Gorp Spread
Healthy child-made snack
Instructions
- Let a child measure and combine 1/4 cup peanut butter (almond, cashew, etc.) with 2 teaspoons of honey (optional)
- Wash, core, and slice an apple
- Let the child spread the mixture on apple slices
- Add raisins to each slice. We are working with the number 6 this month so encourage the child to use 6 raisins.
- Serve with slices of cheddar cheese
*Nut Allergy Alert
Simplify
This is called a gorp spread. The acronym is Good Old Raisins and Peanuts. Write the word gorp on a wipe board or piece of paper and ask the child to point to the letter that makes the beginning sound of peanut (P); letter that makes the beginning sound of good (G); letter that makes the beginning sound of raisins (R); and the letter that makes the beginning sound of old (O)
Extend
Have a conversation about why eating healthy foods is important. Share how the apple and raisins are fruit and give us carbohydrates and that the peanut butter supplies protein.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What would you consider a healthy snack?
If you wanted to share your snack with a friend, who would that be and why?
Materials
- 1/4 cup peanut butter/almond butter/ cashew butter etc...
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- apple
- cheddar cheese
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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.