This is an activity that will be put into the KDI of Mathematics (comparing and ordering). The materials for this activity are as follows:
Materials for each child and teacher: Shared Materials:
Measuring spoons Large bowls filled with small objects such as
Measuring cups counting bears, buttons, shells, beads, pebbles.
Large spoon for stirring Back up materials: other bowls filled with small items
Bowl
Measuring spoons Large bowls filled with small objects such as
Measuring cups counting bears, buttons, shells, beads, pebbles.
Large spoon for stirring Back up materials: other bowls filled with small items
Bowl
Start the activity by telling a story about someone being hungry and that person loves soup. But...instead of vegetables, the person liked soup cooked with toys! Ask the children to use their bowl and measuring cups to add toys to their own soup. Use their spoon to stir and cook it. Ask what kind of "soup" do they want to make.
Throughout the activity you can talk to the children about different amounts and measurements. They can make many different combinations and sample their soup. At the end of the activity, the children can help to sort the different objects back to where they usually belong. After that is done you can transition many different ways. You can say "if you put bears in your soup, go wash your hands for snack" or "if you put rice in your soup go line up for hand washing".
You can scaffold throughout this activity by doing the following:
Earlier Ability Middle Ability Later Ability
The children can use their Kids can compare the tools The children can identify the
hands to scoop toys instead by size or compare ingredient measuring tools that they are using,
of the cups. Teacher can amounts. Teachers can help describe the size of the tool or
explain why we measure, he children count as they how many units were used. The
comment on the amounts scoop or ask which ingredients teachers can encourage the kids
of ingredients used, or show they think that they used more describe the sizes of measurement,
them how numbers are involved of. encourage them to compare the
in cooking. amounts, or ask how many units
of each item was used.
I found this activity on the high-scope website.
Throughout the activity you can talk to the children about different amounts and measurements. They can make many different combinations and sample their soup. At the end of the activity, the children can help to sort the different objects back to where they usually belong. After that is done you can transition many different ways. You can say "if you put bears in your soup, go wash your hands for snack" or "if you put rice in your soup go line up for hand washing".
You can scaffold throughout this activity by doing the following:
Earlier Ability Middle Ability Later Ability
The children can use their Kids can compare the tools The children can identify the
hands to scoop toys instead by size or compare ingredient measuring tools that they are using,
of the cups. Teacher can amounts. Teachers can help describe the size of the tool or
explain why we measure, he children count as they how many units were used. The
comment on the amounts scoop or ask which ingredients teachers can encourage the kids
of ingredients used, or show they think that they used more describe the sizes of measurement,
them how numbers are involved of. encourage them to compare the
in cooking. amounts, or ask how many units
of each item was used.
I found this activity on the high-scope website.