Objective

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to understand and apply basic arithmetic concepts while baking cookies.

Materials and Prep

Materials: Mixing bowl, measuring cups and spoons, cookie ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, etc.), cookie cutters, baking sheet, oven.

Prep: Pre-measure the ingredients and preheat the oven.

Activities

1. Counting Ingredients: Count the number of cups of flour, teaspoons of sugar, etc. as you add them to the mixing bowl.

2. Measuring: Use measuring cups and spoons to measure the ingredients and discuss the concept of "more" and "less".

3. Shapes and Sizes: Use cookie cutters of different shapes and sizes and discuss concepts of big, small, round, and square.

4. Baking Time: Discuss the concept of time as the cookies bake in the oven, and count down the minutes together.

Toddler Grade Talking Points

• "Let's count the cups of flour we need for the cookies. 1, 2, 3 cups!"
• "Now we are using a big spoon for the sugar and a small spoon for the salt. Big and small!"
• "Look at the cookie cutter, it's a heart shape! What other shapes can we use?"
• "The cookies need to bake for 10 minutes. Let's count down together: 10, 9, 8..."