Materials
Red and white checkered tablecloth, optional
10 3/4 oz. can condensed tomato soup
15 oz. can of spaghetti with tomato sauce (or other pasta shapes)
Pitcher of water
Electric kettle or soup pot with hot plate
Ladle
Can opener
Rubber scraper
8 4-oz. Styrofoam cups and plastic spoons
Storybook about spaghetti, such as:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Strega Nona by Tomie de
Paola
Wednesday Is Spaghetti Day by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Instructions
1. Write a number on each piece of cardboard, from 1 to 10.
2. On each card, draw the number of circles as the number on the card. For
example, draw one circle for the "1" card, two circles for "2," and so on.
3. Make cards for each color counter.
4. Encourage the children to use the cards to count each color of teddy bear.
More to do
More Math: Do simple addition problems with the counters and the cards.
Circle Time: Ask the children to bring in their teddy bears from home to share.
Outdoors: Combine this activity with a teddy bear picnic day!
Snack and Cooking: Eat teddy bear graham crackers for snack.
