As part of their explorations of the great outdoors, our children at Busy Bears and Busy Bees Children's Day Nurseries in Durham were able to discover some of the different aspects of farming from the visits and practical experiences that we have organised.
To demonstrate the different stages of bread-making, from seed to finished product, we shared the popular traditional story of the Little Red Hen (see box). The children loved this story and kept asking to hear it again and again. To extend their interest in this story, and answer some of their questions about making bread, we decided to ask the local Kingsmill Bakery in Gateshead to help us. It was happy to step in.
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