Mahalo Farmer Halley for hosting our visit to your wonderful green acres. What fun we had harvesting organic vegetables. What a good lesson in malama aina. Our visit to the farm is a cherished memory for all of our Ohana – what a blessing to be able to teach the keiki about local farms and farmers; where real food comes from.
Mahalo to Aloha Animal Sanctuary and Auntie Tatum for hosting us for our most recent fieldtrip! Enjoy a short slideshow of our visit with the animals.
Snack time at the Green Preschool is educational, healthy, and delicious. We teach the importance of healthy meals that feed the body, the mind, and the soul. Feeding our keiki organic vegetarian meals as well as involving them in the cooking process is something we are proud to teach.
Playdough Recipe
The below recipe will give you about 2 cups worth of really good playdough.
Measure into a medium size sauce pan
1 1/2 cups water
3/4 cup table salt
1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 – 2 tsp food coloring (Combine colors to get another color: red and yellow will give you orange playdough, etc.)
Mix the above ingredients together by stirring with a large spoon.
Add
1 1/2 cups white flour
3 tsp cream of tartar
Stir together all ingredients. Try to make the mixture as homogenous as possible. Little lumps may form in the mixture, but that is okay.
Cook the mixture on a slightly higher medium heat. Stir the mixture as it heats up and begins to congeal, about 10 minutes. When the mixture has congealed into a ball carefully remove it to a plate and let it cool. When the playdough is cool to touch, kneed it on a hard flat surface (like kneading bread) to make it homogenous and work our any lumps. ( Helpful hint: When cooking the playdough do not leave it unattended. It conceals very quickly and needs to be constantly turned to avoid burning it.)
Your playdough is done! Store in a plastic bag after it is completely cool. If your environment is humid leave the top of the bag open so the playdough doesn’t get too sticky. If your environment is dry, close the bag.
These measures are double the amount of the above recipe. It’s a amount that we make at our school for a class of 6 students.
Combine in a large cooking pot:
3 Cups water
1 1/2 Cup salt
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil (canola is good)
1 – 2 Tsp food coloring
Add
3 cups white flour
6 Tsp. cream of tartar
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