The children in the play area began cooking pretend foods and decided to turn their kitchen into a restaurant. They took on roles like cooks, waiters and customers. The restaurant they named was the "Spicy Food Restaurant" where only spicy foods like sausages and bread with chillies were served. The children made signs, menus, and props to enhance their role playing. They also visited a real cafeteria to observe restaurant roles and setups before making their own pancakes in the play restaurant.

1. The Story of The
ISM SPICY FOOD
RESTAURANT

2. The Food
We started by making different foods at the play
dough table and in the kitchen. We were interested
in cooking different foods and serving them to
teachers and friends.

4. The Restaurant
Soon the idea came from the children to change the
kitchen area into a restaurant. The role playing began.
Waiters, waitresses, cashiers, cooks and customers were
the roles that were explored.

5. The Role Playing
Spicy food started to be
served by the chefs in the
kitchen. Spicy
sausages, spicy bread, spicy
pancakes etc! There was no
escaping the spices and
chillies!

6. Making the sign for the
restaurant
There was no doubts about
what the name of our
restaurant would be. The
name of ‘Spicy Food
Restaurant’ was voted by all

7. Menu Making Menu making began.
Foods were drawn, printed
and scribed by the
children.

9. The role playing continues
using the new props created,
and thought of, by the children.

10. A Visit to A Real Cafeteria
We went to the ISM café to
observe the different roles
and the set up.
We also bought eggs in
preparation to make real
pancakes.

11. Cooking
Pancakes were a popular
choice in the ISM spicy
food restaurant so the
praying mantises asked to
make real pancakes. Yum!