Peach Toast
Making peach toast
Instructions
- Toast a piece of bread in toaster/under a broiler
- Spread toast with butter - young children can use a plastic knife for spreading
- Add thinly sliced peaches on top of toast - ripe peaches can be sliced by a child with a plastic knife
- Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
- Place under broiler until warm and Enjoy!
* Adult Supervision required while using kitchen appliances
Simplify
Watch this video to learn about a peach
Extend
Chat about peaches - feel the peach and notice the velvet-like skin, notice the color of the inside flesh which is usually white or yellow, discover how many seeds in a peach (1) and the oval shape of the seed, teach that it is a fruit and that it grows on a tree, etc.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What are some foods that are juicy as a peach?
We eat the skin of a peach, name some other foods that we can eat the skin.
Materials
- toasted bread
- butter
- peach
- cinnamon sugar
- broiler oven/oven
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Rectangle
- Color - Orange
- Number - 1-4 Review
- Alphabet - O, U
- Senses - Sight
- Character Trait - Responsibility
- Target Words - Under, Up, Down, Tall
Monthly Proverb
Yiddish- If each person sweeps in front of his own door the whole street is clean
Did You Know?
"The brain builds itself in response to the child’s experiences. Brain circuits that the child uses in daily life are strengthened. Those that the child doesn’t use fade away. "
National Research Council From Neurons to Neighborhoods, 2000
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"AlphaBugs: A Pop Up Alphabet Book"
by David Carter (Activity 1)
"Deep In The Swamp"
by Donna Bateman (Activity 22)
"Head to Toe"
by E. Carle (Activity 10)
"AlphaBugs: A Pop Up Alphabet Book". VIDEO
by David Carter (Activity 1)
"Head to Toe". VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 10)
"Deep in The Swamp". VIDEO
by Donna Bateman (Activity 22)
Music Playlist
"When The Saints Go Marching In"
by Pete Fountain, Album: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Jazz) (Activity 2)
"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry"
by Martin Kerr, Album: Favorite Songs from the Family Learning House (Children) (Activity 24)
"The Noble Duke of York"
by Susan McRae, Album: Barney’s Song Book - 16 Favourites for Kids (Children) (Activity 15)
"When The Saints Go Marching In" VIDEO
by Pete Fountain (Activity 2)
"The Noble Duke of York" VIDEO
by Barney's Magical Musical Adventure (Activity 15)
"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry" VIDEO
by Martin Kerr, Album: Favorite Songs from the Family Learning House (Children) (Activity 24)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Sing/Say The Alphabet
(Activity 26 Month 5)
ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRSTUV WXYZ
Now I’ve said my ABC’s, Next time won't you sing with me.