Before we get started, let's get moving to this Koo Koo Kangaroo song called Bread, Cheese, Bread. Bread is made from grains, so I thought this would be a good fit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwuYXnxW4U
Story: Do you remember the story of The Little Red Hen? In this story, The Little Red Hen planted and grew wheat. When the wheat was grown, she harvested it and took it to the mill to be ground into flour. She used the flour to bake bread. I have another story for you to listen to about a man named Walter who is a baker. He creates something from flour that I like to eat. The name of the story is Walter the Baker by Eric Carle. We read some other Eric Carle books in April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXAU9JHa1I Do you like pretzels? Many people say that pretzels are shaped the way they are to represent a hug. Cross your arms in front of you and give yourself a hug. Do you look like a pretzel?
Science/Vocabulary: What are grains? Grains are seeds that are grown for us to eat or grind into flour that we can use to make food. What kinds of grains do you have at your house? I bet there are grains at your house that you eat almost every day. Oatmeal is made from oats. Wheat flour that we use to make bread is made from wheat seeds. Rice is a seed that we cook and eat. See how many things you can find at your house that are made from grain. This morning, I had Cheerios for breakfast. Cheerios are made from oats.
Literacy: Do you remember when we figured out how many parts were in a word? We clapped them out. They were called syllables. Have your grown-ups say the words below to you. They are all grains or things you can make with grains. Clap your hands to figure out how many syllables are in each word. You can keep track by printing a number 1, 2, and 3 on a piece of paper. Put a tally mark by the correct numeral when you figure out how many syllables are in the word.
Wheat, oatmeal, spaghetti, popcorn, rice, cereal, bread, muffin, pasta, crackers. Maybe you can think of more words to add.
Fine Motor/Science: I'm sharing 2 play dough recipes with you that we use at preschool often. (Grown-ups: play dough is an excellent tool for strengthening hand muscles. Strong hand muscles make printing letters easier.)
The first uses flour. You can help your grown-up make this dough, but you'll have to let them do the part of pouring the hot water and mixing it until it cools. This play dough needs Kool-Aid packets for color and smell, but if you don't have Kool-Aid at home, you can leave that part out.
1 1/4 cups of flour
1/2 cup salt
2 packets of Kool-Aid, any color
1 tsp vegetable oil (not olive oil, that will change the color of the Kool-Aid)
1 cup water
Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix the water and oil in a pan and put it on the stove to boil. Once the water boils, add it to the flour mixture and stir. Once it cools to the point that you can touch it, kneed it until it is soft and smooth. Keep it in a plastic bag or you can use it to make things and let them dry.
The next recipe only uses two things; a loaf of bread and glue. Tear a loaf of bread into little pieces removing the crust as you work. Put the pieces into a cake pan or large plastic container. Add a little glue. Mix it with your hands. It will get very sticky. Keeping adding glue a little at a time until it reaches the consistency of dough. This is a good dough to use to make cutouts or shapes to dry. It can be painted as well.
Letter Learning: A word that you can work on today is "like". Think of all of the food that we learned this week. What do you like? Have your grown-up help you write "I like" sentences.
Here's more pictures. I hope I got them all. They were coming in fast and furious for a while :) I love them!
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