Cupcake Cooking

This week, Matilda’s mum Henrike came in to do some cooking with us. She bought lots of different ingredients to make cupcakes. 
 

Obi, Matilda, Frieda, Alex, Summer, Jake, Santai, Seth, Alanah, Gem, Talya and Kalindi joined Henrike as everyone gathered around the table. Henrike and our children discussed the different ingredients and the measurements needed before allocating the various jobs of measuring, pouring, cracking and mixing.

Alex and Obi stirred the mixture in the bowl as different children had a turn adding ingredients. 

Matilda, Santai and Seth worked hard to grate the beetroot to add to our mixture.

Seth and Tayla added the coco powder.

Jake knew how to crack an egg perfectly.

Obi and Santai also cracked the eggs into each bowl for mixing. 

Summer, Matilda, Frieda and Alanah put the patty pans into the baking trays ready to add the mixture.

Once all the ingredients where added and mixed well we used spoons to transfer the mixture to the baking tray ready for the oven. Once cooked all of our children enjoyed eating them. 

At the end of the day we sold our left over cupcakes to our mums and dads!

Heavy Work

There are many types of Heavy Work, including pushing, crawling, crashing, jumping, hanging and wrestling that can support the central nervous system. Our children engaged in pulling, lifting and carrying as they aimed to lift a heavy bucket.

Obi and Santai wanted to do some lifting, Santai said "We are strong!" The boys collected a couple of buckets and a long rope from the shed. They put their supplies in a trolley attached to the back of their bikes and rode over to the sandpit and unloaded their supplies.

“Let’s set up the lifting over the blank” Obi suggested. Santai replied “Yeah, I’ve got the buckets.” 

Gem approached “What are you doing?” Santai said “We are going to fill this bucket with sand and lift it as high as the roof!” Gem asked “How are you going to get the rope on the roof?” 

Noah tried attaching the piping but decided "The rope will be better."  Obi asked an educator “Jodi, can you do it? You are as tall as the rope!” Gem added “We would need a ladder, but you look long enough Jodi.” Once the rope was threaded over the beam in the sandpit the boys then investigated and considered how they would attach the rope to the bucket. 

Everyone filled the bucket with sand, before realising that it was to heavy. Santai and Gem then removed some sand while Obi pulled the rope, trying to it off the ground. Gem, Noah, Obi and Santai used trial and error as they worked together to add and remove sand. Testing it each time as they Lifted, pulled and wrestled with the bucket. 

After much negotiation, problem solving and manual labour their was success! All four boys heaved the bucket off the ground and up to the roof! They held it at the top "Hold on tight!" declared Obi. Santai said "We have to let it go...move back!" Everyone shuffled back, they let go of the rope and it sand bucket came crashing down! The boy thought it was hilarious!

Further negotiations saw children having individual turns, swinging off the rope. This lead them to remove more sand. Most of our children stood closely under the bucket as they worked hard to lift it off the plank.

Zaylia and Julian removed more sand and worked together as they tried different lifting techniques. Julain said "Did you know its easier to lift it to the roof if you move back!" Zaylia proved this as she stepped right back and used her body to lift the bucket - "See, it's sooo high!"

Al-a-Carte Style

Our al-a-carte dining experience was alive this week, buzzing with chatter as our children collected a variety of natural materials to enhance their play experience.

Obi declared “We’re making a mud pie. You need lots of people to make it!”

 Julian,held the handle as Santai added the water. Olivia and Obi mixed the mud pie. 

Our educator Kel said “Let’s make something special we could make at preschool. Maybe some pancakes?” Freya “My brother likes to put maple syrup on his pancakes. We are being Chefs, I’m making a choc milkshake!”

                

Julian and Seth carried their cooking to the cubby house.  Seth shared "At home I make muffins with my mum." Julian replied "Well I make pizzas." Seth added "I'm making bacon and eggs now. I need to cook them in the oven.   

        

Olivia, Freya, Kane and Alanah mixed, measured and poured alongside one another. Alanah stood at the picnic table and said “I think I’m going to make a cake!" Alanah explained to Kel (educator) that "You have to take all the ingredients, add a sprinkle of sand and then you pick some leaves.” Alanah grabbed an egg beater and placed it in her bowl. She turned the handle and mixed the water and sand together. Alanah said “I’m not using a spoon to stir my cake. I’m going to use this thing. You need to mix it all together before you have a taste of it. When you are finished stirring, you place the cake in the oven, cause that’s where all the cooking is done.” Alanah placed her bowl in the outside play oven. “Now while the cake is cooking, we can have a cuppa tea."

Noah, Riley, Santai, Obi and Julian took their cooking to the top of the forte. They worked together to transport all of there cooking utensils, water and ingredients.

Obi said "We're making lunch orders." Kel (educator) asked "What's on the menu?" Obi replied "Soup." Kel asked "How will you deliver a soup lunch order?" Obi said "We'll deliver it and the teachers can get it out."