BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #2
Lesson Plan #5
Meagan Nelson
Baking
Date:
2/10/16
Supervisor:
Ciara Barker
Lead Teacher: Meagan Nelson
Children and Learning/Development Goals:
1. Aida- Aida needs to be challenged with math and science goals. This lesson will allow her to
do more advanced math through measuring and even adding using measuring cups and
ingredients.
2. Lorien- Lorien needs help with zipping up her coat and other fine motor skills. Small focus
groups will focus on spreading frosting and using fine motor skills to decorate cupcakes.
3. Hannah- Hannah has a hard time with transitions. The transition to small focus groups will
give her a cupcake and immediately something to do so that the transition is smooth and
she can focus on the upcoming activity.
4. Reagan- Reagan struggles with fine motor skills. Small focus groups will help Reagan use his
fine motor skills to spread frosting and decorate cupcakes.
5. Rebeca- Rebeca struggles following directions or meeting expectations. Gathering time and
closing circle has activities that require involvement. Rebeca will be engaged and therefore
will not run around during group time.
6. Sully- Sully struggles being engaged with the other children. There are various books in the
book area for Sully to read if he needs time away from other children. Teachers will look for
opportunities to give him one on one time.
Preassessment and Findings: I set out food and baking supplies during class. I played
with the children, asked questions and observed what they did. At one point, Ally said that
she was going to make muffins using a toaster. I asked her what went into the muffins and
she said peppers, salt and sugar. I observed Lorien playing with a small baker figurine. The
baker had a bowl of batter that he was mixing and Lorien said he was mixing pizza dough.
While playing with a plastic loaf of bread, Aila said that the bread comes from the store.
When I asked Reagan where to bake bread, he said I dont know and then guessed in the
toaster? I then observed Sully, Annabelle, Lehi, Hannah and Tucker play with the plastic
food and baking sheets. All of them were very interested in making food. Most of them
knew what the blender and toaster was, but were unsure how to use the baking sheets.
Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Dough is a mixture that makes cookies and bread.
2. Batter is a mixture that we can pour into pans or baking sheets.
3. In baking, we use the oven to heat food and cook it.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Measurements
2. Hot and Cold
3. Ability to participate in group activities

BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #2
Lesson Plan #5
Meagan Nelson
Baking
Date:
2/10/16
Supervisor:
Ciara Barker
Lead Teacher: Meagan Nelson
Ideas
1.
2.
3.

to be Emphasized:
Dough is a mixture that makes cookies and bread.
Batter is a mixture that we can pour into pans or baking sheets.
In baking, we use the oven to heat food and cook it.

Preschool Concepts or Skills:

1. Measurements
2. Hot and Cold
3. Ability to participate in group activities
Assignments:
Ciara- Self-Selected

Katelyn- Floater/Runner

Brittany- Small Groups

Katherine- Snack

Nicole- Outdoor play

Ciara- Data Collector

Meagan- Greeter/Walkie (Lead Teacher)

Special instructions for the day: N/A
SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:20 - 9:50 a.m.
Literacy Activities/ Books:
Lets Look At Kitchen (T3)
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall (H28)
Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory by H. A. Rey (P R10)
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass (B L0)
Activity Description: Children will be able to flip felt cookies over on a cookie sheet, revealing
letters of the alphabet. They will be able to match the cookies to the letters on the cookie sheet.
Child Objective: Children will be able to identify letters and match them with corresponding
letters on felt cookies.
Activity Name

Description/Activity Objective

Materials, Special Set-up

*Creative Art:
Cake Decorating
(5)

Description: Children will receive a paper

plate as their cake to decorate in any way they
want, using glitter glue, paint or gluing objects.

Paper Plates (Kitchen)

Foam Pieces (RR1 O9)
Tissue Paper (RR1 O41)
Coffee Filters (RR1 O14)
Tongue Depressions (RR1
O43)
Paint and Glue (RR1
Shelves)
Glitter Glue (RR1 O6)

Objective: Children will use their artistic

expression to decorate their cake using the
materials provided. Cake is made by pouring
batter into pans or sheets. The finished product
can be decorated with frosting or other
toppings.

*Manipulatives:
Play Dough
Kneading (3-4)

Activity Description: Children will be able to

knead and manipulate play dough using their
fine motor skills and play kitchen utensils.
Child Objective: Children will use the small
muscles in their body to push and pull, or
knead the dough. Dough is what we make to
bake cookies or bread.

*Math: Measuring
Ingredients (3-4)
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*Science: Does it
Dissolve? (3)

Activity Description: Ingredients have to be

measured to go into a batter or dough. Using
measuring cups, children will be able to read
recipes to measure ingredients and transfer
from one bowl to another.
Child Objective: Children will count and
correctly measure an ingredient when given
measuring cups. This activity shows that batter
is a mixture of various ingredients.
Activity Description: Small bowls of various
ingredients and a measuring spoon and a bowl
of water. Children will pour the different
ingredients into the water and then obverse to
see if they will dissolve (if they can see it or
not).

Play Dough Toys (RR2

G13,14,15)
Play Dough (Classroom
Closet)

Wheat or Ingredients (RR2

G36 or IWP)
Measuring Cups (Kitchen)
Bowls (Kitchen)
Recipes (IWP)
Towels (Kitchen)

Small Bowls of rice, flour,

salt, sugar (Kitchen or IWP)
Large Bowl of Water
Measuring Spoon (Kitchen)
1-2 Magnifying Glasses
(RR1 P8)

Child Objective: Children will pour different

ingredients into a bowl of water to see if it
would dissolve into a batter or if it would not.
Batter and Dough are both mixtures. Children
will see that some ingredients dissolve, and go
into mixtures, and others do not.
*Sensory Table:
Cloud Sand (4)

Activity Description: Children will play in the

sensory table filled with cloud sand. The cloud
sand can be kneaded like dough, or mixed
loosely. Baking and cooking supplies will be in
the sensory table for children to play with.

Cloud Sand (WW2 G18)

Sensory Table Tools (RR2
B1)
Some Baking Supplies
(Baking RR2)

Child Objective: The children will create

formations, sift or knead cloud sand using
baking materials and their fine motor skills.
This activity demonstrates that dough is a
thicker mixture that can be made into bread or
cookies.
Blocks: Lincoln
Logs (4-5)

Activity Description: Children will be able to

build with both the Blocks in the classroom and
large Lincoln logs.
Child Objective: Children will create
formations when given large Lincoln Logs.

Large Lincoln Logs (RR2

B32)

*Dramatic Play:
Cookie Shop (5-6)

Activity Description: Children will be able to

run a cookie shop. They will decorate felt
cookies using felt sprinkles, chips or other

Cash Registers (RR2 Y55)

Plastic Food-Breads (RR2
Y34)

toppings. They will use baking supplies to

create batter or dough and sell cookies to each
other.
Child Objective: Children will pretend to run
or go to a cookie shop when given dress-up
and materials. Takes on roles within the
simple theme of a cookie shop in dramatic play
activities (IELG D4 G46 CI6) This activity will
allow the children to create batter or dough to
bake bread or cookies to sell and buy from
each other.

Plastic cups and plates

((RR2 Y32,33)
Cookie Shop Designs and
Felt Cookies (Sister Olsen or
IWF)

Alternatives:
Creative Art: (4)
Name Painting

2nd: (3) Hammers

and Pegs

ROTATING SNACK
Trail mix and juice.

Description: Children will paint onto a piece

of paper with their name written with tape, so
when the tape is removed, the name is visible.

Description: The children will hammer plastic

pegs into holes, or create new holes in a
Styrofoam block.

Cardstock (RR2 Cabinets)

Paint (RR2 Shelves)
Paintbrushes (RR2 Shelves)
Masking Tape (RR1 O16)
Cover art table with butcher
paper to protect the table.
Styrofoam Hammering
Block (RR2 G32)
Hammers (RR2 G33)
Pegs (RR2 G34)

9:00-9:50 a.m.

OUTDOOR PLAY
Playground

9:10-9:50 a.m.

Location: South

Gross Motor:
Hula Hoop Hop (12)

Description: Hula hoops will be placed on top

of the snow in an arrangement where children
can hop from one Hula Hoop to another.

10-12 Hula Hoops (GG)

Objective: Children will be able to use their

gross motor abilities to jump from one Hula
Hoop to another. Jumps on two feet and jumps
over and to Hula Hoops with balance and
control. (D2 G17 CI9)
2nd: Snow Ball
Toss (4)

Description: Bean bag boards will be placed

outside. Children will create and toss
snowballs, aiming for the holes in the bean bag
board.

1-2 Bean Bag Board (GG)

Objective: Children will be able to create and

correctly aim to toss snow balls at the bean
bag board.
*3rd: Cookie Cutter

Activity Description: Children will be able to

Cookie Cutters (Play Dough

Painting (1-2)

use cookie cutters to dip into paint tins and

press onto butcher paper on an easel. They
can decorate their paintings, or their cookies,
however they like.
Child Objective: Children will be able to freely
use their artistic expression in exploring with a
new way of painting. This form of painting
relates because when making cookies, we can
use cookie cutters in the dough to make
different shapes. Children will practice and
experience pressing down with cookie cutters.

Toys RR2 G13,14,15)

Paint Easel (GG or
Classroom)
Be sure to thoroughly clean
cookie cutters from any
paint before returning to
Play Dough bin.

CLEAN UP
9:50-9:55 a.m.
Teachers will all sing the Clean Up song together.
GATHERING TIME
9:55-10:10 a.m. or 2:55-3:10 p.m.
Transition
I will sing the song Pat-a-cake with hand motions until children have gathered to the area. Once
everyone is there, have the children sit down and put their cake in the oven.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
1. Dough is a
Boys and Girls, I have a story today about an
Flannel Board
mixture that
old woman. Tell the There was an Old Women Old Women cutout and
makes cookies or
story using the pictures and the Flannel Board.
ingredients
bread.
Explain that the old women swallowed all those
ingredients. Ingredients are the things that go
into dough. When all the ingredients are
mixed, it is dough. Dough is the mixtures that
makes cookies and bread.

2. Batter is a
mixture that can
be pouring into
pans or baking
sheets.

Objective: Children will be able to join and

participate in Gathering Time while sitting on
the tape with little assistance or reminders.
Most of the time, complies with group rules,
like sitting on the tape. (IELG D3 G31 CI9)
We are going to make some cupcakes. Who
likes cupcakes? Cupcakes are made from
batter. Batter is a mixture that we pour into
pans or baking sheets. I need your help to
make this batter. I have here the ingredients
for cupcake batter (Have premeasured
ingredients ready). Read the recipe out loud
and follow directions. Have the children
pretend to pour the ingredients in their pretend
bowls. While we pour, chant the words pour
pour pour the flour in, pour pour pour the oil in
etc.
Mix the batter. Everyone mix their cupcake
batter too. Now, we are going to pour our
batter into a baking sheet. I put these papers
in the sheet to protect the batter from sticking
to the pan. I am going to pour a little bit of

Muffin tin and ingredients

(Kitchen and IWP)
Mixing Bowls (Kitchen)

3. Heat

batter into each tin. Everyone count the tins

with me. (Pour batter into the individual tins).
Batter and Dough need to go into the oven to
bake. The oven gets very hot. The Cupcake
batter will rise, meaning it will get bigger. I am
going to put the cupcakes in this magic oven.
Lets set the temperature in the oven to 350
degrees. We have to wait for it to heat up.
(Count to 5 with children). Now the oven is all
heated up, lets put the batter in. (Put batter
into pretend oven) Lets count as high as we
can while we wait (Count aloud with children.
Remove prebaked cupcakes). Wow! These
cupcakes looks delicious! But they need some
decorations!

SMALL FOCUS GROUP

10:10-10:25 a.m.
Group #1
Olivelynne
Reagan
Rebeca
Allene
Aila
Your Activity
Transition to Small
Focus Groups
Cupcake Decorating 1

Cupcake Decorating 2

CLOSING CIRCLE

Group #2
Lehi
Sully
Trey
Abigail

Prebaked cupcakes
Wood oven (Classroom)

Group #3
Treyson
Hannah
Conrad
Avery
Tucker

Group #4
Teddy
Lorien
Anabelle
Gunner
Jefferson

Description & Objective

I will say Yummy, yummy cupcake. Now its time
to decorate. When I say youre name, I want you to
take your (pretend) cupcakes out of the oven and
bring them over to your table.
Description: Children will be able to frost the
cupcakes that we made during Gathering time and
then enjoy eating them.
Objective: Children will be able to use their fine
motor skills to spread frosting onto the cupcakes
that we made in Gathering time. Begins to have
accuracy with a knife for spreading soft foods such
as frosting (IELG D2 G24 CI4). The teacher will
need to assist children who struggle to spread the
frosting.

Materials
Cupcakes

Description: Children will be able to frost and

decorate the cupcakes that we made during
Gathering time and then enjoy eating them.
Objective: Children will use their fine motor skills
to individually place toppings onto their pre-frosted
cupcakes. Manipulates small objects, such as
sprinkles or candy with ease (IELG D2 G18 CI6)

5)
6)
7)
8)

10:25-10:40 a.m.

1) Frosting (IWP)
2) Knives (Kitchen)
3) If You Give a
Moose a Muffin
by Laura Joffe
Numeroff (N4)
4) In the Night
Kitchen by
Maurice Sendak
(S8)
Frosting (IWP)
Knives (Kitchen)
Toppings (IWP)
If You Give a
Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Joffe
Numeroff (N5)
9) Lets Cook a
Treat by DK
Publishing (D17)

Transition: Sing the song If youre ready and you Know it. Children will come gather and
participate in the song and motions. The last verse will be If youre ready and you know it sit right
down and the children will sit for Closing Circle.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
*Story: Floppy
Cake

The other day, I was invited to a friends house. They asked

me to bring a cake so that we could all share it. I decided to
make a pineapple cake. First, I got the eggs and sugar and I
mixed it all together. Everyone mix your batter in your bowls
too. (Pretend mix). Then I added the flour and the pineapple.
Mix again. The recipe said add 1 tsp of baking soda. How
much is a teaspoon? It is so little. I forgot to add the baking
soda. I put the cake in the oven (everyone put the cake in the
oven). I waited 30 minutes. What do you think happened to
my cake? Well, I put it in the oven and it got really big and
then shrunk again. I learned that the baking soda is very
important. That is why we follow recipes! If I would have
made the batter right, my cake would have been so yummy.
Objective: Children will be able to listen to and participate in
a story about me baking a cake. Listens and participates in
stories (IELG D5 G48 CI5)

Pictures

*Game: Baker
Baker

A teacher plays the part of the Baker. She sits in a chair with
their back to the class. A plastic cake or picture of a cake is
put under the chair. While the baker was turned around with
his or her eyes closed, a support teacher will pick someone to
tap on the shoulder and that child will sneak up and steal the
cake and hide it somewhere on his person. Then everyone
would sing the Baker Baker Chant. Then the Baker has three
chances to guess who took it. Sometimes it was left under his
or her chair. If the baker guesses right then they get to do it
again. If they guessed wrong than the person who had the
cake get a turn as the baker.

Plastic or
picture of a
cake

Phonemic
Awareness:
Whats in the
Box?

I will have a small box and place some pictures in it with pairs
of familiar words that rhyme (like box/socks, cat/hat, or
chair/bear. I will hold the box and choose a picture. If the
picture shows a cat, say In my box, theres a cat. Then I will
ask the class, whats in your box? They will respond with
something that rhymes In my box, theres a hat (or some
other rhyming word).

Box with
Pictures
(IWP)

Book: If you Give a

Mouse a Cookie

Review: Song
Review: Freeze

Objective: Children will be able to identify rhyming words

when shown a picture and a word. Fills in the missing
rhyming word in a game when given a word. (IELG D5 G56
CI11)
I will read the Book If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura
Numeroff

Review the song we learned last class Slippery Fish led by

Ciara.
Review the freeze dance including following directions

If You Give A
Mouse A
Cookie by
Laura
Numeroff (B
N1)
N/A
N/A

Dance
Phonemic
Awareness/
Music :
Mistake Song

Description: This activity has students practice a familiar

song. Sing any familiar song. The teacher then models
singing the song but changes the beginning sound of each
word. For example, small and brown would be gall and
mrown. The teacher then invites the students to practice
altogether. Switch words around each time you sing the song
and have children point out what mistake we made.

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

Baker Baker Chant
Baker, Baker, Where's your cake?
Somebody stole it, from your plate,
In three guesses you will see,
Find your cake as quick as can be!
There was an old Lady
There was an old Lady who swallowed some flour
That must have been sour, to swallow some flour
There was an old lady who swallowed some chocolate
Some chips and some chunks, delicious I bet!
There was an old lady who swallowed some butter
Thats a lot of clutter, to add the butter
There was an old lady who swallowed some sugar
To add to the stir, some sweet white sugar
There was an old lady who swallowed an egg
And some nutmeg, along with the egg
There was an old lady who could take no more
She churned and she stirred, and she stirred some more
She let out a burp and began to quake
Til out popped some, COOKIE DOUGH ready to bake!
Who Stole the Cookies?
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Who, me? Yes, you!
Couldn't be! Then who?
(child's name) stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
Who, me? Yes, you!
Couldn't be! Then who?
Pat-a-Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it and roll it and mark it with a B,
And put it in the oven for baby and me.
If Youre Ready and you Know it
If youre ready and you know it
Clap your Hands
If youre ready and you know it
Clap your hands
If youre ready and you know it

N/A

Then your smile will surely show it

If youre ready and you know it
Clap your hands
If youre ready and you know it
Sit right down
If youre ready and you know it
Sit right down
If youre ready and you know it
Then your smile will surely show it
If youre ready and you know it
Sit right down
If youre ready and you know it
Eyes on me
If youre ready and you know it
Eyes on me
If youre ready and you know it
Then your smile will surely show it
If youre ready and you know it
Eyes on me
RESOURCES:
http://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
http://playtolearnpreschool.us/cookie-shop-dramatic-play/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196962183681031613/
http://handsonaswegrow.com/cookie-cutter-painting/
http://handsonaswegrow.com/kids-what-dissolves-in-water-experiment/#.T2_MrmE7X4s
Materials:
Box with Pictures
Cookie Shop Designs
Old Lady Flannel Pictures
Ingredients and Tin
Recipes for cupcakes
Recipes for Math
Frosting
Felt Cookies with letters and for decorating
Cookie Sheets/Spatula
Plastic Cake for Game