- apron
- bowls
- cookie cutters
- cookie sheets
- egg beater
- mixing spoons
- modeling clay
- napkins
- paper and pencils
- plastic forks, knives, and spoons
- play stove
- pot holder
- pots and pans
- apron
- bake
- chop
- cook
- cut
- fork
- knead
- knives
- mix
- oven
- pound
- roll
- slice
- spoon
- stir
- stove
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5: Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
Head Start Outcomes:
Logic and Reasoning/Symbolic Representation: Engages in pretend play and acts out roles.
Approaches to Learning/Cooperation: Plans, initiates, and completes learning activities with peers.
Approaches to Learning/Cooperation: Joins in cooperative play with others and invites others to play.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Demonstrates age-appropriate independence in decision making regarding activities and materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 4: Engage in play experiences that involve naming and sorting common words into various classifications using general and specific language.
Kitchen
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Skill Focus: Concepts of Print, Creative Expression, Imaginative Play, Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Invite children to pretend cook and/or bake a favorite recipe or a recipe from the book Chicks and Salsa. Suggest that children may want to use ingredients that they purchased at the pretend grocery store (see Block Center). Before cooking, have children write and/or draw what they wish to make. Encourage children to stir, mix, chop, slice, knead, pound, and so on. Have them set the table and invite a friend or friends to share the meal. Encourage children to teach other children how to make their favorite recipe.