ACTIVITY: Shortbreads for Mother’s day
DATE IMPLEMENTED: Tuesday 7/5/13
MATERIALS REQUIRED: Butter, caster sugar, plain flour, rice flour, baking trays, baking paper, bowls, spoon, forks.
GROUPINGS/SPACE:
5-7 children would be a comfortable number to fit around the kitchen bench so that all can participate and see what is happening. As children leave when they have had enough, others can join at any stage.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
Cooking is a great opportunity for children to work in collaboration with peers they may not always play with. Discussions are encouraged as children make connections with what they already know about cooking, whilst reminiscing about past experiences. Maths is incorporated through the use of measuring cups and discussion about ingredients, materials required and how many biscuits are being made. Children we practice their stirring, rolling and counting as work cooperatively with others in s shared learning environment. Children will also think about hygiene as they think about when to wash their hands, and handing kitchen utensils.
RELATION TO EYLF PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES:
Cooking involves ‘intentional teaching’ which can be related to children’s everyday lives outside the centre.
Educators who engage in intentional teaching recognise that learning occurs in social contexts and that interactions and conversations are vitally important for learning. They use strategies such as modelling and demonstrating, open questioning, speculating, explaining, engaging in shared thinking and problem solving to extend children’s thinking and learning.
EYLF OUTCOMES:
Outcome 1:
Increasingly cooperate and work collaboratively with others.
Engage in and contribute to shared play experiences.
Outcome 2:
Understand different ways of contributing through play and projects.
Outcome 3:
Use their sensory capabilities and dispositions with increasing integration, skill and purpose to explore and respond to their world.
Manipulate equipment and manage tools with increasing competence and skill.
REFLECTION:
The children really enjoyed the sensory experience of smelling the ingredients, rolling and tasting the dough. The atmosphere allowed for discussion where myself and the children could learn more about each other as conversations arose not just about cooking, but the children’s interests and hobbies.
EVALUATION:
Important to gain everyone’s attention and set ground rules beforehand as there can be hot and sharp equipment involved.
Important to check for allergies
Making two batches in two separate bowls rather than combining into a single bowl worked well, allowing for more opportunities for children to measure, discuss and compare. Also less children were kept waiting when two children could be stirring mixture at a single time.
To avoid disputes, passing out the dough to each student seemed to work well, this way it was not a race to see who could roll the most, or five hands reaching into the bowl simultaneously to get some mixture.
WHAT NEXT:
-continuing with the senses, now that we have cooked two types of sweet biscuits we could cook something savoury
DATE IMPLEMENTED: Tuesday 7/5/13
MATERIALS REQUIRED: Butter, caster sugar, plain flour, rice flour, baking trays, baking paper, bowls, spoon, forks.
GROUPINGS/SPACE:
5-7 children would be a comfortable number to fit around the kitchen bench so that all can participate and see what is happening. As children leave when they have had enough, others can join at any stage.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
Cooking is a great opportunity for children to work in collaboration with peers they may not always play with. Discussions are encouraged as children make connections with what they already know about cooking, whilst reminiscing about past experiences. Maths is incorporated through the use of measuring cups and discussion about ingredients, materials required and how many biscuits are being made. Children we practice their stirring, rolling and counting as work cooperatively with others in s shared learning environment. Children will also think about hygiene as they think about when to wash their hands, and handing kitchen utensils.
RELATION TO EYLF PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES:
Cooking involves ‘intentional teaching’ which can be related to children’s everyday lives outside the centre.
Educators who engage in intentional teaching recognise that learning occurs in social contexts and that interactions and conversations are vitally important for learning. They use strategies such as modelling and demonstrating, open questioning, speculating, explaining, engaging in shared thinking and problem solving to extend children’s thinking and learning.
EYLF OUTCOMES:
Outcome 1:
Increasingly cooperate and work collaboratively with others.
Engage in and contribute to shared play experiences.
Outcome 2:
Understand different ways of contributing through play and projects.
Outcome 3:
Use their sensory capabilities and dispositions with increasing integration, skill and purpose to explore and respond to their world.
Manipulate equipment and manage tools with increasing competence and skill.
REFLECTION:
The children really enjoyed the sensory experience of smelling the ingredients, rolling and tasting the dough. The atmosphere allowed for discussion where myself and the children could learn more about each other as conversations arose not just about cooking, but the children’s interests and hobbies.
EVALUATION:
Important to gain everyone’s attention and set ground rules beforehand as there can be hot and sharp equipment involved.
Important to check for allergies
Making two batches in two separate bowls rather than combining into a single bowl worked well, allowing for more opportunities for children to measure, discuss and compare. Also less children were kept waiting when two children could be stirring mixture at a single time.
To avoid disputes, passing out the dough to each student seemed to work well, this way it was not a race to see who could roll the most, or five hands reaching into the bowl simultaneously to get some mixture.
WHAT NEXT:
-continuing with the senses, now that we have cooked two types of sweet biscuits we could cook something savoury
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