Pusynelis Food project

1. International ERAZMUS + KA2 project
,,Children’s Mission. Europe Without
Boarders‘‘
Educational national dishes project ,,Bon
Appetit‘‘
Reported by teacher supervisor Daiva Narkeviciene
2017-03-31

2. RELEVANCE
The international ERAZMUS + KA2 project “Children’s
Mission. Europe Without Boarders” is going to allow children to
learn about international dishes and taste them.
Aim – to bring EU countries closer by getting to know the
specialities of their national dishes.
Goals:
1. To learn the specialities of partner countries’ national dishes.
2. To find video content about partner countries’ national dishes
and analyse the content together with pupils.
3. To engage our community, especially parents in the search of
national dishes.
4. To make various national dishes and try them.

3. Project members:
Children from 2 t0 6 years old, parents and 24 teachers of our
institution.
Expected results:
1. Project members will get to know the partner countries’
national dishes.
2. They will learn how to make the food and serve the table.
3. They will organise „Bon appetit“ national dishes
celebrations.

4. MOMENTS FROM THE “BON
APPETIT” NATIONAL DISHES
ACTIVITIES

5. ”Ladybug‘‘ and ”Butterfly‘‘ groups’ Lithuanian dish “Kastinis‘‘
Children from “Ladybug” and
“Butterfly” groups engaged in
educational activity „Bon appetit“.
.
Teacher Onute
taught the pupils
how to make the
traditional dish by
speaking in a dialect
of the region from
which the dish
“Kastinis” originated
.

6. A Turkish Kebab made by the the “Sun‘‘ and
“Ants‘‘ groups
The children
discussed and
agreed to make a
Turkish Kebab.
Some of the
children are used to
make the dish at
home with their
families.

7. The children learned to
prepare the Turkish
national tea and offered
it to our project partner
from Turkey.
Turkish Tea

8. Mothers of Ben and Jacob got also interested in
the making of the Turkish cake. Now they are
making it at home as well.
Turkish cake

9. All groups of children arranged a celebration together in order to taste the national
Lithuanian dish “Kastinis” with potatoes and the Turkish national dishes: Kebab, cake and
the tea.

10. “The Forest Children‘‘ group’s Italian Bruschetta
Pupil’s Saulės Sofijos mother taught the
children about the specialities of italian national
cuisine. After learning the dishes they tried to
make the bruschetta themselves.

11. “Cricket‘‘ group’s Portuguese užtepėlės
Arnas’ mom offered the children to try
to make various Portuguese bruschetta
as well.

12. Children from both groups were
enjoying the making process and
later enjoyed tasting the food
together.

13. “Hedgehog‘‘ group’s salmon sandwiches and toasts
with jam
Melita’s mother also engaged
in the tasty celebration and was
very keen to learn about the
dishes together with the
children. Later they tried to
make the food together.

14. “Squirrel‘‘ group’s fruit creations
A teacher from the Reunion island
brought some fruits for the children.
He taught them about the importance
of fruits by teaching them in a creative
way. The children made an owl and a
hedgehog.

15. ”Squirrel‘‘ and “Hedgehog‘‘
groups’ children engaged in
conversations to share their
experiences in making the food.
They wished to have more
celebrations like this.

16. “Oak‘‘ group’s Greek salad
The pupils made greek salad according
to a recipe sent by our partners from
Greece. Children were very keen to taste
the dish as most of them have never tried
feta cheese and olives.

17. Children had this dish for lunch,
sharing it with other groups.

18. “Bees‘‘ group’s French desert
Children made a baguette and
orange jam according to the Karen
le Billon recipes in her book
„French children eat everything“.

19. Parents prepared small pots for the
desert tasting part of the celebration as
french children like to eat from small
pots.
The children enjoyed the orange
desert the most and thought that
baguette filled with chocolate was too
sweet

20. Karolina with her mom baked french “kanela”
toasts
They shared the desert with pupils from
other groups.

21. Overview
All of the institution’s community including parents were very happy to
engage in the educational national dishes project “Bon Appetit”. All of
the project members were keen to find recipes of national dishes,
analyse them and make the food. Some of the families were even
making the dishes at home.
Pupils got familiar with the partner countries’ national dishes and
learned how to make them. They have felt the joy of making food, it’s
aesthetic beauty and got better at serving tables. They gained some
every-day life skills: how to cook, how to correctly use cutlery and eat
politely. Finally, they have experienced joyful and proud moments by
eating and sharing the food they managed to make themselves.

22. Thank you!!!

23. Thank you for your attention!