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Jack-o'-Lantern Quesadilla
We're ending pumpkin week with a cheesy, warm quesadilla that looks like a jack-o'-lantern. Your little one helps sprinkle the cheese and picks the face, then you cut it into a pumpkin shape. It's a fun lunch or snack that's ready in minutes.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 302 min read
Orange "Pumpkins"
Peel a clementine, add a little green stem on top and you have a pumpkin you can eat! It takes one minute to make, and your little one can do most of the peeling.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 292 min read
Letter H Snacks
It's Letter H day, so snack time is all about the /h/ sound, like honeydew. Your little one builds a big H on the plate and then eats it. Hummus, honeydew and ham: hooray for H!

Mystee Ipong
Oct 282 min read
Mini Pumpkin Muffins
Welcome to pumpkin week! We're starting in the kitchen with soft, little pumpkin muffins your child can help stir, scoop and count. They're lightly sweet, just the right size for small hands and great to make ahead for the week.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 272 min read
Eight-Leg Snack Plate
We're ending spider week with a snack your little one builds and counts. One round food goes in the middle, and eight long pieces become the legs. Count them on, count them off and eat them up!

Mystee Ipong
Oct 232 min read
Spider Web Yogurt
Today's snack turns a bowl of yogurt into a spider web. Your little one squeezes berry circles onto the yogurt, then a grown-up drags a toothpick from the middle out, and a web appears like magic.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 222 min read
Letter G Snacks
It's Letter G day, so snack time is all about the /g/ sound, like grapes. Your little one hears the sound again and again, builds a big G on the plate and then eats it. Grapes, green beans and goldfish crackers, here we go!

Mystee Ipong
19 hours ago2 min read
Strawberry Spiders
Welcome to spider week! We're starting with a snack that's more cute than creepy. A strawberry body, a little round head and eight pretzel legs make a friendly spider your little one can build, count and eat.

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2 days ago2 min read
Fruit Tractor
Vroom, vroom! We're ending farm week by building a tractor you can eat. A few pieces of fruit turn into a body, a cab and two round wheels. Then your little one loads it up and counts the cargo.

Mystee Ipong
6 days ago2 min read
Farm Trail Mix
Farmers need a snack they can carry out to the field. Today your little one scoops, counts and shakes up their own Farm Trail Mix. Every scoop is a chance to talk about where our food comes from.

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7 days ago2 min read
Letter F Snacks
It's Letter F day, so snack time is all about the /f/ sound, like fish. Your little one hears the sound again and again, builds a big F on the plate and then eats it. Lots of F foods come straight from the farm, too.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 142 min read
Cow Toast
Welcome to farm week! We're starting with a snack that says moo. Your little one turns a slice of toast into a cow face with a few simple toppings: banana for the muzzle, blueberries for the eyes and spots, and strawberry ears. Cow Toast takes five minutes and gets a lot of giggles.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 132 min read
Volcano Fruit Bowl
Dinosaurs lived in a world with plenty of volcanoes, so today's snack erupts! Your little one piles fruit into a mountain, then pours strawberry yogurt "lava" over the top and watches it ooze down.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 92 min read
Stegosaurus Apples
Stegosaurus is the dinosaur with the big plates along its back, and today we build one out of apples. Half an apple makes the body, thin slices make the plates, and your little one gets to eat their dinosaur when they're done.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 82 min read
Letter E Snacks
It's Letter E day, so snack time is all about the /e/ sound, like egg. Your little one hears the sound again and again, builds a big E on the plate and then eats it. Bonus: eggs are a dinosaur-week favorite, since baby dinosaurs hatched from eggs too.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 72 min read
Dinosaur Dirt Cups
Welcome to dinosaur week! We're kicking it off with a snack that looks like a tiny dig site. Your little one layers creamy pudding and crumbly cookie "dirt" in a cup, then hides a dinosaur on top. Dinosaur Dirt Cups are messy, a little silly and a big hit at our table.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 62 min read
Sweet & Sour Fruit Plate
We're ending senses week with a taste adventure. Your little one tries sweet fruits and sour fruits side by side, makes their best sour face, and decides which side of the plate they like best.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 22 min read
Crunch Test
Today snack time turns into a listening experiment. Your little one tastes a few foods, listens closely to each bite, and sorts them into crunchy, soft or somewhere in between. It's the loudest science test you'll ever do.

Mystee Ipong
Oct 12 min read
Letter D Snacks
It's Letter D day, so snack time is all about the /d/ sound, like dip. Your little one hears the sound again and again, dunks, dips and crunches, and builds a big D out of snacks before eating it.

Mystee Ipong
Sep 302 min read
Five Senses Snack Tray
It's senses week, and we're kicking it off with a snack your little one explores with their whole body. The Five Senses Snack Tray has one little section for each sense: something colorful to look at, something crunchy to listen to, something to smell, something to touch and something to taste. They

Mystee Ipong
Sep 292 min read
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