Dear Staff,
As we discussed during our summer professional development days, we are re-thinking how we celebrate each holiday. Our plan for this Thanksgiving is for the children to contribute to their own FAMILY meal. That means that you are cooking enough of your item for each child to take home on Wednesday. Here is the food list and some suggestions.
Infants: Only smiles
Toddlers and Twos: Mashed Potatoes. The children can scrub the potatoes for a few days, and after they have boiled and cooled off, put them in the big ziplocks with butter for the mashing. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Threes: Cranberries and Applesauce. This is a variation of my mom’s recipe. After preparing the whole cranberries, let them cool. Fill a big bowl with applesauce. Into each quart size ziplock scoop a 2:1 ratio of cranberries to applesauce, and let the children mix it all together.
Fours: Desserts! After the mini pie shells are cooked, the children can add their desired fillings by spooning it into ziplocks, sealing the bags, and then snipping the corner, so they can pipe the mixture into each tart. We are giving you at least 6 tarts per child, so there are plenty of treats.
No, I don’t work for the ziplock company.
PLEASE SHARE THE CAMERA! I would love to see the pictures of the children preparing the food, and would love to hear about their experiences. If you are too busy to document, please run the tape recorder during the times that the cooking centers are open. This way you can go back and listen to what was going on in the room. I can’t wait!
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