Welcome back and Happy New Year to all PS1H students and their families! For the first couple of weeks after the December holidays PS1 will be returning once more to focus on our first inquiry, specifically looking at ways to become happy and healthy. When we were working on this inquiry earlier in the school year we began looking at the Action for Happiness 'keys to happiness' and had already considered
We wanted to give the children the opportunity to try something new, but felt making green eggs might be a step too far! Instead, we opted to make green vanilla pudding. First, we looked together at the main ingredients, namely milk and pudding mix, and we measured the milk into a bowl. Then the children helped to mix the powder into the milk. Now it was time for the fun part! We added green food colouring, a few drops at a time, mixing well after each addition, and checking on the colour. We ended up with a rather lovely pale green-coloured pudding. The children found this very funny! We put the pudding into the refrigerator to wait until after snack and outside playtime so that it would be properly set. Everyone was very excited to see the pudding when it came out of the fridge. It had set into the perfect pudding consistency. Now was the time we had all been waiting for; time to taste the green pudding! Everyone who tried it loved it and had several spoonfuls (NB each spoon was, of course, washed each time after it had been used, and before putting back into the pudding; there was no 'double-dipping'!) I would strongly urge you to continue to encourage your child to try new foods at home. In class we also watched a short clip from Sesame Street entitled Try, Try Again where Elmo is considering trying Kiwi fruit. He is not sure he will like it, but is encouraged by his friends to try it. The first time he tries a little, Elmo doesn't like it, but his friends say he should 'Try, try again!'. When he does so, he discovers that he does in fact like it. The song emphasizes the fact that often we need to try a new food several times before we grow to like it. We will be referring to both Elmo's experiences with the kiwi fruit, and also our experience with the green pudding during lunch and snack times at school, and we encourage you to do the same at home. Of course, trying new things is not limited to food. It also includes trying new experiences, making new friends and more.
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