Category: First Steps

Jesus Loves the Little Children

22/4/2020

If you are looking for something bible based to do with your toddlers -this is the place for you. This week we learnt about Jesus and the Children. For our craft we got a series of shapes from around the house: corks, bottle tops and bits from a broken shape sorter. We then used these to dip in paint to make body shapes for all the different children.

Here are the results:

Here is the link for this week’s story:

If you don’t have any paint that is great because that is another project! Just make some. Here is a simple recipe:
https://tinkerlab.com/salt-and-flour-paint/

Alternatively, you could just draw around the shapes.

This week’s snack is a family favourite:
AFGHANS
INGREDIENTS

200g butter, softened
½ cup Sugar
1 and a ¼ cups standard flour
¼ cup cocoa
2 cups cornflakes
Icing Sugar
Toppings (walnuts/hundreds and thousands)

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease or line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour and cocoa. Stir into creamed mixture. Fold in cornflakes.
Spoon mounds of mixture onto the tray, gently pressing together.
Bake for 15 minutes or until set. When cold ice with chocolate icing and decorate. We put hundreds and thousands on ours and a couple even had marshmallows on top.

Ka kite
First Steps

First Steps at Home

15/4/2020

Another week has gone by. Thankfully we have still had lots of sunny weather and been able to get outdoors. This week we learnt about Jesus Rising Again. You can find the link for this craft here:
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/Easter-EmptyTombActivity.htm

Here are some hard workers giving it a go:

Last time we shared the link for the Beginners Bible Easter story. It is quite long for littlies so here is the short and sweet version:

If you need to burn off some energy you might want to try some music. Here are a few songs you can find easily on YouTube:

This week’s snack is another easy one for all hands to help with:

CHEESE PUFFS

Ingredients
1 C Flour
2 t baking powder
2 t sugar
1/2C grated cheese
Pinch salt
1 egg

Method
Combine everything EXCEPT the egg in a bowl.
Break egg into a measuring cup and beat with a fork.
Fill up the egg measuring cup to the 1C mark with water.
Mix into the dry ingredients.
The mixture should be sloshy.
Bake in mini muffin trays at 230° for approximately 10-15 minutes until golden.
Optional extras: Ham, bacon, onion etc.

Ka kite
First Steps

A Fun Song for Kids (both young and old)!

7/4/2020

First Steps Resources

4/4/2020

FIRST STEPS AT HOME

In the lead up to Easter we made an easy cross craft which you should, hopefully, have all the materials for at home. This is also a project which can be adapted for older children so they can make some funky abstract art. You can find the instructions by following this link:

http://www.housingaforest.com/easy-cross-craft-for-kids/

You can find the Beginners Bible Easter story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PSgoPdKQFQ

Here are the results of our efforts:

Here is a little prayer that you can do with your littlies:

When I’m scared or worried
I’ll just sit down and pray.
I’ll ask God to help me and
He’ll take my worries away.
I’ll say goodbye to all my fears,
His presence sets me free
Although I may not understand
I feel God’s peace in me.

We always have a snack at First Steps so here is an easy recipe which everyone can help make:

1. Sift together:
   1½ C of self-raising flour
   (If you don’t have it just use normal flour with about 1/2t of baking powder for every cup of flour)
   ½ t cinnamon
   ½ C of sugar

2. Mix in the remaining ingredients:
   ½ C of coconut
   1C milk
   1C of cheese (you don’t need swiss)
   60g melted butter
   1 egg

3. Put into a greased 20cm ring pan

4. Bake at 190 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until cooked.

5. You can glaze with some melted butter and sprinkle some cinnamon on top and eat it while it is still warm. You can even spread butter on it. (Normally our snacks are healthier than this!)

No photo of this as we ate it all in one session. Yum.

Ka kite
First Steps

RESOURCES

Jesus Loves the Little Children

First Steps at Home

CHEESE PUFFS

A Fun Song for Kids (both young and old)!

First Steps Resources

FIRST STEPS AT HOME

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