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Making Fruit Kebabs

01/05/2009 21:36:00

This activity was sent in by Safe And Sound Daycare, a childminding practice in Brighton and Hove.

What did you do and how did you do it?
Fruit Kebabs – we went to the supermarket to purchase the fruit.  The children suggested which fruits they wanted. We washed and prepared the fruit and cut it into pieces.  The children threaded the fruit onto cocktail sticks.  I previously cut off the pointed end of the stick so the children didn’t hurt themselves. The children ate the kebabs for snack.
 
What equipment, money, knowledge or experience did you need?
Knives and chopping boards.  Quite cheap to make depending on what fruits are chosen. 
If a friend wanted to do something similar, what tips would you give them? Go to a local market, rather than a supermarket, to pick up cheaper fruit.

 

 

 

CURRICULUM LINKS (FOUNDATION STAGE)
Communication, Language and Literacy
Language for Communication and Thinking: the adults and the children talked about what fruits the children liked, why we needed to wash the fruit and the colours of the fruit.
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
Shape, Space and Measures: weighing the fruit in the supermarket. 
Numbers as Labels and for Counting: counting the number of pieces of fruit they put on their cocktail sticks and the number of different fruits we brought.
Physical Development
Health and Bodily Awareness: talking about why fruit is important in our diet.
Using Equipment and Materials: learning how to use the knives safely.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Designing and Making: learning how to assemble the kebabs.
Place: learning where in the world where the different fruits came from.
Creative Development
Exploring Media and Materials: the children talked about the texture and taste of the fruit and which fruits went well together.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Dispositions and Attitudes: the children being interested and excited about constructing something they area able to eat.
Making Relationships: working alongside one another and forming relationships with them.
Behaviour and Self-Control: learning to work together and respect what another child is making.
Self-care: the children learnt that they needed to wash their hands before making the pizzas.