•From Lesson Plan for Cooper’s Lesson

•Teacher’s Guide

What Do You Think?•How do pumpkins grow?

•Taste a sliver of raw pumpkin. How does baking change it?

•What else is made from pumpkin?

•Which ingredients are solid? Which are liquid?

•Which ingredients are spices?

Try This!•Make pumpkin bread: double the recipe, and bake in a loaf pan for 50 minutes.

•Add ¼ cup of your favorite nuts.

Try This

Make different types of milkshakes with your child. Replace the banana with one of the following ingredients:

Strawberries

Pears

Blueberries

Chocolate Syrup

For a special treat, put in a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Questions for Discussion:

What ingredient gives the milkshake it's taste?

Why is the milkshake so cold?

If you make two different types of shakes, discuss what makes the two taste and look different.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins.

Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

What Do You Think?

•How are the two cheeses alike? Different? To which food group does cheese belong?

•Smell the dill weed. Where does it come from?

•Which ingredient adds lots of flavor?

Try This!

•Which ingredient starts with D, as in Delicious Dip? Find the D on the dill weed jar.

•Add bits of chopped celery or bacon, parsley or pimiento.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins.

Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

What Do You Think?

Questions to Discuss:

1. Why is the pudding brown? Which ingredient makes the pudding brown?2. Try tasting the pudding when it is hot and after it cools. Which way tastes better? 3. What happens to the consistency of the pudding after it is in the refrigerator for a while? How does it look and feel different? !

Recipe taken from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins. Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins.

Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

What Do You Think?

•Taste the cornmeal and flor. How are they alike? How are they different?

•What is cornmeal made from?

•Why do we butter the pan?

•Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?

•Imagine that you helped prepare the first Thanksgiving Feast. Tell what you cooked and how. How was cooking different then?

Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins. Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

Illustrations taken from Kinder-Krunchies: Healthy Snack Recipes for Children by Karen S. Jenkins.

Distributed exclusively by Discovery Toys.

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