Encouraging Speech & Creating Yum! Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Don’t toss those pumpkin seeds! Roast them to make a quick and healthy snack.
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Ingredients:
- Pumpkin seeds from your jack-o’-lantern
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Baking pan with raised edges
Instructions:
Parent: Preheat oven to 350º and cut the top off of the pumpkin.
Kiddo: Separate the seeds from the pumpkin “glop”. Rinse and pat them dry with a paper towel. Put the seeds in the baking pan.
If you have a sensory squeamish child, they can use a spoon instead!
Parent: Drizzle the olive oil over the pumpkin seeds and then sprinkle them with salt.
Kiddo: Stir the seeds to coat them with oil then spread them out evenly over the bottom of the baking pan.
Cook for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and stir the seeds. Return to the oven for another 10 minutes until the seeds are golden brown.
Let the seeds cool then transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels to soak up the extra oil.
Experiment by adding other spices like cinnamon and sugar [1] or salt & cayenne pepper [2] to see what flavors you like best!
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TIME:
Talk about seeds and how seeds come in different shapes and sizes. For example: a pumpkin seed is larger than an apple seed; a pumpkin is orange and an apple is red. Ask questions like: Where are seeds planted? and What do seeds need in order to grow?
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Source: National Geographic Kids [12]
Photo by exousia.etsy [13]