A menu to start from
Morning tea: soft seasonal fruit. Lunch: the centre’s approved vegetable-and-lentil soup with little bread rolls. Afternoon tea: carrot-oat mini muffins. Choose portions and textures from your centre’s menu plan; this is a theme idea, not a nutritionally assessed menu.
Make something together
Use the Little bread makers activity: 12 small rolls from 500 g flour, 7 g yeast, 325 mL water and 15 mL oil. Let the story inspire simple shapes; an adult manages the oven. Allow time for the dough to rise.
Keep everyone part of the story
Check wheat and the soup’s stock ingredients; the muffin activity also contains egg, milk and oats. Book characters do not determine dietary suitability. Prepare a reviewed equivalent activity where handling flour is unsuitable.
Bring the room into the kitchen
Let children choose between two books already used by the room. Invite them to describe what the characters might grow or cook. Display the actual lunch and the book title, with your own meal photograph after review. Use licensed or original artwork if making display materials.