Materials
Yeast Magnifying glass
Sugar Warm water
Tall narrow bottle Balloon
Any other ingredients for a yeast bread or roll recipe The Little Red Hen, any version
Instructions
1. Read The Little Red Hen.
2. Tell the children that you are going to examine and experiment with the yeast a little bit before you bake. Look at the yeast under a magnifying glass. Smell and touch it.
3. Mix some yeast with sugar and warm water in the bottom of the bottle.
4. Secure the neck of the balloon over the bottleneck. Leave in a warm place.
5. Observe the bubbles in the bottle and watch the balloon begin to inflate.
6. Continue with your yeast bread-baking activity.More to doArt: Make masks of the characters from The Little Red Hen.Storytelling: Act out the story. * Invent a new story about what will happen the next time hen asks for help.Original songSing and act out this song to the tune of "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush."This is the way she plants the wheat, plants the wheat, plants the wheat.This is the way she plants the wheat, the busy little red hen.Add other verses, following the story line: cut the wheat, grind the wheat, carry the flour, mixthe dough, knead the dough, bake the bread, eat the bread.
