Food for thought...

To aid the children's understanding of the digestive system we acted out some of the key phases using a slice of bread. We began by fulfilling the role of our teeth by ripping and tearing the bread before adding some water (saliva). Next, we added some vinegar to represent the stomach acid. We took our mixture and put it into some paper towel to 'squeeze out the goodness' as our intestines would do before seeing what was left... The 'poop'! Hopefully it made it all a bit clearer - and didn't just put the children off bread and vinegar for life!