Happy Spring LCNS Families!
Over the past several weeks, we have had an ongoing interest in cooking on the playground. The children have been using pots and utensils to make lots of different dishes. Even after the snow melted from the playground, they asked us to get them snow from the pile left by the plow. The leftover snow was a different texture and the children were interested in mixing it with water, sand, and mud. We also noticed that they were expanding their ideas by adding (pretend) spices such as garlic, pepper, and turmeric.
You might have noticed that we added a new informal cooking station on the playground built with planks and crates. This set up allows the children to work from both sides and to interact with each other as they play. Since we added this, we have seen lots of growth in the way that children are interacting with each around the cooking. For example, the children have been placing and taking orders from each other and working together to cook different kinds of meals. They are also starting to recognize that different families eat different types of food.
Pretend cooking is an activity that offers learning at many developmental levels. Children are learning math and science concepts such as measurement, volume, melting, cause and effect, and evaporation. As well as cognitive development, mud kitchens offer opportunities for creativity, language, and social and emotional development.
Over the past several weeks, we have had an ongoing interest in cooking on the playground. The children have been using pots and utensils to make lots of different dishes. Even after the snow melted from the playground, they asked us to get them snow from the pile left by the plow. The leftover snow was a different texture and the children were interested in mixing it with water, sand, and mud. We also noticed that they were expanding their ideas by adding (pretend) spices such as garlic, pepper, and turmeric.
You might have noticed that we added a new informal cooking station on the playground built with planks and crates. This set up allows the children to work from both sides and to interact with each other as they play. Since we added this, we have seen lots of growth in the way that children are interacting with each around the cooking. For example, the children have been placing and taking orders from each other and working together to cook different kinds of meals. They are also starting to recognize that different families eat different types of food.
Pretend cooking is an activity that offers learning at many developmental levels. Children are learning math and science concepts such as measurement, volume, melting, cause and effect, and evaporation. As well as cognitive development, mud kitchens offer opportunities for creativity, language, and social and emotional development.
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