Cookie Craze

Materials

ingredients for three favorite cookie recipes

cookie cutters

flour

rolling pins

sprinkles

baking sheets

oven

large poster board

markers

Instructions

1. Place an opened brown grocery bag in front of a child.
2. In a basket or large box next to the bag, place several different sized food
boxes.
3. Ask the children to estimate how many grocery boxes they can fit in the
grocery bag.
4. Ask a child to position the boxes in the bag to obtain a desired number of
well-placed boxes.
5. Allow plenty of time for each child to experiment with spatial relationships.
Ask questions such as, "Would this size box fit better on its side or up and
down?" or "Is there a different way to arrange the boxes?"
6. Encourage the child to select the number card that corresponds with his
guess. (Choose appropriate number identification according to age).
7. Have the children compare box sizes and arrange them from smallest to
largest.
More to do Literacy: Cut out front portions of boxes and bind them together to make an
environmental print book.