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:

Meet the Baker http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/food.html

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