Materials
magazines
glue
paper
paper cups and plates
plastic cutlery
play cooking utensils
cash register (optional)
play money
play food
plastic tablecloth
pencils and paper
cookbooks
food donated from parents (such as pretzels, juice, crackers, and raisins)
Instructions
1. Cut out the front panel of empty cereal boxes. The more cereal boxes you
have, the bigger your book will be.
2. Invite each child to your table to read the cereal boxes. Because most
children learn to recognize common signs and print in their environment,
they will be able to "read" the print on the cereal boxes.
3. Ask each child to tell you something about the cereal they read. For example,
"It tastes sweet and crunchy," or "The box is red, like my favorite color!"
4. Write their statements on the back of the cereal box panels.
5. Using a hole punch, punch holes on the left side of each cereal box panel.
With yarn or metal binder rings, put all the cereal box panels together to
make a book.
6. Let each child take the book home to read to their family. When all the
children have had a chance to take the classroom book home, place the
book in the library corner for further reading.
More to do Dramatic Play: Set up a grocery store in the dramatic play area using empty
food containers and toy cash registers.
