Fruit Salad

I recently picked up this set of fruit counters cheaply, because it was not a full set. I got them out with our colour sorting bowls for R to sort with.

R was not really interested in sorting by colour, so I came up with a little game to keep R's interest. I said some fruits and R collected them in a bow, making fruit salad for me. This is blueberry, grape and apple salad.

And strawberry, banana and grape salad.

Lastly, we had banana and strawberry salad.

R was really interested in this, and we spent ages making different combinations. including everything!

As we start working more on numbers, I had an idea to ask for fruit salad with two grapes, three bananas and one blueberry. I was even thinking of making some little cards for R to work independently. 

Felt Pizza

I made a felt pizza after being inspired by Serving Pink Lemonade.



R loved this and played with it for days. One day when we were playing, I asked him to make me a specific pizza with ham and pineapple on it. This is what he made me:



I then asked for capsicum, onion and olives.



Next was pepperoni, pineapple and mushrooms.



We had lots of fun making pizza. Next time, I think I will introduce numbers with this activity. I will ask for a pizza with 4 olives, 2 mushrooms and 1 piece of pineapple. He will be able to create and work on numbers and counting skills at the same time!