Pretend Soup

Small Group Activity Plan # 2                   Your Name    Dianne Watts

Ages of Children Participating 3 & 4

Activity Name

Pretend Soup

Goal: 

Children will understand that books are read left to right and top to bottom.  They will see that sequence of events can be numbered in order.  They will understand that mixing elements changes the appearance (composition) of things.  They will discover that smaller measuring cups are fractions of larger cups.

Objectives (Learner Outcomes)

Following a recipe, children will sequence numbered activities, “reading” the recipe from left to right and top to bottom. 

Upon stirring liquid ingredients together, children will describe a change that takes place in composition and appearance.

Upon examining different size measuring cups, children will describe them as bigger and smaller.  Using measuring cups they will divide one cup of fruit into four ¼ cup portions.

Domains (highlight all addressed)

cognitive  :  social  :  emotional  :  physical  :  creative

Content Areas (highlight all addressed)

dramatic play  :  science  :  math  :  language/literacy  :  art  :  music  :  physical  :

social studies/anti-bias  :  social-emotional  :  other

Materials Needed

2 cups orange juice, ½ cup plain yogurt, 1 T honey, 2 t lemon juice, 2 bananas, 1 cup berries, large bowl, whisk, small pitcher, pie pan , ½ cup measure, 1 cup measure, tablespoon, teaspoon, serrated dinner knife, ladle, soup bowls and spoons.

The children will stand by the table with the above materials ready.

Procedure

1.      Ask the children if they would like to make pretend soup.

2.      Look for the page number in the table of contents

3.      Find page 34 in the book and turn to the picture instructions.

4.      Ask a child to point to number 1, and ask what the first step in making pretend soup is.

5.      Demonstrate measuring 2 cups into the pitcher. (Count the cups as you measure them)

6.      Have a child pour the OJ into the bowl.

7.      Ask someone to point to number 2, and ask what the 2^nd step is.

8.      Have a child measure the yogurt and add it.

9.      Continue through the number sequence of ingredients, and stirring

10.  Show the children the unused orange juice and ask them to describe it.

11.  Show them the yogurt and ask them to describe it.

12.  Show them the honey and ask them to describe it.

13.  Ask them to examine the mixed ingredients and tell if it looks like the original ingredients.  Point out that the appearance changes when you mix them together.

14.  Have the children slice 5 bananas slices into their own bowl.

15.  Show them stacked measuring cups and have them explain the difference in size (bigger, smaller). 

16.  Measure 1 cup berries and pour them into a small bowl.  Given a ¼ cup measure, the children should be able to measure 1 cup of berries into 4 bowls.  Count with them.

17.  Let each child ladle the liquid into their bowl of berries and bananas.

18.  Eat.

Differentiation

Some children may need the ingredients already measured into the spoons and cups and they only pour it into the bowl. 

If children aren’t crazy about their soup, you can put it into a blender and make a drink out of it.

Extension (Future Activities):   Children will be given opportunities to use water or sand to review how fractions of a cup fit into a full cup.

           

Evaluation

1.      In review, children will point to the recipe and describe, in order, what they did to create Pretend Soup. 

2.      Children will describe color and texture of the orange juice, honey, lemon juice, and yogurt before they stir it, and how it appears after they stir it.

3.      Children will name the big cup “one cup” and the little cup “one fourth cup”.

4.      Children will tell how many ¼ cup measures they took out of the 1 cup measure to dish into each bowl.