Dear Families,
Our week has been
filled with building and scissor snipping! The children are exploring tower
making in many forms, the block corner, popstick and cork towers, the making
table and even when we go outside! Cutting is a favourite at the making table
and as a class we have come up with an essential agreement about the safe way
to use scissors in our room!
We had a wonderful
experience making Chinese dumplings last Friday with Wenting. The children really enjoyed being involved in the process, making the dough,
rolling and kneading it, watching the chicken being added and the dumplings
being formed. Wenting shared with us that in China families make
dumplings together to share at Chinese New Year celebrations. Everybody in the
family helps, some make the dough, others mix up the chicken or pork, while others get the steamer ready. Jason’s mum Isabella came in to help too! Together they
mixed the dough, using flour and water. The children took turns to help too.
Lochlann:
It’s all sticky on the spoon
Alina:
It’s hard to stir
Daniel
B: My tummy’s rumbling!
Lochlann:
I can mix it!
Leo:
We need a bit more water
Lochlann:
Your hands are messy (to Isabella)
Ryan:
It’s not playdough, it’s dumplings!
Sophie:
It’s sticky on your fingers
Wenting:
We’re adding lots of water
Lochlann:
It’s a long snake!
Then Wenting rolled the dough out into a long snake.
Jason helped to cut the snake into smaller pieces of dough. Then the children
helped to roll the bits of dough into a ball. Then they flattened it on their
hands. There was lots of squeezing, pushing, kneading…. The children enjoyed
helping!
Daniel
B: It takes a long time
Jason:
I love rolling out the dough
Oscar:
It feels soft
Lilah:
It’s still a bit sticky (getting some more flour on her hands)
Ryan:
We cook dumplings at my house. I like to eat them
Wenting asked Ryan if his family puts a gold coin in
one of the dumplings for Chinese New Year
Ryan:
Yes, if I find it I put the coin in my pocket and eat the dumpling!
Jason:
I’m rolling it into a ball
Sidney:
You roll then you squash it flat
Ryan:
It looks like a pancake now!
Lilah:
We’re making dumplings!
Enjoy your weekend!
Kind Regards,
Pip and Coney
