Peanut Butter and Jelly Swirls

This fun snack-tivity will not only introduce preschoolers to making food for themselves, but also help them develop fine-motor skills. Check out more activities like this one from GIANT Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for 3-Year-Olds. 

Materials

• Bread
• Serrated knife (adult only)
• Rolling pin
• Creamy peanut butter
• Grape or strawberry jelly
• Plastic knife

What To Do

1. Cut off the crusts of the bread using a serrated knife (adult only).
2. Give each child a slice of crustless bread.
3. Demonstrate how to use a rolling pin to roll the bread flat.
4. Encourage the children to use a plastic knife to spread a thin layer of peanut butter on the bread, followed by a thin layer of jelly.
5. Help the child roll up the bread, jelly roll style. Use the serrated knife to cut each child's roll into approximately five slices (adult only).
6. Enjoy at snack time.

Instructions

1. Place the sound-producing toy inside a box or bag and place it on a table.
Make sure that the toy is making a sound.
2. Ask the children open-ended questions about what could be inside the box.
3. Write down their predictions.
4. Ask them to draw pictures of what they think is inside the box.
5. After all the children have taken a turn guessing, open the box to reveal what
is making the noise. Compare the predictions of the children with the item in
the box.
More to do
Literacy: Begin reading a new story to the children and ask them to predict what
will happen on the next page.
More Literacy: Make a class book about the children's predictions.