Lizzie the lizard

Sometimes we have the greatest moments when children share their world with us...

" Hey Rowan, I have a lizard called Lizzie.

My dad find it, it’s like a mud pit yeah and it’s where we catch the lizards it’s a lizard pond and we got it and it has grass.

The lizard then he’s holds onto my little finger,  and he’s getting like getting used to me, getting used to me and um he on he’s getting used to me, the lizards are getting used to me.”

I asked how many lizards Harlee Jay has and he told me…

“I got heaps of them. Cause I call the rock pond the lizard pond yeah funny. And dad puts his motorbike in the lizard pond. I have heaps of lizards at my house. I named all the other ones yeah all the other lizards I named one softie I’ve seen softie and um goodie yeah goodie and um lizzie and goodie and lovely and then and then grassie and ah sandy and that’s all of them. And then this one called tree-ie,  the little ones are all called tree-ie and the big ones are all called Lizzie.

And my dad he just catch all of them, he must be a lizard too, cause he’s faster than a lizard.”

Gingerbread Men

Our children continue to enjoy the Gingerbread man story so today we shared the story at mat time and then.....

we made Gingerbread men!!!     

The children all gathered around the table and together we took turns to pour, stir and mix the ingredients together.

Some of the children remembered what ingredients we needed for our recipe, just like the little old lady in the story.

"Flour, sugar, ginger, butter and milk"

Although we were a little surprised by the smell of the ginger. We passed it around the table so that we could all have a smell....

"It's smells like Tiger ginger" Lua said.

"Yeah like Lion ginger" said Kiani. 

It was lovely to see everyone taking turns and sharing. Everyone was considerate of others as they all waited for a mix or an opportunity to add an ingredient.

After the ingredients had all been added we began to roll out our dough... this was a big job, in fact it was a very sticky job!

Then we pressed out our shapes so that we had rows and rows of gingerbread men.

"Children learn to appreciate their traditions, the importance of meaningful work and the joy of sharing the fruits of their labours with others." Cohen 2008