Toddler Learning: The Color Green

Books: 

- Jump Frog Jump

- Why Are Animas Green? 

- Edible Colors 

- All the Colors of Busyland

Activities: 

-Shop for the green food in the play kitchen and sort in a muffin tin

- Find and collect green leaves from outside 

- Dye the bath tub water green and play with green bath toys

- Sort green blocks 

Crafts: 

- Make a green turtle craft (see pic below)

- Paint green animals

Food: 

- Greenbeans

- Green bell peppers 

I used construction paper to cut out the limbs, tail, and head of the turtle. Then I taped them on the plate. I cut up different shades of green construction paper and let my LO glue them on. Then he colored the edges with different green crayons. Super easy and fun! 

Toddler Learning: The Color Yellow

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Books: 

- Five Little Ducks 

- Edible Colors 

- All the Colors of Busyland

Activities: 

- Find and collect yellow leaves from outside 

- Help make scrambled eggs

- Sort yellow blocks and pegs 

- Watch Five Little Ducks video and play with duck paper plates (find out more here: http://m.lifeovercs.com/fd6skx5/articles/69484/Five-Little-Ducks-on-the-Pond-Gross-Motor-Activity)

Crafts: 

- Use yellow markers to color yellow animals

- Place puffy bumble bee stickers in a bumble bee "jar" and count them

Food: 

- scrambled eggs

- avocado (yellow and green)

Peach Balsamic Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 4 - 6 springs of rosemary
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
• 3 peaches, sliced
• 1/4 cup of honey
• 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 3 - 4 chicken breasts

Instructions:

 

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. In a pan saute onion in olive oil or coconut oil until clear, then add rosemary, salt, pepper, and peaches for about five minutes
3. Add honey and balsamic vinegar and simmer for 5 minutes
4. Place chicken in greased baking pan and pour mixture over.
5. Bake for 75 minutes 

Note: Use extra peach sauce as a dressing on spinach and almond salad - delicious