I really enjoy doing fun, educational projects with the kindergartners that incorporate many standards. In this way children are learning while having fun.
Today I taught them a bit about cooking and how you have to have the correct ingredients and the correct amounts for the recipe to turn out. I had them follow a recipe and make their own flapjack/pancake in a cup. They enjoyed flipping their flapjack too. They thought that their flapjack was delicious and that they were a pretty good cook! I think they really enjoyed it! Read below to see all of the lessons that were incorporated into one project.
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| The kids were very well behaved for this project! |
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| Here they are stirring the ingredients together in the cup. |
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| It is safer for me to empty the batter onto the hot griddle. Later I help them flip the flapjack. They have to say, "Flap, Jack, flap!" |
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| The flapjacks were delicious! |
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| Here is the recipe - although I now substitute all-purpose flour. |
We discussed many things during this lesson:
- how to read a recipe
- about cooking "tools" - tablespoon, teaspoon, etc.
- electricity and how to safely plug in a cord {for the griddle}
- being safe around hot things
- following directions was really emphasized
- some foods come from animals: milk, eggs and honey were used today
- all about wheat and how it is grown
- how wheat is changed into flour
- what other foods are made from flour
- what steam is - that was rising from the pancake
- I read the "Little Red Hen" book earlier and we saw how she raised wheat.
As you can see...many small lessons and standards can be covered with one project!
