Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

Chef Combo Goes to the Beach
Lois Griffin, nutritionist at Little Feathers Head Start in Presque Isle, Maine serves these fun snacks during their "Water and Sea Life" unit.

Fishing Snack

What You Need:
Small paper plates - 1 per child
Creamy peanut butter or a soft cheese dip - 2 to 3 teaspoons per child
Pretzel rods - 1 per child
Fish-shaped snack crackers - 10 to 15 per child

What To Do:
• Spoon peanut butter or soft cheese dip onto each child's plate.
• Have children dip their pretzel rod, then fish for their crackers.

Sand Cup

What You Need:
Crushed graham crackers - about one square per child or 1 to 2 tablepoons of cracker mix
Vanilla pudding mix - 1 package per 5-6 children
Milk - 2 cups for each package of mix
Clear plastic cups - 1 per child
Spoons - 1 per child
Optional: Small paper umbrellas

What To Do:
• Make vanilla pudding according to package directions.
• Place a small amount of pudding in each cup.
• Have each child top their pudding with their crushed graham crackers.
• Optional: With careful supervision, top each sand castle with an oriental-paper umbrella.

Sea Water Snack

What You Need:
Berry-blue gelatin mix - 1 package per 5-6 children
Fish-shape crackers
Clear cups - 1 per child
Spoons - 1 per child

• Make gelatin according to package directions.
• Pour mixture into cups and let it set.
• Serve with fish-shape crackers.

"The children and I enjoy spending time in the kitchen with Chef Combo!"
Lois Griffin
Little Feathers Head Start
Presque Isle, Maine

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