Making Peanut Butter
Instructions
- You will need enough roasted peanuts-in-the-shell to make 1 cup of shelled peanuts. Let the child crack the shell and pick out the peanuts from the hulls and place them in a container.
- Put the 1 cup of shelled peanuts into a food processor or blender
- Add 2 tablespoons of oil and 2 tablespoons of honey
- Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt if peanuts were not salted in the shell if you want salted peanut butter
- Blend until smooth
- Serve with crackers/celery or use for Month 8 Activity 17
* (ALLERGIC REACTION POSSIBLE....PEANUTS ARE SMALL OBJECTS.... CAN BE CHOKING HAZARD)
Simplify
You can crack the shell of the peanut if a child needs help, but let him pick out the nuts as this is a great idea to practice eye-hand coordination.
Share that the Inca Indians who lived in South America many years ago were the first to grind peanuts into peanut butter. Help a child find the continent of South America on a map or globe.
Extend
Click here for 7 fun facts about peanut butter.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Tell me the steps to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Peanuts are often a favorite snack to share. Do you have a favorite snack and would you share your snack? Why do we have to be careful when we share food? (allergies, germs, etc.)
Materials
- roasted peanuts in-the-shell (enough to make 1 cup shelled)
- food processor or blender
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- crackers/celery to serve (optional)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.