{"id":1128,"date":"2024-05-02T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:18:59","slug":"blueberry-pancakes-sensory-play-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/blueberry-pancakes-sensory-play-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry Pancakes Sensory Play Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently bought a Blueberry Pancakes Scented Play Kit <\/a>from Readymade Play Canada<\/a>. The main selling point for me was that the playdough AND the sensory mix are scented!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em><\/a> provided the perfect segue between pancakes and food sources. I found some free resources on Teach Nutrition<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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