green eggs and ham

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess is one of our favorite books in this house. The kids love it. We have read it so often that they can recite the words on almost every page.




So I decided to make a fun breakfast for us......green eggs and ham!

Materials:
-the book Green Eggs and Ham
-eggs
-ham
-green food coloring

I just dropped a couple of drops of food coloring in the eggs as I scrambled them and put a few on the ham as I warmed it up.



While the kids ate, I read the story to them. It was a hit!!!

marshmallow mountain

Materials needed:
*marshmallows ( I found pink strawberry ones we used with the white.....made it even more fun!)
* plates
* plastic knife
*can of frosting
* card that says Marshmallow Mountain

While continuing to study the letter M, we made a snack that focused on that letter, Marshmallow Mountains!

This is such an easy and fun activity for the kids. And they actually remember that Marshmallows and Mountain start with M!

Place the marshmallows on a plate with a couple of spoonfuls of frosting. They can build their "mountains" on the other plate using the frosting as the glue to hold the marshmallows together. Just let them create, snack, and have fun!!!

fun fruit salad

Materials:
a variety of fruit
knife (for you, not the kids)
cookie cutters
LOTS of towels (to clean up!)
bowl

Activity:
Creating a fun fruit salad while cutting out fun shapes, discussing the colors, and enjoying the sweetness of the fruit! Easy!!!

With the summer season here upon us the selection of fresh fruit is delightful (and less expensive). My kids love making our weekly fruit salad. This week I decided to make it a little more fun, though!


Let the kids watch you cut out the different melons if you buy them whole. Mine love to still guess which color will be inside!
After you cut some thin slices of fruit ( seedless watermelon seems to work best for little ones), give each child a plate and a cookie cutter to start making shapes out of their fruit.


Tip: Give them separate fruit and you cut your own if you plan on serving this to anyone else.....they will lick the cutters and eat their stars and hearts.


Make a variety of shapes for fun. We cut our grapes into ovals, made balls from the honeydew, made shapes & letters from the watermelon, and triangles for the cantaloupe.
Enjoy eating and talking about shapes and colors for a few days!!