Friday, November 2, 2012

Bake a Cake Activity


Theme: Bake a Cake

Targets these skills:  following directions, final /k/ sound, early language, verb tenses, plurality, sensory play, turn taking, sequencing, wh-questions

Beginning Vocabulary-
Bowl, Stir, Milk, Sugar, Flour, Egg, Batter, Pan, Oven

Additional Vocabulary-
Pour, Bake, Measure

Take pictures of:
Individual ingredients
Adding each ingredient (breaking the egg)
Stirring the batter
Pouring into the pan
Putting pan in the oven
Finished cake
Eating (breaking) cakes

Rhyming “ake” words
take, make, cake, bake, break, shake, mistake, wake

Activity Ideas: (need pictures of the activity, they are super helpful!)
Sequence the steps to making a cake
Match vocabulary word with picture
Match each step with its picture
Fill in the blank on each step (writing)
Pretend with cooking toys
Teach Dad how to make a cake

Books:
The Little Red Hen
The Gingerbread Man

Videos:

1. Put the mix in the bowl 

2.  Put the milk in the bowl

3. Put the egg in the bowl

4. Put the sugar in the bowl

5. Stir the batter

6. Put the batter into the pan

7. Put the pan into the oven

 references: 
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/b/baker.htm
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/food.html
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/index.htm
Culatta, Barbara, Project SEEL