Confidence & feelings
Spread your own cracker
- Builds: Doing it themselves
- 10 min
- Ages 2–5
- Calm
- A little tidy-up
From the house
- Crackers or toast
- Something soft: cream cheese, hummus or butter
- A butter knife or spoon
How to play
- Put a blob of spread on a plate.
- They scoop some and spread it on a cracker.
- Add a topping if you have one: cucumber, banana.
- They make one for you too.
Fit it to your child
- Easier: Use soft bread and a spoon, which won’t snap like a cracker.
- Harder: They’re the chef: they take everyone’s order, make each cracker, and serve it on a plate.
Words to use
- spread
- scoop
- soft
- crunchy
- for you
Why it helps
Making their own snack, and then one for you, shows them what their own hands can do and makes them proud.
Grown-up eyes: Cut toppings into thin, small pieces, and skip whole nuts.