Our baking theme continued this week, and we focused our learning on delicious cupcakes and cookies. The week started by using what we know about cupcakes and cookies to compare similarities and differences using a Venn diagram on our easel. We also decorated our own cupcakes by coloring the wrapper and painting on our "frosting" we made ourselves by mixing shaving cream, glue, and food coloring. It looked delicious but wasn't for eating! Stay tuned for pictures of our oatmeal cookie sculptures that we will send home after we dry them out and paint them.
We have also been reading some favorite books like, If You Give A Cat A Cupcake, Gingerbread Friends, and Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar. We also tweaked some of our favorite games at circle time to relate to the theme of our books. "Doggie Doggie Where's Your Bone" transformed into "Baker Baker Where's Your Cupcake," and "Hot Potato" turned into "Hot Muffin." We also had a blast singing, "Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?" and compared the song to our book. We will be finishing the week with a gingerbread man hunt, and determining which cookie is best by graphing the children's preferences. Are you now inspired to go bake cookies? :)
