Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
In this activity, kids will use their sense of smell, touch and taste (but not sight) to solve the age-old riddle, What Am I Eating? What You Need A muffin tray with each compartment filled with a different snack An assortment of bite-sized snacks, suck as pretzels, grapes, small cookies, squares of cheese, chocolate chips, …
This sweet snack makes you feel like you’re swimming with the fishes — without the salty sea water! What You Need Graham crackers Goldfish Grahams S’mores flavored crackers Blue icing Sprinkles What To Do Spread icing over the graham cracker. Ask a parent for help if you’re using a knife. Place the fish crackers. Add …
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Use a variety of fresh and frozen fruits to make a nutritious, rainbow-inspired smoothie. A rainbow is one of water’s most magical tricks! Caused by water droplets, rainbows appear when light — most often sunlight — is reflected and refracted through those droplets. (“Refraction” means that when light passes through something, like water or a …
Bees to the rescue! Pollination is a superpower unlike any other. In this activity, you can see bees hard at work making honey and then try our recipe to make a sweet summer treat! Bees are vital to the food chain. These amazing insects pollinate much of the crops that humans and animals depend on …
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Avengers assemble! Recreate the first Avenger’s shield with some tasty snacks! Become part of The Avengers by recreating Captain America’s shield with some tasty treats! What is great about this recipe is that you can create the famous shield with any snack you are craving—not feeling marshmallows? Use a yogurt dip! Or banana slices! The …
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it doesn’t have to be the most boring. Make breakfast a “hoot” with this fun recipe! Let your imagination fly by creating all sorts of animals on your toast! Create a cow, a dog, a silly monkey, a fox and more! There are endless options …
Hot diggitty dog! This simple recipe is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for kids and adults alike! Capital Region BOCES Communications Manager Jodie Orzechowski’s preschooler really loved the idea of making corn dogs, even though he never had one before. Knowing that both of her children (she has a fourth-grader as well) like hot dogs …
Funfetti is even more fun with animal crackers! This recipe is quick and easy, and you can help make it! Thanks to Marisa Roark, Capital Region BOCES special education teacher, for this snack. Marisa’s four-year-old daughter, Kaia, delivers a “chef’s review” in the video below. Also, see why busy mom Marisa loves this sweet treat. …
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This creepy-crawly treat is fun to make and delicious, too! This recipe was contributed by NERIC Customer Service Representative Jessica Bennett. It doesn’t require any cooking and comes together in less than 15 minutes! Perfect as a quick snack for an afternoon spent outdoors. Grab your worms, and let’s go! What You Need One chocolate …
Move over, ants on a log! These celery snacks are as fun to make as they are to eat! Okay, we know that snails aren’t actually bugs (would you believe they’re more closely related to squid?!?!), but we couldn’t leave the caterpillars all alone on the snack tray… This fun snack recipe can be made …
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