Materials
foods eaten with a spoon: cereal and milk,
pudding, applesauce, yogurt, gelatin, ice cream
spoons
bowls
paper
pencils
blocks
Instructions
1. Give the children cereals, puddings, applesauce, or other foods that require a
spoon to eat.
Note: Before serving any food, especially peanut butter, check for allergies.
2. Tell the children they will be counting how many spoonfuls it will take to eat
their snack.
3. Have small blocks at the table and near the children. Each time they take a
spoonful of snack, they take one block from the pile.
4. When they are all done eating, they can count how many blocks they have
and this will tell them how many bites they've eaten.
5. More advanced children can try to predict how many spoonfuls it will take to
eat their food.
S O N G
The Breakfast Song by Monica Hay Cook
(Tune: "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush")
This is the way we use a spoon, use a spoon, use a spoon.
This is the way we use a spoon, so early in the morning.
This is the way we take a bite, take a bite, take a bite.
This is the way we take a bite, so early in the morning.
(additional verses)
This is the way we chew our food...
This is the way we swallow our food...
This is the way we count the bites...
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
* When given objects, can the children use them to create another set (one-toone
correspondence)?
* Given a number of objects, can the child count to 10?
