Educational Eating

We slice the kids’ french toast with the pizza cutter, so usually they have about 20 little squares of french toast on their plates.

On Saturday morning, we looked over to see Mara making “letters” with her french toast. First, she made an “L.” Then she made an “F” and an “I.” Ate a few squares. And together we made a “A,” then an “H.” Ate a few more squares. And finally she made a “B” and then a “K.”

I’m sitting here typing, suddenly realizing that some will say, instead promoting of educational eating, we should be teaching her not to play with her food! (They have a point.) But it was still fun to see her little mind working, designing those letters with the squares she had.

Who says you can’t practice your ABCs over french toast?