I was just talking to my best friend on the phone about some of our favorite memories. It was interesting that food was the center of many of those memories. Whether it was baking cookies with mom or burning toast at college, food has a powerful connection to helping us remember. I thought about this and how food may be a powerful learning tool for young kiddos too. So I started researching on the Internet fun learning “foods” that could help my preschoolers. Anything that makes learning fun and yummy, I think is worth trying! I also love how edible learning involves both you and child. You are not sitting them in front of a television screen to watch an alphabet “learning” DVD. You are participating with them beyond flashcards. And let’s be honest, flashcards = quick boredom. Here are a few of my favorite edible learning items I found! Please share yours!
Fancy Flours Animal Alphabet by Sarah Berkheimer (Photo via Fancy Flours shown above)
A whimsical animal alphabet set designed by children’s book illustrator,Sarah Berkheimer. A visual storyteller, Sarah has created a lively animal alphabet with engaging detail and absolutely charming composition. $24
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Letter Lollis by Vintage Confections found on Etsy
Letter lollipops come in quantities of 6 and are packaged in cello.
All letters can be made into lollis and numbers 0-9 can also come to life in a sweet treat. Terrific for kids birthday parties…or anything else you can think of. Choose from a huge variety of flavors. $6
Fox Run 26-Piece Alphabet Cookie Cutter Set
I like this cookie cutter set because it comes in mini sizes as well, which are perfect for little hands…and less for me to frost! The Fox Run 26 piece alphabet cookie cutter set are 1 inch metal cutters packaged in a reusable storage tin. Great for crafts, pies and cookies. Also check out here number and animal sets!
Williams-Sonoma no longer have their adorable ABC cookie cutters in a lunchbox, but you can still find a few of them on Ebay if you fell in love with them as much as I did!
Kraft Foods has a recipe for Magic Letter Wands that I would love to try! Click here to view the recipe. Let me know if you try it and how it goes! Just the title “Magic Letter Wands” is so up my alley!
Earth’s Best Sesame Street Organic Alphabet Pasta
Sesame Street ABC pasta that has nothing bad in it! Enough said.
Alphabet Ice offered through Charles & Marie
Alphabet Ice Trays made out of black silicone, pretty much everything can be turned into letters here… The set includes three trays for the entire alphabet! $30
More fun ways to eat your way through learning by Chicka Chicka ABC:
Continue the theme of learning about letters at mealtime. Many companies feature ABCs in their food products and you can make letters as you cook other foods. Serve alphabet soup or make your own soup from alphabet pasta. Name the letters as you eat them.
Eat alphabet cereal for breakfast.
Serve a snack of cheese puffs and pretzels made in alphabet shapes.
Pour pancake batter into the shape of a letter.
Use alphabet cookie cutters to cut sandwiches in the shape of letters.
With colored frosting, print letters on the top of cupcakes.
Mold crispy rice bars into letter shapes.
Melt ¼ pound of butter and 1 bag of marshmallows in a saucepan.
When melted, fold in 6 cups of crispy rice cereal.
When mixture is cool enough to touch, mold into letter shapes.
