A matter of taste......
We
read 'Maisy makes Lemonade'…..
(extract from story)… ‘it’s
a hot day, and Maisy is having a nice cold drink. Eddie is hot, too, but it
takes a lot of lemonade to satisfy this thirsty friend. Not to worry – Maisy
goes out to the garden and picks some
fresh lemons. Together they stir in some water and sugar, and there! A pitcher
of refreshing lemonade…’
On the current theme of healthy eating, we
discussed ways of making healthy drinks and shakes. In the story, ‘Maisy’ adds
sugar and water to the lemons. Some of the children thought that lemons were
sweet and wanted to know if it was okay to add sugar? I assured them that
lemons were not sweet on their own. I decided to make the story come alive by
sharing real lemons with them for snack the next day and came prepared with
real lemons.We read the story again, and examined, touched, smelled AND tasted the lemons. Lots of giggles were produced using a mirror and some very silly faces! as we 'tasted the bitter lemons'.
Many of
the children commented on the texture of the lemons. We extended the hands-on,
tactile experience by adding yellow to our plain play dough whilst forming ‘oval
shapes’ to represent the shape of lemons and made ‘dimples’ in them with the
tip of pencil.
During
the taste test, some children put their tongue on the edge of the lemon and
discarded it straight away while others tried eating it. Only one child kept it
in their mouth, assuring me that they 'loved lemons on their own'. After the
exercise, the children agreed that 'lemons do need sugar!'.
Soon,
I am repeating this fun activity using spices.
Links to the EYFS - EYFS http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2012/03/Development-Matters-FINAL-PRINT-AMENDED.pdf
Learning: Expressive Arts and Design- Beginning to be interested in and describe the texture of things. (30-50 months)
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