminate is a key skill in early development. You can try sorting by colour, shape, size or even texture. You don't even need to actually sort it, even discussing the differences can be beneficial. If you don't have play food, this activity can be done with any selection of toys or even just safe household objects. |
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Invitation to cook - Age 2+
Little ones love to copy their parents, so try setting up a play area that is similar to what they see in the grown up kitchen. If your house displays you menu weekly, try adding a simple felt menu board. You can usually buy a pack of felt from the dollar store and make a 'felt board' to stick things to simply by covering a piece of cardboard in a t-shirt or any other fabric. Add it to a play area and see if it invites any new cooking creations!
Little ones love to copy their parents, so try setting up a play area that is similar to what they see in the grown up kitchen. If your house displays you menu weekly, try adding a simple felt menu board. You can usually buy a pack of felt from the dollar store and make a 'felt board' to stick things to simply by covering a piece of cardboard in a t-shirt or any other fabric. Add it to a play area and see if it invites any new cooking creations!
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Patterns - Age 3+
A really simple early maths concept that you can introduce to your little ones is patterning. This can obviously be done with any toy, but most people that own play food own a lot of pieces! Try starting with just 2 colours or shapes and repeating them a few times. Say the pattern out loud, "Yellow, red, yellow, red, " and then ask what should come next. Depending on their interest, you can explain a bit about patterns and repeating or continuing them. If they enjoy it and are catching on try making it more challenging by adding more shapes or colours to longer patterns. |
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- Make the soup from the book!
- Practise some of the cooking techniques from the story (chopping, boiling)
- Make art inspired by the illustrations
- Challenge students to make up actions or a game to go with the words (chop, drop, boil)
A good article about the benefits of eating 'colourfully' can be found HERE at the Food Revolution Network.
Some fun and colourful recipes for kids can be found HERE on Babble.com.
This is a fun song about eating a 'rainbow' worth of food colours
Some fun and colourful recipes for kids can be found HERE on Babble.com.
This is a fun song about eating a 'rainbow' worth of food colours
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