This week we have been looking at recipes and doing lots of cooking with chocolate. 

• We made Rice Krispie Cakes and Chocolate Brownies. 
• We looked at different ways of melting chocolate and what happened when it cooled again. 
• What do you think makes chocolate melt?
• What do you think might happen to the chocolate when it cools down?
• We talked about the ingredients and measured them out, then took turns to mix them in a bowl. 

If you would like to make one of our recipes you can find them here:

• We planted our own beans in little pots. 
• We are checking them every day, just like Jasper, to see how tall they will grow. 
• We also planted some cress seeds.
• Which do you think will grow quickest, the beans or the cress?

Maybe you can guess how tall the cress will grow or how many days it will take to grow
You could draw a chart too
Have fun!

Bees
In the garden this week the Lavender was full of bees! 
We found one bee who had been so busy that he was having a rest on the ground. 
​We gave him some sugar water to make him feel better.  

Our story this week was The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. 
When you’ve listened to the story, try to answer some of the questions below.

• What did the caterpillar pop out from?
• Can you remember all of the things the caterpillar ate?
• What did he eat first?
• What did he eat last?
• What do you think is a caterpillar’s favourite food?
• What is the name of the special house the caterpillar made for himself?
• How long did he stay inside?
• What did he turn into?
• See if you can remember the life-cycle from the story and draw a picture of it.

Making Playdough
We made Playdough from plain flour, oil and water. 
We added red and green paint and made caterpillars like the one in the story. 
​If you don’t have Playdough you can make caterpillars from paper or card. 

Home Learning Ideas
When you’ve listened to the story, try to answer some of the questions below.

• How would you feel if a tiger came to your door and asked to come in for tea?
• What would you do?
• Do you think that your Mummy or Daddy would let the tiger in?
• Would you let the tiger eat all the food and drink all the drink?
• Is the tiger a good guest?
• How would the tiger behave differently if he was a good guest?
• Who would you invite to your own tea party?
• What do you think would happen at your tea party?
• If you could go out to a restaurant and order anything at all, what would you order?

Home Learning Idea
​At home, you could try growing some seeds.  You don’t need a garden, you could just take the seeds out of a tomato or an apple, or anything that you enjoy eating, plant them in a pot with some soil and see what happens if you look after them carefully.  What do seeds need to grow?  You could take some photos or draw a picture as your seed grows.