Time to get healthy and have some fun with colour…
Encouraging children to eat a variety of fruits can, at times, be a challenge, but this little activity can get them excited about the different colours and flavours…
A perfect snack, pudding or party food!!! you can never go wrong with these delicious rainbow fruit kebabs.
what you need…
- strawberry
- satsuma
- pineapple
- grapes
- blueberries
- more grapes!!!
what to do…
- wipe the table and wash your hands
- prepare the fruit – washing, peeling, slicing (I recommend slicing the grapes in half)
- thread the fruit onto the kebab stick
- enjoy!!!
then into a little dream adventure…
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- try different fruit combinations – a berry kebab with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries…a tropical kebab with kiwi, pineapple, mango, lychee…a vegetable kebab with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado
- read the stories ‘Mrs Rainbow’ by Neil Griffiths, ‘Olivers fruit salad’ by Alison Bartlett,
- talking about what their favourite fruit is and why?
- talking about what their favourite colour is and why?
- looking at fruit and where they grow
- do you have any fruit growing in your garden?
- look at the different fruits and the pips, seeds and stones they hold on the inside, are they big, small, round, oval?
- what other things can you do with fruit?
- make fruit juice with oranges…
- try doing some fruit printing with paint!!! cutting the fruit in half and dipping into paint – apple printing, pear printing…
- sing the rainbow song:
Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue…
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow too…
