How to Make Meat and Cheese Wraps with Preschoolers

No stove, no oven, no blender, no tools – except our hands! This fun, protein-packed wraps recipe is great for little learners.

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Let me just start off by saying that this was a super simple recipe, which was great because we’ve just completed three in-depth baking recipes. (And next week we’ve got the blender coming into play, so that should be fun!) This week though, we solely used our hands and learned about the different foods that make up many sandwiches.

First, before the twelve kids came into the cooking space, my jr. high volunteers and I put a paper plate, a tortilla, a slice of deli ham, a slice of American cheese, and a plastic spoon at each spot. We had mustard and mayonnaise at the ready, but we didn’t put those in direct access of the kids.

Then, the kids came in. They sat in chairs at the tables and didn’t touch anything. (They follow directions so well!) When it was time to get started, I had them place their tortillas flat onto their plates. Then, we spread the ham slices on top of the tortillas. Next, we placed the cheese on top of the ham. Then, if they wanted, they got to use their spoons to spread mayonnaise/mustard on top of their tortilla, meat, and cheese. Finally, they rolled up their wraps and we ate!

See?! So simple! The biggest thing was the kids calling out, “I don’t like cheese!” or “I don’t want to eat ham!” Which is okay – they can just skip the ingredients that they don’t like! Also, feel free to throw the wrap in the microwave for a few seconds to melt the cheese a little bit.

We ate while we read.

First, we read Food Truck Fest! By Alexandra Penfold. It’s a rhyming book about a family who goes to a food truck festival. Self-explanatory but a great introduction to food trucks and all of the foods you can find there!

Next, we read Pignic by Matt Phelan. The text very basic, with one or two words on each page. I liked it because the basic text allowed for the illustrations to really tell the story.

And, finally, since we had extra time, I read The Lumberjack’s Beard by Duncan Beedie. This was an extra book I had grabbed in case we had extra time — and we did. It’s about the animals who convince a lumberjack that trees make up their homes and it’s really sad when lumberjacks cut them all down. Loved it.

And that was our class on meat and cheese wraps!