Cooking And Gardening For Young Children.
Cooking And Gardening For Young Children.
These pages are a mixture of our own resources, and those we have found from other people and organisations. Some resources here have been provided by practitioners and parents who have tried and tested them, but you will have to assess for yourself the benefits for your own children and whether it will meet the guidelines you are working with.
Some resources are created by food industries. While they are not allowed to promote intentionally inaccurate information, they will naturally wish to promote their product as the most important part of the diet. However some of the resources they provide are very good when used in context. Wherever I am aware that a resource is industry sponsored I will say so, and you can exercise your common sense in evaluating it.
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Books
Classroom Activity Ideas and Lesson Plans
Events and Campaigns
Good Websites
Online Games, Videos and Downloadables
Other Useful Bits and Pieces
Recipes
Seasonal Food Lists
Seasonal Growing Jobs
The Foodies Books Support Resources
Tried and Tested - Garden Ideas
Tried and Tested - Healthy Living Ideas
Tried and Tested - Kitchen Ideas
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2 Year Old's Chilli07/09/2010 20:26:00 Bean Chilli A Two Year Old Can Make This video from HappyHealthySteph's channel on youtube is a brilliant example of how you can use a bit of lateral thinking to allow very young children to take part in family meal prep. We can all do this. OK so the chilli is made from canned ingredients, but they are healthy ingredients and 2 year old Sunny gets to make it all, which is fabulous. Preparing the onion and pepper beforehand makes it very smooth. I am just so in awe of the little baby... Healthy Monkey Smoothie07/09/2010 20:15:00 Healthy Monkey Smoothie This fab little video is from youtube. Kids making a banana and peanut butter chocolate smoothie. Doing a fab job, too. COCOA! ... Fruity Coleslaw and Baked Potatoes04/05/2009 19:38:00 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? Baked Potatoes and Fruity Coleslaw – we went to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients. We washed the potatoes and place them in the oven to bake. While they were cooking we shredded some white cabbage and carrots in the food processor, added some raisins and mayonnaise and mixed well to make the fruity coleslaw. We al... Orange Boats04/05/2009 19:17:00 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? We went to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients. We cut the oranges in half and took out the flesh. We used the flesh to make the jelly and poured the mixture into the orange shells. While the jelly was setting we cut out rice paper sails and put them on cocktails sticks. When the jelly was set we stuck... Making Healthy Sandwiches04/05/2009 18:51:00 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? Healthy Sandwiches – at a recent childminder’s drop-in the children made their own healthy sandwich. They were given a slice of wholemeal bread which they buttered with ‘Can’t Believe Its Not Butter’. They then had the choice of cheese, ham, cucumber and tomato for the filling. The children then ate the sandwich for their ... Making Hedgehog Rolls04/05/2009 17:27:00 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? Hedgehogs Rolls – we made bread dough using a bread machine; occasionally lifting the lid to see what stage the dough was at. When the dough was ready the children were each given a piece of dough, which they shaped in to cone. They then used scissors to snip the dough to form the spikes. They added raisins for the eyes and nose.&nbs... Making Vegetable Soup04/05/2009 16:48:00 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? We went to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients and decide on which vegetables the children wanted in the soup. We prepared and chopped the vegetables and placed them in a large saucepan with some stock to cook. When all the vegetables were tender we blended the soup in the food processor. Then we ate the soup for lunch with fresh crusty bre... Making Fruit Kebabs01/05/2009 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... Making Pitta And Hummous01/05/2009 20:29:00 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? Pitta bread and Hummus – went to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients. We weighed out the pitta bread ingredients and placed them in the bread machine. While the dough was being made, we placed all the hummus ingredients in the food processor and whizzed it to a smooth puree. When the dough was ready, each child was given a... Making Pizzas01/05/2009 19:26:00 This activity idea was submitted by Safe And Sound Daycare, a childminding practice in Brighton and Hove. What did you do and how did you do it? Pizzas – we went to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients and decide on which vegetables the children wanted on their pizzas. We made the pizza dough using a bread machine; occasionally lifting the lid to see what stage the dough was at. Whilst the dough was being made we prepared the vegetables – slicing and dicing. When the dough ... |