Class 5: Texture Restaurant

Today we talked about texture, and the children took turns putting their hand in a "feely box" and discussing different textures they felt. then they pretended to be master chefs who owned their own restaurant. their task- to create a mouthwatering dish that would offer a variety of textures for their diners' palates.

jacqueline: there's a place in here. that's a tunnel. it's a pumpkin pie.

sophia: i made some pasta called fettuccine alfredo with meatballs. meatballs have sauce on them, noodles have a little bit of cheese.

john: pancakes with a juicebox [what you don't see off camera- john sculpted a juice box complete with straw, then asked for a cup so he could squeeze it into the cup. so he physically transformed his drink from one form to another]. pancakes are smooth. juice box is rough outside, wet inside. syrup (to be painted on later) is sticky.

dashiell: shiskabob is bumpy outside, chewy inside. hot dog is smooth to touch, chewy to taste. bun is bumpy on inside, smooth on outside.

albina- crust is rough. medium texture, between crunchy and soft. dog cookies and bones on blue plate [this restaurant serves dog too!] the dog cookie is crusty and rough. the bone for the dog is rough on the end.

nicholas: i made pancakes and bacon (ridgey cardboard) at my restaurant. And ice cream (in bon bon plastic container) and i've created a pancake skewer.

aoife's restaurant: the pizza is cheesy and slimy. crust is rough and hard and crunchy. salad is wet and smooth and crumply (lettuce). salad dressing is wet. dessert- two cookies and a slice of cherry pie.

elaine june: i'm making a pizza. i made smooth shapes for the vegetables. the stick is for cutting the pizza and i'm making lines (that includes writing) on the crust so you can write notes like "i love you" on the crust.

niamh's restaurant: spoon is smooth. cookie is lumpy, crunchy. apple is smooth outside, bumpy inside. stem is smooth. strawberry is bumpy on outside, soft inside.

camilla: i'm making meatballs and mac n cheese. the bubble texture keeps the food from getting too hot and burning!

katie: i'm making an oreo cookie crumble pie. it's really sweet. the dots are the crumbs and i want to make it look good enough to eat! olivia: i'm making oreo cheesecake pie. i like to cut the crust to put it on the top and put dots on it.

ruby: ice cream cone is smooth and wet. chicken nugget is bumpy. the cookie and the pretzel are dry and crunchy. that big ball with the skewers in it is a "cootatta". it's bumpy, lumpy, humpy and chewy.