This past week we have been discussing what type of food is good for our bodies. To finish off this little unit, I decided to have a fun object lesson. I'm sure your children told you about it when they got home on Friday!
First, I showed them a lot of junk food and asked them if they liked that. Of course they liked all of the food I presented, but once they saw me put the junk food in the blender they were a little afraid! This "junk food smoothie" consisted of sprite, cheese puffs, m&ms, tortilla chips, pizza, and sour punch kids. I asked if anyone would like to drink some of it, and I imagined only one or two would offer. To my surprise, about half of the class wanted to try a sip! You all have some adventurous children! Don't worry, they didn't have more than a sip. Actually, some of them just smelled it and couldn't drink it after that. They tried to get me to drink some of it, but I couldn't do it.
Second, I made them a fruit smoothie. This smoothie was made of bananas, yogurt, strawberries, milk, and ice. Of course everyone wanted a drink of this smoothie! It sure was delicious! We then discussed how our bodies like this smoothie more as well. I think they got the point of this object lesson.
Above- The children really liked their fruit smoothies!
Below- You can get a little peek at both of the smoothies. I'm sorry if the one on the right is a little disgusting.
I also wanted to show you how excited the children were when they saw that our class library now had some new books. My dad was going through some old children books, so he donated many informational books to our class. Even though they can't read all of the words in these books, they love them, and they do read what they can. They have been so excited to show me the volcanoes, crystals, dinosaurs, dragonflies and more. Sometimes we think that little children only like stories, but they love to look at informational texts as well. It is fun to learn about the world around you.
Thanks Dad and Darlene! They really do love these books!
