Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• peel
• stem
• edible
• seeds
• clusters
• bunches

MATH

• Banana to monkey 1 through 5
• Make 5 cutout monkeys
• Number them from 1 - 5
• Make 15 cutout bananas
• Child should match appropriate number of bananas

SCIENCE

• Banana Over Time
• Observe a banana over a 2 week period
• Start with a green banana and end with a brown one
• Document with words, drawings or photographs

LANGUAGE ARTS

• "b" is for "banana"

• Pass The Banana
• This activity also develops GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • While the banana chocolate chip muffins are baking in the oven, you can sing this song with your child, while passing a banana back and forth to each other:
    "One banana, two banana, three banana, four"
    "Five banana, six banana, seven banana, more"
  
  
  • Here's another song to sing:
  • I Like To Eat Apples And Bananas
    "I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas"
    "I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas"
    
    (Repeat each verse substituting long vowel sounds)
    
    (Long A)"I like to Ate, Ate, Ate, AYpples and bAYnAYnAYs"
    (Long E)"I like to Eat, Eat, Eat, EEples and bEEnEEnEEs"
    (Long I)"I like to IYte, IYte, IYte, IYpples and bIYnIYnIYs"
    (long O)I like to OHt, OHt, OHt, OHpples and bOHnOHnOhs"
    (Long U)"I like to Ute, Ute, Ute, Upples and bUnUnUs"
  
  

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Bananas grow in warm, tropical places
• Discuss if you think a banana plant would grow in your home town