The Grating Station
The same carrot comes out completely different from the coarse and the fine side of the grater. Your child works through four foods and turns the heaps into a salad.
What you need
- Carrot
- Apple
- Hard cheese
- Boiled beetroot
- A box grater
- A wide bowl
- Sour cream or yoghurt
How to play
- Stand the grater in a wide bowl and hold it steady with your hand throughout.
- Grate a little carrot yourself first, showing long strokes downward and no fingers near the holes.
- Let your child grate half a carrot on the coarse side and half on the fine side, then compare the two heaps.
- Agree the stopping rule: as soon as the piece is smaller than a matchbox, it goes to the adult.
- Work through the apple, the cheese and the beetroot, keeping the heaps separate.
- Mix carrot and apple with a spoonful of sour cream and taste the salad you just made.
