Our Pretend Kitchen Sounds

🏠 Do together

1. Stir our pretend daal

   You need: A large smooth spoon and an empty unbreakable bowl

   Pretend to stir daal while your child holds the bowl steady with help. Swap the holding and stirring jobs. Listen to the spoon sliding gently around the bowl. Let your child tell or show you when the pretend food is ready.

2. Two kitchen instruments

   You need: Two large smooth wooden spoons and a whole hand towel

   An adult holds one spoon low while your child gently touches it with the other. Compare that quiet click with rubbing the towel between your hands. Explain that our ears help us hear these sounds. Choose a sound for your kitchen tune. Keep spoons away from faces and sounds comfortable.

3. A sound for serving

   You need: The empty bowl, large spoon and towel

   Pretend you are serving lunch to Ammi or another carer. Let your child choose a soft spoon sound to announce that lunch is ready. Practise offering the empty bowl with two hands, then wiping the clear table with the dry towel. Swap cook and visitor roles.

💬 Talk about it

• What are we pretending to make?
• Which sound would you like in our tune?
• How shall we tell our visitor lunch is ready?

🔤 Words to use

• stir
• hold
• serve
• click
• rub
• quiet