Activity plan Title of project: Dinosaurs Date: Thursday 23rd November Activity duration: 30 mins Activity type: Cooking activity Activity title: Creating Dino the Dinosaur Activity organisation: Whole group activity Focus of activities: Children learn about healthy fruit Possible new vocabulary to focus on: Healthy food, kiwi, bread Resources & materials needed: Kiwi, bread, peanut butter, banana, raisins and fruit flash cards Step 1: Description of activity Possible questions to ask: Introduce the activity, by introducing the different fruits that are going to be used. Show the - What shapes can you see? flashcards and the fruit. Stress the importance of washing their hands before they cook. - Colours? - What else could we have added? - What other fruits do you like? 1.The children cut the banana in half. Cut the other half into circles and leave a little bit for the tail. 2. Cut the Kiwi into 2. First half cut it in 4 and the rest cut to form leaves. 3. Put peanut butter on the bread 4. Place them all together. 5. Let the children taste the fruit at the end. Josephine Deguara & Valerie Sollars, 2015 1 Step 2: Assessment & reflection Assessment of children What comes next? - Another tasting activity perhaps of The children were very keen on trying the fruit after we made the dinosaur Christmas sweets. especially the kiwi because most of them had not tasted it before. I let the children put the fruit where they thought was right. I helped them peel the kiwi as it was a little bit too hard for them. They also enjoyed tasting the bread and peanut butter, some of the children tasted peanut butter for the first time and they liked the taste so much that I had extra bread and gave them more. One child said “this is so yummy… I want more!” When the children were asked why do we need to wash our hands before cooking they replied that germs are found on our hands and if they are not washed properly we might get sick. Self-Evaluation: Reflect on your practice During this activity I stressed about the importance of healthy eating and how the children can make fruit look ‘nice’ on the plate. I also stressed the importance of washing their hands before we started to touch the ingredients. For precaution I used knives without a pointed end (just round knives) and I kept one knife myself to cut the bread that was a little bit sharper. I did not tell the children to copy the picture but suggested the planned picture too them before we started off for them to get an idea. The children collaborated well in a team and asked me many times to do another tasting activity in the near future. Josephine Deguara & Valerie Sollars, 2015 2 Josephine Deguara & Valerie Sollars, 2015 3
