Squirm Like a Worm!

This week the children performed their Spring Musical - SQUIRM!

I am so proud of all of my kindergarten friends! They all did a wonderful job and had a blast singing about things that make you squirm. 

Check out the highlights here:

A free photo slideshow by Smilebox

To celebrate our musical Mrs. Raymore helped the children make snake cookies which were of course a HUGE hit!

Cooking in Kindergarten: Hearty Pizzas

This week's cooking activity was a SERIOUS crowd pleaser....  : )

The children loved making Hearty Pizzas.

They turned out so cute... and EVERYONE liked them!

(ready to bake!)

Here's the recipe:

hearty pizza


DJ inkers fonts used.

Cooking in Kindergarten: Gingerbread Houses

My students are LOVING are Gingerbread theme!

Today they were thrilled to find out that our cooking activity was making Gingerbread Houses.

Check out their delicious creations... 

Create your own free greeting

P.S. I waited until about 10 minutes before dismissal before letting the students eat them. :)

Cooking in Kindergarten: Monster Mash

Cooking with Kindergarteners- always a huge hit!


Today we made Monster Mash.


I really wish I had brought in my flip camera today to record Mrs. Raymore as she read the recipe to each group.
I am positive that Food Network would have called her up to offer her a special Halloween cooking show for kids. 
She is the best! 

Here's the printable recipe:

monster mash -

Cooking in Kindergarten: Monster Toast

My kindergarten friends always look forward to cooking on Thursdays.

This week we made

MONSTER TOAST!

Here is a copy of the recipe to print. 

Monster Toast -
*from Baking Buddies
(Yikes! Not sure why the preview on docstoc always looks bad... but prints great!) 

Cooking in Kindergarten: Chicka Trees

This week we read this favorite:

Then we made delicious Chicka Trees:

Here's the printable recipe:

Chicka Snack -
Looks fuzzy in preview- but prints great! :)
This idea and the images used above came from Mailbox Aug./Sept. 2003


Enjoy!

Apple Investigation & Apple Fun

Apples, Apples, Apples 

Here are some of the apple books we enjoyed last week: 

   

The children and I *LOVED* doing 
Mrs. Lee's Apple Investigation. 


Each child weighed their apple using a balance scale, used cubes to measure it's height, drew their apple and noted it's color, checked for a stem, etc... 

Click HERE to get a copy of the investigation from Mrs. Lee's Blog.

 It's awesome! 

My growing scientists used their senses to make observations about apples

and they drew and labeled the parts of an apple in their science notebooks.

The children enjoyed peeling and coring their own apples. We put them into the crock pot, along with some sugar, cinnamon, and water... and a few hours later we had many visitors wondering what had the hallways smelling so good. 
Our applesauce was delicious!

Cooking in Kindergarten: Roll a Bowl of Fruit Salad

My kindergarten friends and I love to cook!

Last week we had a lot of fun with:

Roll a Bowl of Fruit Salad

They had a blast rolling the dice to see what type of fruit and how many pieces to add to our fruit salad. 

I made the dice with foam cubes and fruit/number stickers.

It was delicious and very fun to make!

Here's the recipe:

roll a bowl of fruit salad

recipe by Mrs. Rider - copies great onto white or colored paper :)

Cooking in Kindergarten: Cinnamon Dough Letters

Today's cooking activity was a HUGE HIT!

The students loved making Cinnamon Dough Letters today. 

As the children ate they marveled: 

"This is the BEST cinnamon roll I have eaten in my entire life!"

"I looooooooove kindergarten!"

"I can't believe we made these. They are sooooooo good!"

and one of my favorites,

"I bet Chef Boyardee would really make these good if he tried!"

Here's the recipe: 

Cinnamon Dough Letters

Recipe written by Mrs. Raymore. She suggests that you buy small frozen dough balls (like Rhodes) for this recipe. 

Cooking in Kindergarten: Purple Cow Smoothies

I love teaching All Day Kindergarten. 

Our afternoons are always a lot fun with the Daily 5, special art projects, literacy and math games, songs, a read aloud, and free choice. 

We also have the opportunity to cook each week! 

The students just L-O-V-E cooking. 

I am going to post our special cooking activity and the  printable recipe for you to use with your students/children. 

This week we read

in Writer's Workshop we drew with purple crayons

and then made delicious Purple Cow Smoothies

Mrs. Raymore, the All Day K aide, is the queen of cooking! I am so thankful for all of her help! : )

They were a HUGE hit!

Here's the printable recipe:

Enjoy!

Purple Cow Smoothie