Make Halloween extra fun by letting kids do a fun kitchen activity. Let them make and eat some yummy worms. Check out our easy worm food recipe that kids can make.
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Today, we are going to talk about some kid's favorite activity. It is cooking. I think cooking is one of the best ways to stimulate children's senses because they touch, smell, taste, observe, and listen while cooking. Cooking together will strengthen family and affective bonds.
To children, the kitchen is a new world that allows them to develop their role as chefs. They can find textures and tools that they can use to innovate, explore, and learn. Please don't say no when children want to help us in the kitchen. We can do it together, paying attention to what they are doing to avoid them get hurt.
When children interact with us in the kitchen like doing the worm food recipe, they get new real-life experiences. That is why we have to work with them to help them develop their skills. Even though we are focus on stimulating their senses, it is important to highlight that we can also teach them about counting, adding, weight, and fractions.
THEME: WORM FOOD RECIPE FOR KIDS
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Jelly worms’ recipe
Age: 2-4-year-old children
Goal: Through this worm food recipe, kids will stimulate their sense of taste, and they will follow instructions.
Level: Advanced. This worm food recipe activity was designed to be done with very high adult supervision.
Skills:
- Five sensesstimulation
- Fine motor skills
- Focus
- Following instructions
- Social and affective skills
MATERIALS
- Orange or red gelatin powder
- Straws
- A tall glass
- Brownies
- Warmwater
- A plastic bowl
- Rubberband
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Put the gelatin powder into the bowl. Then, add the warm water and stir the ingredients until the powder is dissolved.
Step 2:
Put the straws together with the rubber band and then place them into the glass. Fill them with gelatin and put them into the fridge.
Step 3:
To eat them, push the gelatin out with your fingers. Put them over the brownies.Now it looks like a worm!
ACTIVITY'S RESULT
Jelly worms over a brownie. Easy worm food recipe
FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
After doing the worm food recipe give children some fun worksheets. Click the link below to download and print.
Download the Free Printable Worm Worksheets
HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS WORM FOOD RECIPE ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS OLD
You can do this worm food recipe activity with younger boys and girls. If they cannot fill the straws by themselves, then you can buy gummy worms and let them decorate the brownies. You can put them on the table to share this sweet dessert as a family.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 4
You can also do this worm food recipe activity will older children. To make it a bit tough and exciting, children can help cooking the brownies.
VIDEO DESCRIPTION – WORM FOOD RECIPE
Here you will see a step-by-step of this activity designed for 2-4-year-old children. Children will prepare a very delicious dessert to share with their family and develop their fine motor skills, following instructions, five sense stimuli, and focus. The materials they will need are orange or red gelatin mix, a tall glass, straws, a plastic bowl, warm water, and a rubber band.
Do you like our fun kids activity? Make sure to check out our other activities for preschoolers.
- Kids will love this Colored Worm Craft for Preschoolers Fine Motor Skills Montessori Worksheets (4-6 Year Olds)
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- Give kids fun activity to do. Check out this Write with Worms Preschool Writing Activity Worksheets (4-6 Year Olds)
Get fun outfits for your little ones. Check out this cute Worm with Glasses Kids T-Shirt.
I'd like to know what you think of our easy activity for kids. Please leave a comment below.
