At Winfield Children’s House, children have opportunities every day to practice the culinary arts. In the Toddler House, the children work with teachers to prepare a group snack to share each morning. In the Children’s House, a daily snack helper donates snack items and helps set up a self-serve station in the snack area. This is a great way for children to gain experience preparing food and the grace and courtesy of serving others. The culinary arts are often part of our afternoon enrichment curriculum. This fall, on Tuesdays the Downstairs Preschool has been  learning new ways to prepare yummy snacks. Here are some simple and rewarding recipes that the children in Downstairs Preschool made in September. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving Break!   Banana Mash-Up (serves 1) Ingredients ½ peeled banana 1 tbsp honey dash of cinnamon 1 graham cracker Directions Mash banana using a fork. Add honey and cinnamon to banana mash. Stir together. Spread mixture onto graham cracker. Enjoy! Banana Caterpillar (serves 1) Ingredients ½ peeled banana 2 tbsp sunflower seed butter (or another kind of butter for at home) 1 grape 1 pretzel stick   Directions Cut up bananas into small pieces. Spread sunflower seed butter on cut sides of banana pieces and stick together in a “caterpillar” shape. Use more butter to stick a grape for the “head” and stick pretzels into grape for “antennae.” Enjoy!...

At Winfield Children’s House, there are many events and activities to remember. We wanted to have a reference for families that is available online at anytime, in addition to our monthly calendars that we send via email to enrolled families. Please bookmark http://winfieldhouse.net/blog/calendar/ to access our calendar. Please note that our calendar app is a little quirky in that it starts on Monday, so make sure to glance up to check the day of the week.      ...