Stephanie Shank February 6, 2014

Literacy Prop Box

Theme:
Baker

Objectives: A. B. C. D. Children will be allowed to explore books about Baking and Bakeries. Students will be able to further develop their oral vocabulary through play and reading. The prop box will promote play and imagination as the child takes on the role of a baker. The Literary Prop Box will broaden the students understanding and vocabulary in the role of a baker.

Vocabulary: Pie/s Cookies Muffins Doughnuts Bagels Baker Bakery Bread Cakes Apron Baked goods Community Dough Recipe Grocery store Supermarket Mixers Ovens Pans Uniforms Recipe Holiday Hot pads Butter Sugar Eggs Flour Baking soda Vanilla (extract) Salt Chocolate chips Baking Cake Kitchen Brave Strawberry Tomato Milk Apple Pie Farmer Fresh Pie pan Bread etc

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Props: Aprons Pot Holders Hand Towels Cash Register (w/play money) Receipt Log Timer Cookbooks (with Pictures) Thermometer White Board (w/markers) for Price Listing Bowls Mixer (w/out a cord) Wooden Spoons Wisks Spatula Cake Pan Muffin tin Pie tin Rolling pin Cookie Sheet Cookie Cutters Icing containers (empty) Ingredients (empty) (baking soda/powder/cocoa/etc) Plastic Food Items (i.e. bread muffins, pie slices, cookies, etc) Etc...

List of Books: (Minimum of 4-5) (APA Citations at end of assignment) 1. Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco 2. Amelia Bedelias First Apple Pie by Herman Parish 3. All in Just One Cookie by Susan E. Goodman 4. Blackberry Stew by Isabell Monk 5. The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake by Joanna Cole 6. Baker by Dana Meachen Rau 7. Bakers by Tami Deedrick 8. Party Time! 9. Sweets & Treats

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Open-ended Questions: What types of baked goods would you like to bake? Why types of things would you need to bake your favorite goody? When would be your favorite time to make these goods? Summer? Fall? Winter? Spring? Why are farmers so important to bakers? How do you think it would be to bake every day? Fun? Boring? Why are bakers so important to the community?

Extension Activity: (optional)

Baking anything, in just about every book that Is listed there are extension recipes that could easily be done with students in a classroom setting.

Songs: Patty Cake Patty cake patty cake, Bakers man bake me some a cake as fast as you can. Roll it pat it mark it with a (first initial of child's name) And put it in the oven for (child's Name) and me

Who Stole the Cookies? Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? Who, me? Yes, you! Couldn't be! Then who? (Childs name) stole the cookies from the cookie jar. Who, me? Yes, you! Couldn't be! Then who? Note: Continue for as many children as you want

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Five Little Cookies Five little cookies with frosting galore. (Child's Name) ate the red one, then there were four. Four little cookies, Two and two you see (Child's Name) ate the green one, then there were three. Three little cookies But before I knew, (Child's Name) ate the white one, then there were two. Two little cookies, Oh what fun, (Child's Name) ate the brown one, then there was one

Bread Patty Cake Patty cake patty cake, Bakers man bake me some bread as fast as you can. Roll it pat it mark it with a (first initial of child's name) And put it in the oven for (child's Name) and me

This Is The Way We Make The Bread This is the way we make the bread Make the bread, make the bread This is the way we make the bread To make this bread for you

This is the way we knead the dough Knead the dough, Knead the dough This is the way we knead the dough To make this bread for you

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Additional Verses: Mix the dough Shape the dough Bake the dough Eat the bread References

Ann Barbour, B. D.-P. (20002). Prop Box Play: 50 Themes to Inspire Dramatic Play. Gryphon House, Inc. , 160. Cole, J. (1995). The Magic School Bus gets Baked in a Cake. New York: Scholastic Inc. Deedrick, T. (1998). Community Helpers: Bakers. Mankato: Bridgestone Books, Capstone Press.

Everything Preschool. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/food/songs.htm

Goodman, S. E. (2006). All in Just One Cookie. New York: Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers. Macleod, E. (2004). Bake and Make Amazing Cookies. New York: Kids Can Press Ltd. Monk, I. (2005). Blackberry Stew. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Parish, H. (2010). Amelia Bedelia's. New York: Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers. Polacco, P. (1990). Thunder Cake. New York: Philomel Books. Rau, D. M. (2008). Baker. New york: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.