Let’s Taste
Sugar Snap Peas!
Let’s Taste
Sugar Snap Peas!
Included in this kit:
Included in this kit:
1 bag of sugar snap peas
1 bag of sugar snap peas
You will need:
You will need:
Salad dressing for dipping (if desired)
Salad dressing for dipping (if desired)
Directions:
Directions:
1.
Invite your child to wash their hands and join
you in preparing the sugar snap peas.
1. Invite your child to wash their hands and join you
in preparing the sugar snap peas.
2.
Have your child wash the snap peas under cool
running water. Pat them dry on a paper towel
and set aside.
2. Have your child wash the snap peas under cool
running water. Pat them dry on a paper towel and
set aside.
3.
Set out some salad dressing for dipping the
snap peas, if desired.
3. Set out some salad dressing for dipping the snap
peas, if desired.
4.
Assist your child in breaking open a few snap
pea pods to examine the seeds inside. Both the
pod and the peas or great to eat!
4. Assist your child in breaking open a few snap pea
pods to examine the seeds inside. Both the pod
and the peas or great to eat!
5.
Encourage your child to taste the sugar snap
peas. Let them know that they can have more if
they would like. Be sure to taste the snap peas
with your child.
5. Encourage your child to taste the sugar snap
peas. Let them know that they can have more if
they would like. Be sure to taste the snap peas
with your child.
FYI:
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FYI:
Peas grow on a climbing plant that produces pods
containing seeds or peas.
Peas have a lot of sugar in them and start loosing
their sweetness soon after harvest - so they
have to be eaten quickly.
Peas are really, really old and people ate peas
5,000 years ago!
Sugar Snap Peas taste great raw or cooked!
Food for Thought (Questions you might ask your
child during the activity):
1. How many peas are inside the snap pea pod?
2. Compare and contrast the flavor of the snap pea
pod and the peas alone?
3. What is it that makes the snap pea pod so sweet?
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Peas grow on a climbing plant that produces pods
containing seeds or peas.
Peas have a lot of sugar in them and start loosing
their sweetness soon after harvest - so they
have to be eaten quickly.
Peas are really, really old and people ate peas
5,000 years ago!
Sugar Snap Peas taste great raw or cooked!
Food for Thought (Questions you might ask your
child during the activity):
1. How many peas are inside the snap pea pod?
2. Compare and contrast the flavor of the snap pea
pod and the peas alone?
3. What is it that makes the snap pea pod so sweet?