Who doesn’t enjoy a good snack to take on the road?
Here’s a snack activity that fits well in the transportation unit, that not only fills rumbling bellies, but also reinforces math concepts! First assemble your travel mix snack ingredients. There are so many ways to go with this! I usually look for a cereal, salty, sweet, and fruity combination, but this is certainly a flexible recipe! So I might go with chocolate Chex, pretzel goldfish, Craisins, and Reeses Pieces. Or maybe some Cheerios, pretzels, Teddy Grahams, almonds, and dry apricots. Or maybe I’d get rice Chex, pretzel sticks, raisins, marshmallows and peanut butter chips. You just have to tailor it based on what you have available, dietary considerations, and purpose. But the great thing is, since they’re making it themselves, you don’t have to worry too much about what everybody likes! Gather your ingredients and a few bowls or baggies. Have the children create their own travel mix from the ingredients, leaving out anything they don’t like. But they don’t just dump in the ingr
