May 15: Chocolate Chip Day

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Chocolate Dough

Materials/Ingredients:

• Semi-sweet chocolate, 8 ounces
• Light corn syrup, ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon
• Bowl
• Spoon
• Plastic bag
• Vegetable spray or oil
• Airtight container

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate (can be done in microwave).
2. Stir chocolate with spoon until smooth.
3. Stir in corn syrup.
4. The chocolate will stiffen almost immediately, but keep stirring.
5. Transfer to a sturdy plastic bag and refrigerate until firm.
6. Once firm, dough can be worked by kneading. If too hard, cut off small pieces and knead.
7. You can lightly spray working surface with vegetable spray or oil to prevent sticking.
8. Store unused portion in an airtight container and refrigerate.

Source(s): From familycorner.com; featured in Toolbox Training book 100 Cooking Activities for Kids (activity L7).

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Check out the full May calendar. It includes floating holidays, specialty weeks, and specialty months.

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September 16, 1956: The birth of Play-Doh

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Doughs include basic play dough, oatmeal dough, peanut butter dough, graham cracker dough, apple cinnamon dough, cream cheese dough, and chocolate dough.

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Basic Play Dough

Materials:

• Plain flour (3 cups)
• Water (1 cup)
• Salt (1/2 cup)
• Cooking oil (3 tablespoons)
• Food coloring
• Mixing bowl

Directions:

1. Mix flour, salt, oil, and water.
2. Divide into portions depending on how many colors you want.
3. Add food coloring to each portion and mix in.

Source(s): About.com. Also, there is a whole section on different kinds of dough children can make in the Toolbox Training book 100 Cooking Activities for Kids (activities L1-L7).

Also check out activity M1 in the construction card set.

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Check out the full September calendar to see the month at a glance as well as floating holidays, specialty weeks, and themes for the month.

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