Making Popcorn
Read "Popcorn" and enjoy a popcorn snack
Instructions
- Make a popcorn snack (be aware of possible choking with kernels)
- Use a saucepan with glass top or popcorn maker where you can see the kernels pop
- 2 tablespoons of unpopped kernels and 1 teaspoon of oil make about 1 quart of popcorn
- A child can add kernels and oil before the saucepan is placed on the stove. ADULT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF POPPING THE CORN
- Chat about why popcorn can be a healthy snack - fiber, low in calories, etc.
- Here is a video about how the popcorn kernels pop
- Why not enjoy a snack of popcorn while reading this month’s book, “Popcorn” by Frank Asch or Read/Listen here
- Reading at different times of the day introduces a preschooler that books and words are used throughout the day and not just at storytime or bedtime
Simplify
Open a bag of pre-popped popcorn or make a bag of popcorn in the microwave while reading the book "Popcorn"
Extend
The video about popcorn showed the different types of corn and that only one type of corn plant pops!
Explain how the corn plant looks the same from the outside but inside the corn is different - sweet corn, field corn, ornamental corn, and popcorn.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
How are people the same on the outside but different in the inside?
What is your favorite snack to eat and why?
Materials
- Book "Popcorn" by Frank Asch or Read/Listen here (use full screen and pause as needed)
- saucepan with lid, stove or popcorn maker
- 2 tablespoons unpopped kernels
- 1 teaspoon oil
- salt to flavor (optional)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Green
- Number - Five, 5
- Alphabet Letters - G, Y
- Senses - Review
- Character Trait - Confidence
- Target Words - Stop, Go, Slow, More
Monthly Proverb
Hasidic- The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others
Did You Know?
"Advances in cognitive science make it clear that very young children are capable of much more academically than was previously imagined." The Albert Shanker Institute
Books to Read
"Sheep In A Shop"
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7) (audiobook option)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog"
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn"
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
"Sheep in A Shop". VIDEO
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog". VIDEO
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn". VIDEO
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
Music Playlist
"I Believe in You"
by Divo and Celine Dion Album IL Divo/Ancora (Vocal Classical) (Activity 18)
"She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain"
by Barbershop Quartets (Activity 19)
"What’s Your Name"
by Mike Soloway Album Hungry for Manners (Childrens) (Activity 1)
"What's Your Name" VIDEO
by Mike Soloway (Activity 1)
"She'' Be Comin Round the Mountain" VIDEO
by Learning Station (Activity 19)
"I Believe In You" VIDEO
by Divo and Celine Dion (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Red says STOP
(Activity 14 Month 6)
Red says STOP
Green says GO
Yellow says WAIT
You better go SLOW
5 Little Ducks Went Out to Play
(Activity 26 Month 6)
Five little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Sad Mother Duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad Mother Duck said
"QUACK QUACK QUACK."
And all of the five little ducks came back.