Jazzy Kitchen Camp: Flip-Flop Cake & Campfire!

We added more to our Restaurant books.

"We Are Fine Musicians" - a game that incorporates active listening, instrument identication, sound matching, inhibitory control, and steady beat.

Two Sisters: So proud of those flip-flop cakes!

Pretty cute!

Look Mom!  I'm doing it myself!

Total concentration and don't you just love that purple icing!  My favorite color!!

When do I get to take the first bite?

Dancing Spoons...really.

Check out our Kindermusik campfire, complete with flashlights, rhythm sticks, and colored scarves.  Special thanks to my daughter, Lyndsey, for leading us in campfire songs using the Ukulele.  (Yes, we have Ukulele camp, too).

It's a S'mores party!  We baked them in the oven - its' easy and yummy, too.

Check out these boomwhakers.  We used them in an ensemble to play our French Lullabye.

"Pizza, Pickle, Pumpernickel...How many sandblocks can you wiggle?"  

(Just ask your child about this one.)

Kids.  Cooking.  Music Making. Cake decorating.  Campfire (pretend). Ukulele.  Children singing. 

That's what our last day of Jazzy Kitchen Cooking camp was all about.  I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Looking forward to Cooking & Camps again next summer!

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Chocolate & Quarter Notes - Day 3 of Cooking Camp

It's Jazzy Kitchen Camp Day 3, where we're making 2 different chocolate pudding desserts:  Chocolate Pudding Parfait and Dirt Dessert.  Here are a few highlights:

We started off creating menus for our "Restaurants".  Parents, please note the drawings of the food and the prices.  Very cute!  (cognitive, fine motor, artistic expression)

During music time, we explored rhythms from a new nursery rhyme from England.  (multicultural, rhythmic competency)

Reviewed the eighth note rhythms in our chant about Pizza. (music reading)

The children learned about quarter notes using the rhythm "cho-co-late (rest)."  We created an ensemble pairing both eighth notes and quarter note rhythms using sandblocks and 3-bell jingles. (steady beat, rhythmic competency, ensemble development)

We introduced the children to a marionette puppet and a new French children's song.  For more examples of marionettes, consider watching the scene from The Sound of Music where the children put on a puppet show. (multicultural)

The children learned a french lullaby and then created an ensemble using boomwackers where the children partnered to play their part. (Socialization, Ensemble, Inhibitory Control)

Because of the focus on French music and foods, this is a great time to watch the Disney movie, "Ratatouille," a movie set in Paris all about chefs and restaurants.

The children mixed up chocolate pudding in teams of three, adding milk, stirring, washing dishes, and spooning into serving cups.  Once the pudding set up we prepared our Chocolate parfaits with mini-vanilla wafers and whipped topping.  Then we enjoyed our chocolate snack!  

(teamwork, following directions, cognitive)

Each child mixed in gummy worms into their chocolate pudding.  Then individually created cookie crumbs using oreo cookie wafers.  After adding the cookie crumbs as a topping, a flower was added to the dirt!  (attention skills, active listening)

We're looking forward to celebrating summer in the U.S.A. tomorrow during our last day of camp.  

Music from England, Scones, and a Tiny Party - Jazzy Kitchen Camp Day 2

Today at cooking camp we sang and played music from England, especially a variety of Nursery Rhymes. 

We decorated our Restaurant Take out bags and added new recipes to our book.

We divided up into 2 groups and each group made a batch of Chocolate chip scones, which we later enjoyed eating (plus we sent some home).  Did any of our parents get to try them out??

During music time, we learned about eighth notes.  Ask your child to share our chant about "pizza, pickle, pumpernickel."

While our scones were baking, we made a sample table decoration for the holidays.  It was a turkey gobbler made of apples, fruit loops, marshmallows, and toothpicks.  Check out our group photo where everyone is holding their table decoration.

At the end of the day, we held a "tiny party" with scones (that the children made), strawberries, and cheese.  

I am so proud of the turn taking and developing social skills that we are observing each day with the children.  They are polite and considerate of others, whether we are sharing art supplies, doing food preparation, or waiting for a turn to help with baking scones.  All of our Kindermusik classes offer opportunities for social development in a nurturing environment with Licensed Educators who are committed to engaging children with a variety of learning styles.

Special thanks to our helpers this week: my daughters, Lyndsey and Sara, and a good family friend, Kayleigh.

Tomorrow we are making chocolate desserts and exploring music from France and the French Quarter in New Orleans.

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Jazzy Kitchen Camp - where music and food make a great team!

We are off to a great first day of Jazzy Kitchen Cooking Camp. Here are a few highlights from the morning together:

Introduction to Music from Italy (multi-cultural focus)

Creating our own restaurants - we decorated our restaurant "books", named our restaurants, and drew a picture of what our restaurant will look like (creativity, imagination)

Using breadstick dough, the children created their own breadstick shapes while Miss Kathy created a "wheat" design using a can of breadstick dough.  See the picture to learn more. (fine motor skills)

We brainstormed the ingredients needed for making pizza dough and pizza toppings and created our own class shopping list. (cognitive, language)

We created our pizza using prepared dough, then added sauce, cheese, and toppings. (cognitive, fine motor)

Tomorrow we will learn about music from England, bake scones, and decorate our restaurant take-out bags.

I'm looking forward to a great time of music, cooking, and fun fun fun!