This week of observation I observed the children in the sand box, listening and asking question at circle time, singing with song cards, creating with art materials, drawing in journals, helping make banana and cinnamon pancakes, building with legos, and at the seed and butterfly bin.
The activity that mostly stood out to me was making the pancakes for snack time with the teacher. The teacher grabbed the materials from the kitchen and asked loudly, "Who wants to help make banana pancakes?" Two girls said, "Me." The replied, "Ok go watch your hands." She unpealed the bananas as the children were coming to the table. She gave them a half a banana with a plate and fork and said, "Okay girls you gotta smash the banana, you remember how to do it?" They replied, "Yes." They smashed about three halfs each and on child said, "I'm tied." The teacher responded, "You not tied you already smashed two bananas." Then a boy came over to join them and sliced his banana with the fork. Then he said, "Im done." The teacher replied, "No you have to smatch it like this." She demonstrated how to smash the banana from her seat will he watched her. Then he caught on quickly. The other child got up from the table and the teacher asked, "You finished, are you leaving?" She said, "yes" and left the table. The teacher said next were going to cook them," after adding water to the pancake mix, cinnamon, vanilla abstract and the smashed bananas. Another girl was the onlooker as the teacher started cooking the pancakes on the portable grill.
The developmental skills the children learned from this activity were science concepts, follow directions, patience, gross and fine motor skills, cognitive and communication skills.
The following day I would elaborate and explain to the children that bananas come from a tree, monkey's eat bananas and ask what other kind of ingredients can be added to pancake mix to further the interest of the children as the teacher of this classroom. I would also read a book about fruits that include bananas and a book about being helpful to others.
How fun I always like food experience. Even thought the children are still young they are learning and memorizing the ingredient. As well as learning measurements and learning how to share and take turns. I also like how you would read a book of fruit that way children can see whit what other fruit they can make pancakes too and maybe next time change the fruit from banana to blueberries.
ReplyDeleteI like how the teacher had the children actually smash the bananas and not just have them mix the ingredients together as I've seen done before. This activity is also showing the children independence, in the long run, they will be able to make some recipe's on their own. I like your activity for the next day. :)
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