Bread Bread Bread

We stretched our learning of the Little Red Hen to learning about breads around the world.  There is a book called Bread Bread Bread by Ann Morris which depicts bread in many cultures around the world, and it was the jumping off place for this kind of learning.

Mrs. Quinn and the Bunnies made pancakes (multiple batches!).

Everybody loved them!

We had a two person game called Cookin' Cookies in which the players try to collect the ingredients on their recipe cards and we also had a memory game for matching a variety of breads such as baguette, bagel, naan, etc.

There was a game for matching muffin tops with different amounts of blueberries to their corresponding muffin cup.

We had a pizza fraction game on the floor.  Aren't fractions too advanced for preschoolers? NOPE!  They can easily compare size and determine if a certain sized slice will fit in their pizza or not. 

As a literacy activity the children made their own playdough baked goods and dictated a description of them.

We also had a taste test with three types of bread - naan, challah and corn tortillas.  The children bravely tried them all and then we graphed the results.  In dramatic play, the children acted out the story of Jesus feeding his followers with loaves and fish.

Over the course of a few days, we infused bread into every activity and every domain of the curriculum.  The Bunnies had so much fun and really internalized the concepts.  We heard them using new vocabulary, reminding each other to work as a team and retelling the story of the Little Red Hen.  I hope someone in the next class of Bunnies is into food so we can do this all again next year!  Yum!