Pumpkin soup

After reading the story ‘Pumpkin soup’ by Helen Cooper, we decided to explore pumpkins in the Nursery environment in a sensory way and to make pumpkin soup. We used knives to chop pumpkin into pieces and added carrots and potatoes, lentils and stock cubes. We also made bread dough and kneaded the dough into bread rolls before cooking it in the oven. This activity was a lovely way to round off our investigations into the season of Autumn and to join in with the whole school design and technology day focused on cooking skills this week. Some children enjoyed the taste of the soup more than others but we all enjoyed sitting together to eat a warm meal and tried dipping our bread in.