Materials
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris
Bread Is for Eating by David Gershator
Wax paper
Small objects, such as beads, pebbles, buttons, etc.
Oven
Paint
Paintbrushes
Instructions
1. Have the children pour the salt, flour, and water in a saucepan and mix the ingredients well.
2. Cook the dough over a medium low heat, continually stirring, until the dough thickens.
3. Take the dough out of the pan and lay it on a sheet of wax paper.
4. Let the children mold the warm dough into a free-form shape.
5. Provide beads, rocks, peas, macaroni, buttons, etc., for the children to press into the dough.
6. Bake the sculptures at 200 degree F (90 degree C) for one hour, or place them in the sun to dry.
7. Suggest that the children paint the finished product.
More to do
Language: Write this recipe on a chart and refer to it while making the dough with the children.
