Practical life

Bread Roll Recipe

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23284/french-bread-rolls-to-die-for/

Cooking at Home

This week we made yummy crêpes.  Here is a link for the Easy Crêpe Recipe.

Remember to wash your hands first!

Watch this lesson on how to make Easy Crêpes. Bon Appétit!

Rohan having a go at Easy Crêpes

Crêpes for Breakfast 

 Gryff made some dumplings for dinner

And so did Andrea, who made Russian dumplings called Vareneekee

Andrea is pretty useful in the kitchen!

This week for Practical Life activities, we would like to know what you do for food preparation at home.

Here are some more ideas to get you going:

• Help with dinner
• Make your own breakfast or lunch
• Do some baking
• Prepare a picnic and invite your family, and ask each to bring a favourite toy as well
• Make a salad or a fruit salad
• Get ideas in a cookbook

Jessica's Cheese Scones

Coco helped prepare beans for dinner

Rohan and Miriam made Afghans with their grandmother

Harrison helped bake bread

Adele and Audrey baked biscuits

Some more practical life ideas

Have a look at this list below and see what other jobs you can help with at your house

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When choosing practical life activities, those that are authentic and connect the child to real life are most effective. They help the child to coordinate his or her movements, encourage independence and aid in adjusting to the environment as well as feeling a sense of belonging and pride within their environment. 

Some practical life activities include:

Sweep
Help vacuum
Help prepare meals and snacks 

Set and clear table
Help wash dishes
Feed pets
Clean mirrors and windows 

Make the bed
Sort clothes, hang to dry, help fold
Tend to the garden
Tidy their room
Polishing silver
Wiping the table before and after meals

Take out the rubbish and recycling
Wipe down bathroom sinks and baths/showers

Prepare small family meals (parent staying in kitchen for help and supervision)
Mop and vacuum more thoroughly

Dust thoroughly 

Help with lawn care