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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Friendship Fruit Salad

We like to cook!  Okay, this wasn't really cooking, but the children were very involved in making our Friendship Fruit Salad.  
Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.


You can tell just by looking at the delicious ingredients, this is good food!
 Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.

I asked each family to provide one piece of fruit for the salad, and we had a lovely variety show up.  Last year I had a helper on fruit salad day, and was able to have the children wash, peel, cut and totally prepare their piece of fruit.  This year I did a lot of the prep work during nap (except peeling and cutting bananas, those are best done immediately before serving), as I was on my own on this day.  It all worked out beautifully!
Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.
 The children added their ingredient to the bowl, and our salad slowly came together.
Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.

Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.

Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.

Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.
 One child even brought a lime he had picked from his grandmother's tree, and squeezed the juice over the rest of the fruit!
Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.
 The result?  Lots of thumbs up from the children, a huge amount of fruit eaten (can we have fifth servings Ms. Paula? -  yes!), vitamins taken in, fine motor skills practiced, and a community building exercise for a group of 3-5 year olds. 
Friendship Fruit Salad, a recipe for classroom team building.
That gets my thumbs up too!

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