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Bread Is For Eating

Language: English

This feature book explains the process of making bread — from growing the grain to baking it — in a song sung in English and in Spanish. Bread is a staple in every culture, and LeVar talks about how the differences in cultures impact on this common food. A Hopi woman shows how she makes blue cornmeal bread, and we visit an East Indian restaurant where they bake bread in a tandoori oven.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Cheesy Stick People

Want variety for lunch? Get the whole family involved in making grilled cheese people!

  1. To make a cheesy head, cut bread slices with a round cookie cutter.
  2. Top each round slice with a circle of cheese.
  3. Place on a cookie sheet.
  4. Add sliced olive eyes, a round cherry nose, and a bacon bit smile. (Or whatever you choose to use.)
  5. Broil until cheese melts.
  6. Place each head on a plate and add celery or carrot sticks for arms and legs.
More Bread… Ask your mom or dad on their next trip to the grocery store to buy a new kind of bread…one you have never tasted before. Try it and see if you like some different flavors. You can also toast it to see if that changes the taste!
 

Placemats!

Have you ever made your very own placemat? One you can really use at the table?

Materials you will need:

  • colorful fabric cut into strips 1” by 12”
  • a cardboard square, 12” by 12”
  • stapler and scissors

Directions:

  1. Cover the cardboard with the strips of fabric, laying them side by side and stapling both ends of each strip to the cardboard.
  2. Weave the remaining strips under and over the stapled strips. Remember, if you go under and over one time, the next time you go over first, and then under. This is what makes the weave. Staple the ends of the woven strips to the cardboard and trim off any excess.

Option: You may want to weave some ribbons or create a pattern using colors or prints.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
  • Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris
  • The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen

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