Little Hands, Happy Salads

We need

• 🍌Banana
• 🍎Apple
• 🍇Grapes
• 🔴Pomegranate seeds
• 🧡Papaya
• 🧂Chaat masala
• 🍋Lemon

Let's make

1. Peel the banana and slice it with a plastic knife.
2. Pull the grapes off their stalks.
3. Drop in the pomegranate seeds.
4. Add the fruit the teacher has cut.
5. Sprinkle chaat masala, squeeze the lemon and mix gently.

💬How many colours can you find in your bowl?

We learn: Colours · counting · sorting

We need

• 🫘Moong dal, soaked 2 hours
• 🥕Grated carrot
• 🥒Cucumber
• 🥥Grated coconut
• 🌿Coriander
• 🍋Lemon
• 🧂Salt

Let's make

1. Drain the soaked dal.
2. Add the carrot, cucumber and coconut.
3. Tear the coriander leaves with your fingers.
4. Squeeze the lemon and add a pinch of salt.
5. Mix it all together.

💬What happened to the dal when it slept in water?

We learn: Soaking · textures

We need

• 🌱Sprouted moong
• 🍅Chopped tomato
• 🧅Onion (optional)
• 🍋Lemon
• 🧂Salt
• ⚫A pinch of pepper

Let's make

1. Look at the sprouts with a magnifying glass.
2. How long are their tails?
3. Put the sprouts in a bowl and add the tomato.
4. Squeeze the lemon and add the salt.
5. Mix and taste.

💬Sprout the seeds in class 2 or 3 days before. What changed each day?

We learn: Seeds · growing · science

We need

• 🥕Carrot sticks
• 🥒Cucumber sticks
• 🥛Thick curd
• 🧂A pinch of salt
• 🟤A pinch of jeera powder

Let's make

1. Spoon the curd into a small bowl.
2. Sprinkle in the salt and jeera, then stir.
3. Put the bowl in the middle of a plate.
4. Arrange the sticks around it like sun rays.
5. Dip and crunch!

💬Which stick is long? Which is short?

We learn: Long and short · patterns

We need

• 🌽Boiled sweet corn
• 🧈A little butter
• 🧂Salt
• 🟠Chaat masala
• 🍋Lemon

Let's make

1. Spoon the corn into small cups.
2. Add a little butter.
3. Sprinkle the salt and masala.
4. Squeeze the lemon.
5. Stir and eat with a spoon.

💬Can you count 10 kernels on your spoon?

We learn: Counting · scooping

We need

• 🥜Roasted peanuts
• 🍅Chopped tomato
• 🥒Cucumber
• 🌿Coriander
• 🍋Lemon
• 🧂Salt

Let's make

1. Rub the peanuts between your palms.
2. Blow the skins away. Whoosh!
3. Mix in the tomato and cucumber.
4. Tear in the coriander.
5. Add the lemon and salt, then mix.

⚠️ Check for peanut allergies first.

💬What sound do the peanuts make in your hands?

We learn: Senses · fine motor

We need

• 🍌Ripe banana
• 🥥Grated coconut
• 🟫A little jaggery powder
• 🌿A pinch of cardamom

Let's make

1. Peel the banana.
2. Mash it with a fork.
3. Mix in the coconut and jaggery.
4. Sprinkle the cardamom.
5. Smell it! Then taste it.

💬Is the banana soft or hard? And the coconut?

We learn: Soft and hard · smell · touch

We need

• 🧀Paneer cubes
• 🫑Capsicum: red, yellow, green
• 🥢Ice-cream sticks
• 🧂Salt
• ⚫Pepper
• 🍋Lemon

Let's make

1. Push a paneer cube onto the stick.
2. Then a capsicum piece.
3. Paneer, capsicum, paneer, capsicum…
4. Sprinkle salt and pepper.
5. Squeeze a little lemon.

💬What comes next in your pattern?

We learn: AB patterns · colours