We made sugar cookies with the children after reading the book "Mmm Cookies!" by Robert Munsch. For this cooking activity we used frozen cookie dough (we didn't make our own cookie dough this time). We let the children rolling pins to flatten the dough. Next, they used people shaped cookie cutters to cut out the cookie dough. After adding some Skittles for eyes, nose, and buttons, we popped them into the oven and ate them later in the day for snack.
For this activity we gave the children red or green playdough, spangles, beads, and other items to use for decoration. The children flattened out their playdough to shape it into a cookie. Next, the children decorated their cookie with the spangles and beads.
For this activity we first had the children use fabric crayons to draw a picture. Next a teacher used an iron to transfer the image on to a sheet. Next the children dictated a story to the teacher to complete the story quilt. Each child had their own section on the story quilt.
For this activity we used a baby doll and some band-aids. The children were to tell a story about how the baby fell down and got injured, and what part of the body the baby injured. Along with the story telling aspect of this activity, the children were also naming body parts.
For this activity we gave the children people shaped paper in various colors, crayons, and a variety of band-aids. The children used the crayons to draw facial features and "boo-boos" on their people. They used the band-aids to cover up the "boo-boos" in the making of their collage. Tearing off the paper from around the band-aid, and opening the band-aid itself was a great fine motor exercise for the children.
