R Is for Rockin' Rainbow Skewers (with FREE Teaching Tips for Letter R)

R Is for Rockin' Rainbow Skewers

Have you ever seen a pot of gilt at the end of a rainbow? Well, if you bring together us for this yummy snack, yous volition!

Maybe you'll desire to combine this snack with our Lucky Leprechaun snack. It's the perfect treat for St. Patrick's Day–or for any day!

Either way, these piece of cake-to-make fruit skewers from our ABC Snacks series will give even the most persnickety preschooler a rockin' practiced fourth dimension!

Brand your skewers with the ingredients listed in the recipe below or let your piddling ane experiment with her own ideas. Only lay out some wooden skewers and a variety of colorful fruits. Your preschooler volition honey creating her very own fruity rainbow! And every bit a finishing touch, don't forgot to add a pot of gold!

Rockin' Rainbow Skewers

Hither'southward what you'll need to brand 8 rainbow skewers:

• 8 wooden skewers
• 4 strawberries sliced in one-half
• 11 oz can standard mandarin oranges
• eight oz. can pineapple chunks
• 1 kiwi sliced into 8 chunks
• 8 purple grapes
• eight blackberries
• 1 loving cup vanilla yogurt

Directions:

1. Place fruit slices or chunks on a cutting lath adjacent to a stack of wooden skewers.
2. Form a rainbow by adding fruit chunks to the skewer in the following lodge: scarlet, orange, xanthous, gree, blue or imperial.
3. Serve with a pot of gold…uhh…I mean a cup of vanilla yogurt for dipping. Bask!

Variations:

• Create a veggie rainbow and serve with ranch dip.
• Build a rainbow of fruits or veggies on a plate without the skewer and eat it equally finger food.
• Use your imagination and build your rainbow from the list of colorful foods below.
  • Ruddy foods: strawberries, cherries, cranberries, watermelon, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, radishes, red olives
  • Orangish foods: cantaloupe, peaches, oranges, apricots, orange bell peppers, carrots, orange tomatoes, pumpkin
  • Yellow foods: bananas, pineapple, star fruit, squash, yellow tomatoes, yellow cheeses
  • Green foods: grapes, kiwis, cucumbers, celery, lettuce, spinach, bell peppers, green beans, broccoli, pickles, olives
  • Imperial foods: blackberries, grapes, blueberries, plums, reddish cabbage, beets, olives

Education Tips

• While y'all're edifice your rainbow skewer, say /r/–/r/–rockin' rainbow together.
• How many words can y'all and your preschooler think of that start with the audio of /r/?
• While assembling and eating your fruit skewer, read this book most a male child who wants A Rainbow of My Own.
• Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more didactics tips.

Want More Snacks for Letter R?

Find snacks for alphabetic character R and more than with the ABC Snacks Cookbooks series that includes more 40 snack recipes for your preschoolers!

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