- Your bones stop growing around the time you're 30
- The longest bone in your body is the thighbone
- Some bones join together as you grow
- One of your arm bones is called 'Humorous!'
- You have a bone that used to be a tail!
- Bones are hard outside but soft inside
- Your bones are alive and growing inside you
- Jumping is good for your bones
- Two bones in your feet carry most of your weight
- The smallest bone in your body is in your ear
- Your spine is made up of 33 bones
- Joints connect bones and absorb shocks
- There are 206 bones in your body
- There are 14 bones in your face
- There are 8 bones in each wrist
- Your bones consist of 50% water
- Bones are living tissue
- The smallest bone is in the ear
- The strongest bone is the jawbone
- Strong bones need calcium
- Strong bones need vitamin D
- Giraffes have the same no. of neck bones as us
Cooking with Kids
Fast & Easy!
Omelette
This is a great way to get children eating eggs. Omelette made this way tastes really good and the kids love helping. It’s also great as camping food.
Various fillings: chopped tomato, onion, mushrooms, ham, sausages, bacon bits, peppers, grated cheese, fish etc.
2 eggs per child
a drop of milk
- Start by chopping up some bits and pieces for the filling and placing them in bowls/containers. Older children can help with this.
- Give each child a seal-able freezer bag (medium sized ziplock ones are really good!). Then let each child break two eggs each into their bag. Don’t whisk it or anything, shut the bag and let the kids gently shake them or squeeze them. Then add a tiny bit of milk (optional)
- Once the yolks have broken up and mixed a bit, the kids add whatever they like from the bowls.
- Then squeeze the bags to remove air, seal them by tying in a knot or using the ziplock. You can label the bags so they don’t get mixed up.
- Then put the bags in a large pan of boiling water and cook for about 10-15 mins (you will know its ready when all the liquid has disappeared).
- Open the bag carefully (mind the steam) and serve
Yogurt cake
The easiest cake in the world! Une recette pour Gâteau au Yaourt is a found in almost every French kitchen. Very easy to make, it is enjoyed by the young, the old, and everyone in between. The key to its simplicity is to use a Yoplait tub of yogurt as the measure for the rest of the ingredients. What Mum and kids like most about it is that kids can make it almost entirely on their own.
Ingredients
2 tubs of plain yogurt (125 ml each, like the standard Yoplait ones)
2 tubs sugar
1/2 tub vegetable oil
3 tubs sifted flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
3 eggs
Preheat oven to 350º (180º C)
Generously grease and flour a cake pan.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the yogurt, the oil and the sugar with a wooden spoon.
Add the eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 or 4 additions, stirring until just combined.
Pour the batter into the cake pan.
Bake for 50 - 60 minutes, until the top springs back from a light touch or a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven, place on a cooling rack, and wait at least 10 minutes before depanning.
Dust with powdered sugar if you wish for a little garnish.
The basic recette pour gâteau au yaourt lends itself to many variations. You can add citrus zest or peel for a tasty lemon or orange cake, you can add nuts to the batter, you can slice the baked cake in two and spread a layer of jam in the middle, you can add fresh raspberries or blueberries to the batter etc - whatever strikes your fancy.
Et voila! Bon appétit!
Other ideas:
- Find more Recipes on Yoplait.ie
- Give your kids your and your partner’s old clothes for them to pick some and dress up!
- Give your kids a piece of chalk and let them draw on the pavement
- Give your kids a bucket of water and tell them to go paint the garden wall: they’ll have great fun drawing with water while they’re cleaning your wall!!!!
Give your kids some pillows, sheets and duvets for them to build tents in their room (or anywhere else!)