Autumn Harvest: Cranberry Season!
November is a month when those red, plump, tart cranberries are in season! So what did we make with them?
Cranberry bread!
It was a fantastic, simple and easy to follow recipe. We substituted the butter and milk for soy milk and vegan margarine so everyone could enjoy it!
Our Big Kids did everything, from bringing the ingredients, combining the wet and dry ingredients, kneading, filling and rolling up their bread! I handed each Big Kid their own piece of dough to knead. Since they’re already experts with play-dough, getting our Big Kids to knead wasn’t that hard! All those skills learned with play-dough went right into baking!
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While waiting for our dough to rise, it gave our Big Kids some time to play on their own and for me to prep the next step (the filling).
You must be worried about germs because we’re touching toys around the daycare and then touching the dough that we’ll eventually be eating. This created a perfect opportunity for me to teach the Big Kids about proper hygiene and food safety!
Every time we would have a break in between, or someone took their shoes off and played with their socks (this really happened), we would get them to wash their hands. They’d often respond with “I already washed my hands!”, which is true, but it gave me a chance to explain why they needed to wash them again. We washed our hands at least 5 times!
The Big Kids got to fill and wrap their own individual buns! The muffin tins were great to separate and individualize everyone’s baking. It was great to send them home with something they created themselves to share with their parents. They were all proud of their baked goods!
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Here are some before and after pictures!
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Join us for more hands on learning on Tuesdays from 1-4pm in our Autumn Harvest Big Kids Club! Follow us on Instagram @buddingsdaycare for more fun activities that we do at Buddings Daycare!
