Week 8 of Nutrition Expedition: Creepy Carrot Hunt!

October 26-30, 2015

Creepy Carrots!

What better way to celebrate the health of our eyes and the harvest season with a creepy carrot hunt? Due to popular demand, I decided to repeat this activity again this year :) The children have been calling carrots "creepy" ever since last fall! 

I started out this creepy Nutrition Expedition by reading Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds. For those of you who've never heard of creepy carrots before, this is a cleverly funny tale about a young rabbit named Jasper, who LOVES eating the carrots out of Crackenhopper Field. The carrots get fed up with being eaten, so they form a plan to scare Jasper Rabbit. The children absolutely adore this story, and beg me to read it all the time! Follow the link below if you'd like your own copy of this book:

Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds

After reading the story, we were certain that we'd find some carrots creeping in the Rec. Room! Sure enough, there they were...hiding in every corner and crevice, just waiting to be eaten! Each was accompanied by a glow bracelet, so the children could find them in the dark. We captured those sneaky little carrots and brought them back to the classroom to enjoy their delightful crunch. Sorry, carrots, but you were meant to be eaten ;)

Super Sleuth Questions

1. What did Jasper Rabbit do to keep the creepy carrots away? (answer:  built a wall and a moat around Crackenhopper Field)

2. What did you find in the Rec. Room? (answer:  creepy carrots!)

3. What are carrots good for? (answer:  our eyes)

Week 7 of Nutrition Expedition: Blindfolded Drawing

October 19-23, 2015

Blindfolded Drawing

This week's Nutrition Expedition lesson was an eye-opener! We wanted to see what it would be like to draw a picture without the use of our vision. 

While they were wearing blindfolds, I instructed the children to draw a picture of themselves without peeking! They had to use their sense of touch to find their paper and crayon, and blindly draw. The results were impressive! We talked about what it means to be blind, and this activity gave them a little insight into what it would be like if they couldn't see. Our eyes are important! The younger age groups (nursery and toddlers) enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with handkerchiefs!

Here are a few Super Sleuth questions for you to ask your child, followed by pictures of our fun activity:

Super Sleuth Questions

1. What does it mean to be blind? (answer:  that you can't see, or your eyes don't work)

2. What did you have to do when you were blindfolded? (answer:  draw a picture of myself)