Vegetable Soup - 3 year old and 4 year old Classes

The children recently participated in making vegetable soup at Preschool. Each child contributed by bringing one vegetable to class, and by assisting in cutting up vegetables. We were pleased to see the wide variety of vegetables that the children brought to share.

The children learnt some new names of vegetables while playing the game “What Is Missing?”

“Arugu... what?” said Charlie while trying to pronounce Arugula. Rutabaga also proved to be a challenging one.

We spoke to the children about vegetables in general, their nutritional value, how they can be eaten, raw, cooked... and discussed which vegetables grow above the ground and which grow under.

The felt board story Stone Soup was told while the soup was cooking in the class, and the wonderful smell of stewing vegetables could be smelt in the air.

After the story, the children sat down to try the soup they had made. Some were happy to simply have a taste, while others asked for seconds and even thirds.

On another day, we had the pleasure of watching how creative the children were with loose parts provided to them during free Play.

Some children used glass and wooden beads, and rocks as pretend food for the dolls.

While others used the loose parts in a more abstract style of Play.

Until next time,
Barbi

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