Crock Pot Oatmeal
Cooking Creamy Oatmeal
Instructions
- Here is a recipe that takes a long time to cook. Explain the purpose of a crock pot and how it allows foods to slow cook for a long length of time. (A 2 quart baking dish can also be used and placed in the oven at 300 degrees for 4 hours under time bake.) Let child grease the crock pot and measure and add all the ingredients to the crock pot before bedtime. Everyone will wake up to the smell of something yummy and healthy to eat for breakfast.
Overnight Creamy Crock Pot Oatmeal
Grease crock pot with butter
Add 1 ½ cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 to 3/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup regular oatmeal
¼ cup dried cranberries, cherries or raisins
Makes 2 servings
Mix well in crock pot.
Depending on size/type of crock pot cook on low overnight from 4 to 8 hours. (can use a plug in timer) Top with milk, brown sugar, fruit, or maple syrup.
Simplify
Grab a packet of instant oatmeal and hot water and mix it together with a child.
Extend
Chat about the different ways you can cook - a pot on the stove, a pan in the oven, a crock-pot, an instant pot, a microwave oven, on an outdoor grill, etc.
QUESTIONS FOR A CHILD
Why is it important to know how to cook food?
What is your favorite food for breakfast and why? Do you think it is considered a healthy food?
Materials
- crock pot or 2 quart baking dish
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup water
- 1/2-3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 cup regular oatmeal (organic or steel oats works too)
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries/raisins
- a packet of instant oatmeal (optional)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Black
- Number - Seven, 7
- Alphabet Letters - J, I
- Sense - Smell
- Character Trait - Courage
- Target Words - Long, Little, Short, Small
Monthly Proverb
Chinese - If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through
Did You Know?
"Before children enter elementary school, they must develop many linguistic and cognitive skills that will make later academic learning possible. By the age of five, however, children differ markedly in their success in reaching these developmental goals." Entwisle & Alexander, 1993
Books to Read
"The Little Engine That Could"
by Watty Piper, Illustrator Loren Long (Activity 12) (audiobook available)
"My Very First Mother Goose"
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions "
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions" VIDEO
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Little Engine that Could" VIDEO
by Watty Piper (Activity 12)
"My Very First Mother Goose" VIDEO
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
Music Playlist
"America (My Country Tis of Thee)" VIDEO
by the Hit Crew, Album: Drew’s Famous Music for Summer Games and Activities (Activity 13)
"Teeth" VIDEO
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits (Activity 25)
"Miss Mary Mack"
by Ella Jenkins, Album: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Activity 9)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" VIDEO
by Aretha Franklin (Activity 13)
"Miss Mary Mack" VIDEO
by Patty Shula (Activity 9)
"Teeth"
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy, Happy, Habits (Activity 25)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Jack and Jill
(Activity 19 Month 9)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.