Learn and play from home—museum style! Preschoolers and their adults can now join us online for our popular Little Wonders program, featuring stories, hands-on activities, and more. For November, we're learning about traditional foods. Does your family have a special recipe or a favorite meal? Join us and discover yummy foods that families have shared over time.

Let's Get Cooking! 

	VIDEO Welcome! In this 6-minute video, museum educator Robyn teaches us about traditional foods, how a camas oven is built, and gives an overview of the fun crafts and activities we're featuring this month.
	VIDEO Story time Listen to a reading of this month’s story, Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, by Kevin Noble Maillard, a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekusukey Band. The book is read with permission from Macmillan Publishers.
	ACTIVITY  Harvest Feast Fall is a time for harvesting foods and preparing meals to share together. With this easy-to-follow guide, you can use your imagination to harvest make-believe “food” from nature to cook up a feast!
	ACTIVITY Kitchen Tool Sensory Bin Children can use their senses and creativity to explore kitchen utensils in this sensory bin. Here's how to put it together.
	ACTIVITY Recipe Keeper Sharing a recipe is a great way to pass along traditions within your family, community, or culture. With this simple template and guide, you can record a special recipe that has been in your family for generations, or record a new recipe to start your own tradition!
	CRAFT Painting with Produce In this craft, it's OK to play with your food! Use these simple instructions to paint with produce and explore the different shapes and textures they can make.
	VIDEO Time lapse: cooking camas in an earth oven Watch this 3-minute video, filmed at the University of Oregon's Many Nations Longhouse, and learn about how camas ovens are built and used. Native Americans are still practicing and passing down this tradition today.

 

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