I recently bought a Blueberry Pancakes Scented Play Kit from Readymade Play Canada. The main selling point for me was that the playdough AND the sensory mix are scented!
The kit included playdough, a few blueberries, a rice and pasta mix, a frying pan and spatula, and some wood butter and maple syrup pieces. I decided to add a few extra accessories from our play kitchen – so the kids would have everything they needed to mix up pancake batter, cook the pancakes and serve them.
I also thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about the ingredients in pancakes and their food sources while we played. Eric Carle’s book, Pancakes, Pancakes provided the perfect segue between pancakes and food sources. I found some free resources on Teach Nutrition that I printed and made into a simple matching game. The kids matched the food to its food source – all of them from farms of course.
The kids really adored this activity. It stayed out all weekend and was consistently played with. My 5 year old daughter asked if we could keep it out forever – lol. When I asked why, she said, “because it smells SOOO good!”
Materials
- Blueberry Pancakes Scented Play Kit – (Readymade Play Canada)
- Food sources flash cards (Teach Nutrition)
- Measuring cups (Lovevery)
- Resin sugar, whip cream & milk jug (Playspiration)
- Tenderleaf Home Baking Set (Amazon)
- Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle (Amazon)
- Tuff Tray (Scholar’s Choice)
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