Story Tram

Here are some great food-themed picture books to share with your child:

‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY‘Pass the Jam, Jim’ by Kaye Umansky and Margaret Chamberlainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVKIo6DTI0‘Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli’ by Barbara Jean Hickshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvw4rMxb-DU‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Vivian Frenchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcxnE4Xh0-g‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXgW9UCgpc8

Food Glorious Food

Action rhymes

Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake

Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake baker’s man,Bake me a cake as fast as you can. Pat it and prick it and mark it with ‘B’,and put it in the oven for baby and me.

Pancakes

Mix a pancake,Beat a pancake,Put it in a pan.Cook a pancake,Toss a pancake,Catch it if you can!

Pease Pudding

Pease pudding hot,Pease pudding cold,Pease pudding in the pot,Nine days old.

Some like it hot,Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot,Nine days old.

Songs

• The Teddy Bears Picnic

• Oranges and lemons

• Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan

• Food Glorious Food

• Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop

• Oats and Beans and Barley Grow

• I’m a Little Teapot

• Polly Put the Kettle On

• Jelly on a Plate

Some ideas for simple art and craft activities:

Potato printing

Make a pasta necklace