Making Chicken Noodle Soup

January 29, 2016

This morning Miss Sousa and the children prepared to make chicken soup for lunch. With supervision, two of our toddlers helped cut up the vegetables using butter knives.

Then, it was time to mix the ingredients! Here is a list of what we used:

• chicken
• carrots
• potatoes
• celery
• peas
• spices (dill, poultry seasoning, garlic, and ginger)
• noodles
• chicken broth

Each child had a turn to pour and mix the ingredients in a big pot.

In the picture above, Miss Sousa hands a child a bowl of celery. Gingerly, she pours the vegetables in the pot.

Another child gets a turn and he adds more vegetables using a measuring cup.

The toddlers take a closer look at how the ingredients are mixing together.

Then, Miss Sousa lets the children stir the ingredients with a big spoon.

Each child gets a turn to stir the pot.

We observe how all the ingredients move around the pot as we stir them.

Then, we added some pasta! Once we have added all that we needed, it is time to cook the soup in the big kitchen. While it was cooking, the children played outside for an hour.

At around 11 am, it was time to taste our labour of love. Miss Sousa also made grilled cheese sandwiches to go with our soup.

Lunch time!

Through this play experience, the children learned about math: measuring and counting. They also learned about science: mixing, combining, cooking. They learned to be responsible while using butter knives. And they learned about good nutrition from proper hand washing to trying healthy soup!