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Recipes
Cooking with children in a Montessori setting is a meaningful way to build independence, practical life skills, and confidence. Simple, hands-on recipes allow children to participate in measuring, mixing, pouring, and preparing food, all while developing fine motor skills and an understanding of sequence and responsibility. These activities also introduce basic math concepts and healthy eating habits in a natural, engaging way. By involving children in the kitchen, we create opportunities for cr
Promoting Healthy Eating Habits For Young Children Is Essential
By teaching your children healthy eating habits, and modelling these behaviours in yourself, you will enable your child to lead a healthy life style in years to come. As a young child, my mother was vigilant about healthy eating habits and this was passed onto my daughters. My mother had a vegetable garden with rows of home grown vegetables and nearby was apricot and mulberry trees. We loved pulling up carrots, spinach, cabbages, spinach, radishes and many more vegetables for
Jan 16, 20191 min read
Banana Octopus Fruit Sculptures
Written by Julia Gorham Encouraging healthy eating habits for young children. You will need: Ripe bananas A chopping board A knife ( Adult use only) A marking pen To do: Place a banana on a chopping board and slice 8 slithers of the banana from top to bottom. Cut the banana underneath the skin in half . Place the banana upright on a plate and spread the 8 slithers of the banana on the plate. Draw a smiley face and round circles on the slithers of the banana peel.
Nov 15, 20181 min read
Fruity Flower Sculptures
Fruity Flower Sculptures Written by Julia Gorham These colourful fruit sculptures were a great hit in my classroom and the children loved eating their pretty, fruity flowers too! You will need: Naartjies Purple grapes Green apples A wooden board A knife (For adult use only to slice the apples and grapes) Plates To do: Wash the fruit Peel the naartjies Cut the grapes in half Slice the green the green apples into long slivers for the stems and smaller slices for the leaves Pl
Oct 20, 20181 min read
Butterflies from Apples and Celery
How do you persuade your children to enjoy healthy food? It often helps to create interesting forms to ignite their curiosity and desire to try different foods. Today we will share how to make a butterfly out of apples, celery and a bit of cottage cheese. What you’ll need: apple celery knife (adults only) chopping board cottage cheese / peanut butter Method: Cut the celery into strips just a bit longer than the length of the apple. Cut the apple in half and then make thin sli
Sep 22, 20181 min read
Kids Best Vanilla Biscuits Ever
Try this flop proof, easy recipe to make yummy, vanilla biscuits with your child You will need: 150 grams butter 125 ml sugar 1 large egg lightly beaten 5 ml vanilla essence 500 ml cake flour Pinch of salt Cookie cutters Icing and sprinkles Rolling pin Baking tray (buttered) To do: Cream sugar and eggs together and add vanilla essence Sift dry ingredients Mix into creamed mixture to form a soft dough Roll with a rolling pin until smooth and add extra flour on the surface if
Oct 27, 20171 min read
Kiwi fruit and grape turtles
By Julia Gorham Fruit art to make with your children encourages healthy eating habits and is a good way to introduce different fruits . When I introduced the kiwi fruit to the children, this was their first taste of the unusual, kiwi fruit, and they loved it! You will need: A kiwi fruit peeled and sliced 2 yellow grapes cut into two 1 yellow grape To do: Place the cut kiwi fruit on the middle of the plate Place the cut yellow grapes on each end of the kiwi fruit for the
Oct 1, 20171 min read
Mulberry Jam
fresh mulberries in white basket Have you always wanted to make your own jam? We’ll give you the opportunity with this delicious mulberry jam. Ingredients 2 cups mulberries with stalks removed 1 and a half cups sugar 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 2 teaspoons lemon juice How? Wash mulberries. Place in a saucepan with the sugar, juice and rind. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil for about 10 until the mixture thickens. Skim, pour into a bowl and let th
Apr 16, 20171 min read
Quick Salt Dough Fridge Magnets in the Microwave
I’ve made salt dough before at my previous school and my memories of it involved a long time of watching the thing in the oven and a few possible burns as well. With my first holiday program project being salt dough magnets I was keen to find an easy and effective way to get this done. I found a salt dough microwave recipe and I’m going to share it here along with a few tips of what I discovered along the way. You will need: 1/2 cup of salt 1/2 cup of water 1 cup of flour M
Apr 15, 20162 min read
How to Make Coloured Rice
Children enjoy sensorial activities and feeling rice between your fingers while enjoying the novelty of the colours is sure to be a hit. Here is a recipe for how to make coloured rice. You will need: – 1 cup rice – Food colouring – 1 tablespoon vinegar – Ziplock bag Method: Pour one cup rice into a ziplock bag. If you don’t have a ziplock bag handy you can also use a freezer bag tied up with a knot on the top. (One mom also used an old margarine tub) Add drops of food colouri
Jan 30, 20161 min read
Salt dough recipe
You will need: 1 cup salt 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup luke warm water To do: In a large bowl mix the salt and flour. Gradually stir in the water. Mix well until it forms a doughy consistency. With your hands, form a ball with your dough and kneed it for at least 5 minutes. The longer you kneed your dough the smoother it will be. You can let your salt dough creations air dry, however salt dough can also be dried in the oven. Bake at 200c until your creation is dry. The amou
Sep 28, 20121 min read
Salt dough ornaments
Salt dough ornaments (Please see salt dough recipe ) You will need: • Salt dough • Cutters • Toothpick • Mixed paint • Beads/glitter/sequins • Clear varnish • Apron • Paint brushes How? • Roll salt dough out evenly • Press the cutters gently into the salt dough and place aside • Using a toothpick make a hole at the top of each shape that will
Sep 28, 20121 min read
Quick breakfast berry smoothie
Ingredients: 1 cup mixed frozen berries (strawberries, raspberries, cherries and blackberries) Half a cup fresh milk 2 Tablespoons natural yoghurt (Greek yoghurt is best) To do? Place ingredients into a blender and blend until thick and smooth. If it is too thick, you may add a little more milk. Pour into a wide rimmed glass for a great start to your child’s day! Ideas: Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with muesli/ chopped nuts or wheat germ. Freeze for instant sorbet!
Jul 6, 20121 min read
Quick chocolate cake
Ingredients: 300 ml castor sugar 150 ml plain four 4 tbsps cocoa 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 eggs 100 ml melted butter Pinch of salt To do: Preheat oven to 180 o Mix all ingredients together and pour into greased tin lined with grease proof paper. Bake in over for approx. 25 min or until cake is firm but soft in middle.
Jul 4, 20121 min read
Chocolate banana milk shake
Ingredients: 1 cup milk Half ripe banana 2 tsps sweetened cocoa 3 ice cubes To do: Combine all ingredients in a blender, cover tightly and blend. Pour into a tall glass and drink.
Jul 4, 20121 min read
Easy Crumpets
Ingredients: 2 cups sifted plain flour ¾ cups granulated sugar 3 tsp. sifted baking powder 3 eggs 1 cup milk 30 g melted butter Large spoon Large bowl Jam and butter (for serving) To do? Place dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add melted butter. Mix ingredients until smooth. Grease a frying pan with a little butter. Heat the pan on a medium heat. Using a large spoon, slowly drop small amounts of the batter onto the heated pan. Cook until bubbles break on the surface and golden
Jun 25, 20121 min read
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