August 3-7, 2015
Pick-a-Pepper!
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where is the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?" In our bellies, of course! Wow, what a tongue twister! Although they were not pickled, we sure ate a LOT of fresh and delicious bell peppers :)
After a wonderful yoga session, I introduced our lesson this week by bringing out the "mystery bag". The children were encouraged to take a guess as to what was inside. I had a hard time tricking them, as many children in each classroom guessed a pepper! I also posed another question: why do you think it's called a bell pepper? We sure have a lot of smart and observant kiddos around here; they deduced that it looked like a bell, so that must be how it got it's name! We then tasted green, yellow, and red peppers. What a delicious sweet treat! The toddler class had a tent set up in their classroom this week as part of their camping theme, so they were able to have a pepper picnic in the tent! What fun! The infants loved exploring a whole pepper, looking at pictures of pepper plants, and some of the older infants got to try some peppers, as well.
Finally, I gave each child a "Pick-a-Pepper" chart, where they could circle their favorite pepper(s).
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
Photo by Ms. Kelly V.
