Keeping in mind that the kids are learning to eat and they are in a period that they don’t want to try new foods, we prepare some activities to motivate kids to try all types of food.

We choose this song to say to kids that the vegetables are healthy for them.

Eat Your Vegetables Song

This is the story that we choose for kids.

Josh and Ellie’s Picnic Adventure

Ellie and Josh Brown were eight-year-old twins. They were great friends. They did everything together.

One sunny Sunday afternoon while Ellie and Josh were playing on the living room floor, Ellie said, “Hey, Josh, let’s ask mom if we can have a picnic in the park today.”

“Sounds great to me,” smiled Josh. “I love to go on picnics. I love to go to the park. And I love to eat.”

“Okay, I’ll ask mom,” said Ellie.

Ellie ran into the kitchen where her mom was busy cooking. Mrs. Brown turned at the sound of Ellie’s footsteps, smiled, and said, “Hello, Sweetie. What are you and your brother up to today?”

Ellie went to her mom, gave her a big hug, and said, “Mom, Josh and I were wondering if we could go to the park for a picnic.”

Mrs. Brown smiled at Ellie and said in a gentle voice, “I’m sorry, Sweetie. Your grandparents are coming to dinner, and I’m busy cooking a special dinner for them.”

Ellie said sadly, “Oh, that’s okay, mom. I’ll go tell Josh.”

Ellie then walked into the living room and said to her brother, “Sorry, Josh, we can’t go to the park for a picnic. Mom is busy cooking dinner for Grammy and Pop-Pop.”

Five minutes later, Mrs. Brown came into the living room. She placed a large red blanket on the floor by the window, smiled at Ellie and Josh, and said, “How about having a special ‘inside the house on a blanket by a sunny window picnic’?”

“Wow! Great idea, Mom!” said the twins.

“Then let’s make some healthy picnic foods,” smiled Mom.

JOSH AND ELLIE’S HEALTHY PICNIC FOODS

1 turkey & tomato sandwich

1 chicken & lettuce sandwich

6 carrot sticks

2 apples

2 bottles of water

Also we choose different activities to learn fruits and vegetables.

Fruit and vegetables basket: We put different slices of fruit/vegetables and whole fruits/vegetables. We put the basket in the middle of the class and we let them experience with the fruit and vegetables. With this activity the kids can experiment with the five senses.

Coloring food: As we learnt colors and in the last unit, they see fruits and vegetables colors, now they will paint some food pictures.

VOCABULARY

Kids like a lot playing with animals, for example, with dogs, cats, or riding a horse. The kids that live in a farm know some animals (pigs, horse, rabbit, cow, chicken...) and the kids that live in the city others (cat, dog, turtles, birds..)

In our class we have kids from both places. So we will be learning the most popular animals.To know them, we are going to do differents activities, read a book and listen to a song.

Firstly, the story we are going to read about animal will be this one:

POOH GOES VISITING

Pooh always liked a little something at eleven o'clock in the morning, and he was very glad to see Rabbit getting out the plates and mugs; and when Rabbit said, 'Honey or condensed milk with your bread?' he was so excited that he said, 'Both' and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, 'But don't bother about the bread, please.'

And for a long time after that he said nothing...until at last, humming to himself in a rather sticky voice, he got up, shook Rabbit lovingly by the paw, and said that he must be going on. 'Must you?' said Rabbit politely. 'Well,' said Pooh, 'I could stay a little longer if it-if you-' and he tried very hard to look in the direction of the larder. 'As a matter of fact,' said Rabbit, 'I was going out myself directly.' 'Oh well, then, I'll be going on. Goodbye.' 'Well goodbye, if you're sure you won't have any more.' 'Is there any more?' asked Pooh quickly. Rabbit took the covers of the dishes, and said 'No, there wasn't.' 'I thought not,' said Pooh, nodding to himself. 'Well Good-bye, I must be going on.'

So he started to climb out of the hole. He pulled with his front paws, and pushed with his back paws, and in a little while his nose was in the open again ... and then his ears ... and then his front paws ... and then his shoulders ... and then-'Oh, help!' said Pooh, 'I'd better go back,' 'Oh bother!' said Pooh, 'I shall have to go on.' 'I can't do either!' said Pooh, 'Oh help and bother!' ...

...Christopher Robin nodded. 'Then there's only one thing to be done,' he said. 'We shall have to wait for you to get thin again.' 'How long does getting thin take?' asked Pooh anxiously. 'About a week I should think.' 'But I can't stay here for a week!' 'You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.' 'We'll read to you,' said Rabbit cheerfully. 'And I hope it won't snow,' he added. 'And I say, old fellow, you're taking up a good deal of room in my house - do you mind if I use your back legs as a towel-horse? Because, I mean, there they are - doing nothing - and it would be very convenient just to hang the towels on them. 'A Week!' said Pooh gloomily. 'What about meals?' 'I'm afraid no meals,' said Christopher Robin,

'because of getting thin quicker. But we will read to you.' Bear began to sigh, and then found he couldn't because he was so tightly stuck; and a tear rolled down his eye, as he said: 'Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness?' So for a week Christopher Robin read that sort of book at the North end of Pooh, and Rabbit hung his washing on the South end... and in between Bear felt himself getting slenderer and slenderer. And at the end of the week Christopher Robin said,

'Now!'

So he took hold of Pooh's front paws and Rabbit took hold of Christopher Robin, and all Rabbit's friends and relations took hold of Rabbit, and they all pulled together ... And for a long time Pooh only said 'Ow!' ... And 'Oh!' ... And then, all of a sudden he said 'Pop!' just if a cork were coming out of a bottle. And Christopher Robin and Rabbit and all relations went head-over-heels backwards ...and on top of them came Winnie-the-Pooh free! So with a nod of thanks to his friends, he went on with his walk through the forest, humming proudly to himself. But Christopher Robin looked after him lovingly, and said to himself 'Silly Old Bear!'

The song that we are going to learn is:

ANIMAL SOUNDS SONG

The dog goes woof woof woof woof
the cow goes moo moo moo moo
the duck goes quack quack quack quack
and the owl says to whit to whoooo
the cat goes meow meow meow meow
the bird goes tweet tweet tweet tweet
the pig goes oink oink oink oink
and the little mouse says squeak squeak squeak, (squeak, squeak, squeak)
these are the sounds that animals make
these are the sounds that animals make

the horse goes neigh neigh neigh
the sheep goes baa baa baa baa
the rabbit goes thump thump thump
and the people they say bla bla bla bla bla
the snake goes hiss hiss hiss
the chicken goes cluck cluck cluck cluck
the frog goes ribbit ribbit ribbit
the bees say buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz
these are the sounds that animals make
these are the sounds that animals make
the donkey goes haw hee haw hee haw
the elephant goes pawoooo
the bear growls grrr grrr
the lion roars raaaar
these are the sounds that animals make
these are the sounds that animals make
these are the sounds that animals make
these are the sounds that animals make

The activities that we are going to do are:

Mask: This activity is very simple. We will bring to the kids the mask already cut and then they will paint it however they want. To finish the activity, we will put in the mask an elastic band.

Puzzle: With this activity they will work the fine psychomotricity because they have to take the pieces and put it in the correct hole.

Couples: In next activity, the kids have to connect the color animal with their shadows.

Body parts: Previously we learned the humans body parts, so to put it in practice, we are going to do this activity, but now with animals. They have to connect the body part with the related animal.