Ants on a Log

Introduction

Make a healthy snack with your child while spelling.

Materials:

• Celery (1-2 stalks per child)
• Raisins
• *Peanut Butter (*For those children with peanut allergies, you can substitute with alternatives: cream cheese, peabutter, sunbutter, almond butter, taihini/sesame seed butter, soy butter)

Directions:

• With your child, separate the celery sticks.
• Carefully cut the ends of the celery sticks off (Adults only).
• Using a spoon, fill the inside of the celery with one of the above ingredients. Use a spoon to spread a layer of the peanut butter filling the celery.
• Have your child place the raisins on the celery and filling in a row.
• With the remaining raisins, have your child write the word �ANT� out on the plate. If your child is younger, help him place the raisins so that they form the letters �A�, �N�, �T�.

Take it further:

Write your name:

• Have your child write her name on the plate with the raisins. Have your child write her initials on the plate.

Writing words:

• Have your child write other themed words. They can be names of foods or your child�s favorite subject in school.

Raisin alphabet:

• Have your child write the entire alphabet a piece of wax paper. Then, have your child write the vowels �A, E, I, O, U� on the plate or wax paper.

Talk about it:

• Celery is a very healthy snack for kids to eat. What kind of other healthy snacks does your child like? Ask her about snacks that you could make together.