4/5/01 Question 88

Dear Preschool Teacher,
    Are there any foods that begin with the letter u or x to give to my children at snack time?
Eating Letter U And X

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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     For the letter "U" we drink "UNPOP", which is any kind of drink besides pop!                
     For the letter "X", we cut cheese into strips and place them across each other to make Cheese-X's.  We also do the same with pretzels.  I know this isn't much help, but these letters are a little difficult!
Good Luck,
Jan
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     Look for alphabet cereal! Give them u and x first, and then let them have a handful more of mixed letters!
Heide
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     There is a fruit that is called Ugli fruit.  It is a citrus fruit that can be found at most larger grocery stores.  I don't know of any X foods, so we make X-tra special cookies (basically roll out cookies) and then shape them into X's.
Nikki
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     How about upside-down cake, or Ugli fruit.  My one book lists Xigua, which is the Chinese name for watermelon.  Maybe candy kisses (X's)?  Or pretzels made into X's. 
Kris
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     I can't think of any off the top of my head.  However, I would suggest making pretzels or cookies in the shape of these letters.  The children can each get their own handful of dough and try making the letters following your example.  Just a thought! 
Jill
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     How about an Upside down cake for U.  For X  make X's with licorice.
Maureen
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Dear Eating Letter U And X,
     I know there is an ugli fruit but I do not know much about it.  There are upside down cakes.  You could always make up a silly name for a snack to relate to the theme you are studying.       
Jackie
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