Makin' Banana Rainbow Pancakes

Today is usually a park day for Ella. Dad has dutifully stepped up and taken over park duty since I have been on bedrest. Thanks to the rain park day was canceled. Instead, we filled our morning with reading, some computer time, and rainbow pancakes.

We started by letting Ella help daddy measure out the ingredients for the pancakes. She used the measuring cups and dad helped her talk about the ingredients that were added.

Vocabulary: mix, batter, measure

Ella decided to add blueberries so dad obliged. After that, they added some blue food coloring to the mix and made a few pancakes. When they had used about half of the batter, dad let Ella add some red food coloring to make purple pancakes.

***While the pancakes were cooking I logged onto www.starfall.com and Ella came over to go through the letter 'Rr' with me. Then I googled an Elmo's world on rainbows.***

When the pancakes were finished Ella topped them with some extra blueberries and rainbow sprinkles.

Bon Apetit Bebe!

Talking Points:

-These are the ingredients we are going to use to make pancakes.
-What color are we adding?
-What is your favorite color?
-What do you think will happen when we add the color _____?
-What shape are these pancakes?
-What sounds does the letter 'R' make?
-What starts with the letter 'R'?