So the first week back at work after the Christmas break meant detox time! Saturday 8 May 2010
Raw Fairies - the experience...
So the first week back at work after the Christmas break meant detox time! 
Little Sprouts Debut session...
Back in January, Little Sprouts ran its debut session in Wiltshire. What an eye opener into how not to do things next time! I learnt so much, and have still so much to learn. We ran two sessions back to back - error number one! There was too little time in between to clear up and offer mums and dads the opportunity to ask a few questions. We focused on carrots, apples and spinach. All the kids had their own carrot complete with green carrot top. We sang a song about picking carrots from the ground - hence the carrot top to pull up the carrot from the ground. I was so very nervous (of the Mums and Dads) that I 
forgot my words and had to refer to my notes - sooooo unprofessional Phili! We looked at all the different ways we can eat carrot - grated, batons and rounds...making a smiley face on paper plates with all three varieties. However, there wasn't sufficient quantities of each for the next session - error two. So improvisation came into the game, with more time singing songs about carrots!! Thank goodness I remembered the words the second time round. The second group was a wee bit older - they weren't buying into the fact that carrots can make you see in the dark, and too right too! The age spectrum was too broad and I was uncertain as to how much detail of nutritional facts I could launch into without receiving a glazed over expression from the younger ones and drawing the older ones (6 years old) into asking more questions - taking us off subject. Conclusion - 6 years old is too old for Little Sprouts.
Spinach was next on the menu - seeing how we could make teeth marks in the spinach, then cooking it up and seeing how it can reduce! Error three - hot steaming spinach is not ideal around little hands who want to grab and feel everything. No dramas, but the potential for disaster was something I'd wish to avoid in the future.
Apples for pud - using our 'pampered chef' children's chopping knives we cut into the apples to see what we could find inside...pips and a star shape if cut at the right angle. We explored the different colours of apples and rubbed them on our jumpers to see if we could make them shiny and see our faces!
and last but not least...the Nutrition Kitchen aspect came into full force - we made carrot and apple muffins. Yummy! Ideally there should have been 2 children to each batch - but
instead numbers were so great that we had 2 batches and about 6 kids to each batch! Mess everywhere. But they were delighted with the result - the magic oven that takes seconds...otherwise known as here are some I made earlier.
Each kid delved into a bag of kiddies organic treats I'd picked up from Wholefoods, had a muffin 'they' had made and the parents got to take away a fact sheet of more fun things to do with carrots, apples and spinach...as well as the recipe for those delicious muffins!
A wonderful experience...that I truly hopes goes soooo much smoother next time. I'll keep you posted.
forgot my words and had to refer to my notes - sooooo unprofessional Phili! We looked at all the different ways we can eat carrot - grated, batons and rounds...making a smiley face on paper plates with all three varieties. However, there wasn't sufficient quantities of each for the next session - error two. So improvisation came into the game, with more time singing songs about carrots!! Thank goodness I remembered the words the second time round. The second group was a wee bit older - they weren't buying into the fact that carrots can make you see in the dark, and too right too! The age spectrum was too broad and I was uncertain as to how much detail of nutritional facts I could launch into without receiving a glazed over expression from the younger ones and drawing the older ones (6 years old) into asking more questions - taking us off subject. Conclusion - 6 years old is too old for Little Sprouts.Spinach was next on the menu - seeing how we could make teeth marks in the spinach, then cooking it up and seeing how it can reduce! Error three - hot steaming spinach is not ideal around little hands who want to grab and feel everything. No dramas, but the potential for disaster was something I'd wish to avoid in the future.
Apples for pud - using our 'pampered chef' children's chopping knives we cut into the apples to see what we could find inside...pips and a star shape if cut at the right angle. We explored the different colours of apples and rubbed them on our jumpers to see if we could make them shiny and see our faces!
and last but not least...the Nutrition Kitchen aspect came into full force - we made carrot and apple muffins. Yummy! Ideally there should have been 2 children to each batch - but
instead numbers were so great that we had 2 batches and about 6 kids to each batch! Mess everywhere. But they were delighted with the result - the magic oven that takes seconds...otherwise known as here are some I made earlier.Each kid delved into a bag of kiddies organic treats I'd picked up from Wholefoods, had a muffin 'they' had made and the parents got to take away a fact sheet of more fun things to do with carrots, apples and spinach...as well as the recipe for those delicious muffins!
A wonderful experience...that I truly hopes goes soooo much smoother next time. I'll keep you posted.
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