Materials
1 hardboiled egg per child 1 resealable plastic bag per child
Mustard, mayonnaise, salt and pepper Scissors
Napkins Crackers or bread
Instructions
1. Give each child a hard-boiled egg and demonstrate how to peel it.
2. After the children have peeled their eggs, check for shells and give each child a plastic bag to put the egg into.
3. Let children hold the bag open as you put in a little mustard, mayonnaise, salt and pepper or other ingredients of your choice.
4. Zip the bags up and check for too much air or for leakage.
5. Encourage the children to squish the bag with their hands until it becomes egg salad.
6. Push everything down to one corner, cut the corner with scissors and squeeze the salad onto bread or crackers.More to doLanguage: Read and discuss Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller.Math: You and the children could discuss one-to-one correspondence as you hand out one egg per person and one plastic bag per person, etc.More science: This activity may follow a discussion about animals that lay eggs and others that are born alive. It may also be used with a unit on farms and farm animals.
