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Activity 1: Mathematics (Making Sandwiches)
Materials: 2 slices of bread, honey/butter/labneh, a plastic knife, a plate
Vocabulary: Measure, tablespoon, teaspoon, whole, half, quarter
Beginning: Show the children all the ingredients and ask them what they think you are going to make. Once they guess, ask them how much of the spread do they think would be needed to cover the two slices of bread (prompt them to use standard measuring terms like 1 teaspoon/tablespoon/cup etc.)
Middle: Let the child scoop out the honey/butter/labneh one teaspoon at a time and count as he/she goes. Let him/her spread it on the two slices of bread and then keep the slices of bread on top of each other to make a sandwich. Let the child cut the sandwich into half with the knife while emphasizing the word, ‘Half’ so that they realize that two halves make one whole sandwich.
End: Ask the child to help you clean up by putting all the ingredients away.
Duration: 15 Minutes
Extension: You can ask the child to further cut the half sandwiches into two quarters and introduce the word’ ‘Quarter’ to them. Put all the four pieces together and say, ‘whole’, then put only two pieces together and say, ‘Half’ and then finally, show only one piece and say, ‘Quarter’ so that the child learns that four quarters make a whole.
Brain Break:
Materials: Lemon juice, a few drops of water, cotton bud/Q-tip, any source of heat (hair dryer/iron/light bulb)
Vocabulary: Experiment, cotton bud, invisible, appear, heat
Beginning: Show the materials to the children and let them know that you are going to do an experiment that will magically make invisible words/ numbers/pictures appear on paper.
Middle: Let the children dip the cotton bud in the lemon juice and water mixture and then draw/write something on the paper with it. They can write random letters, numbers or even draw a picture. Wait for two minutes for the writing/drawing to completely disappear. Now take the paper to a hair dryer or iron or a light bulb and make it hot by either blowing hot air on it or ironing it or bringing it close to the light bulb for the writing to appear in brown color (Make sure an adult does this part of the experiment)
End: Give the child a two minutes warning and then ask him/her to clean up with you by discarding the cotton bud and the lemon water mixture and by cleaning up any spills on the table.
Duration: 15 Minutes
Extension: Next time encourage the child to write his/her name or a family member’s name or some short random words with the invisible ink for them to appear when heated.
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