Fruit Counting Kabobs
Counting fruit while making healthy kabobs
Instructions
- You will need a skewer to assemble the kabob - one for each member of the family
- Collect a variety of fruit to use - apples, pineapple chunks, grapes, bananas, and large/small marshmallows
- Ask child to count and place the food on the skewer: 1 pineapple chunk, 3 banana slices, 1 marshmallow, 4 grapes, 2 apple slices (to prevent apple slices from browning brush with lemon, orange or grapefruit juice, lemon-lime soda or soak in cold apple juice)
- Count the number of total pieces of fruit on the skewer (11 pieces)
- Repeat the pattern for each kabob assembled
Simplify
Place only 4 or 5 pieces of fruit on the skewer.
Extend
Chat about where each of the fruit is grown:
Pineapples - warm, tropical weather on a leafy ground perennial plant (you could try to grow your own from the top of a pineapple)
Apples - grow on trees and start from seeds or a seedling and need cold and warm weather
Grapes - grow on vines in a variety of climates with rocky and sandy soil
Bananas - grow on the world's largest perennial plant up to 25 feet in a humid, tropical climate and need alot of water.
Materials
- wooden skewers/chopsticks- enough for family members or classmates
- various fruits cut into pieces
- marshmallows- large or small
- juice (optional)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Indigo
- Number - Ten, 10
- Alphabet Letters - K,X,Z
- Senses - Review
- Character Trait - Curiosity
- Target Words - If, When, Sad, Soon
Monthly Proverb
American- Don’t use a lot when a little will do
Did You Know?
"Handwriting is an integral part of every child's school experience. 30% to 60% of the elementary school child's class time is spent in fine motor/writing activities, with writing as the predominant task." Early Childhood Research & Practice
Books to Read
"Dr. Seuss’s ABC"
by Dr. Seuss (Activity 5 and 25) (audio book available)
"Are You My Mother?"
by P.D. Eastman (Activity 13 & 25)
"Curious George"
by H.A. Ray and Margret Rey (Activity 12 & 25)
Music Playlist
"Roy G Biv"
by Mar. Harman, Album: Music Makes It Memorable (Activity 18)
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
by Israell Kamakawiwo'ole, Album: Facing Future (Activity 18)
"Stand By Me"
by Ben E. King, Album: "Stand By Me" (Soundtrack) Activity 14 and 19
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Ten In a Bed
(Activity 7 and 26)
There were ten in a bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over." So they all rolled over and one fell out. There were nine in the bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over." So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were eight in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were seven in the bed in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were six in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were five in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were four in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were three in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were two in the bed and the little one said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There was one in the bed and the little one said, "Good night!"
(Each time "roll over" is said, rolling motion is dramatized with arms)