Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 2: Nutrition} 

Theme: Christmas          Color: Red

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1. Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
2. Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
3. ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Activity : Frosty the Bagel {Lesson by Annie} (Recipe from http://familyfun.go.com)

Description: Children will create Frosty the Bagel with a few healthy ingredients, while learning about the importance of healthy foods.

Materials:

Mini Bagel

Cream Cheese

1 baby carrot

Sliced black olive

Sliced red pepper

celery

broccoli 

Directions:

1.  Spread half a mini bagel with cream cheese, then add a baby carrot nose, sliced black olive eyes, and a sliced red pepper mouth.

2. For the earmuffs, simply curve a thinly sliced piece of celery along the top of the bagel as shown and hold it in place with a broccoli floret at each end.

3. Enjoy the festive healthy snack!

Learning Opportunity:

1.  Talk about each ingredient used, explaining where the food comes from.

2. Go over the colors/numbers of each ingredient. (Example: There are two green broccolis.)

3. Sing “Frosty the Snowman” as your little one enjoys their snack.

Read Aloud:

I'm a Little Snowman

~Anon

(to the tune of I’m a little tea pot)

I'm a little snowman round and fat,

Here are my mittens,

Here is my hat.

Add a little scarf and a carrot nose,


I stand so tall when the cold wind blows.

Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

Congratulations: You and your child finished the lesson for the day! What did you think about the lesson today, and what did your child learn?  We’d love to hear your thoughts!           

*Stallone Tested and Approved: {We are so lucky to have Stallone, Annie’s son, test out all of our lessons that we create for you.  We want the lessons to be enjoyable for children, so after each lesson we will post how Stallone did with the lesson in italics under the title, Stallone Tested and Approved}

Stallone had a great time making his Frosty the Bagel.  It was a delicious breakfast treat for him, and he kept saying "yummy!"  This is a fun and festive must-try treat for kids!