Fried Rice

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• wok
• chopsticks
• rice
• fried

MATH

• Have your child predict how many grains of rice are in a teaspoon, tablespoon, cup, etc.
• You can actually count the number of grains on the teaspoon and children can use this as a reference as to whether there is more or less in the larger items

• Peas In A Pod
• Provide pea pods to your child
• Have your child predict how many peas are in the pod
• Have your child count how many peas are in the pod
• Add other peas and count totals

SCIENCE

• Observe different types of rice:
• Brown rice
• Whole grain rice
• Cooked rice
• Puffed rice
• Aromatic rice

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Rice Bottle
• Fill an empty soda bottle with rice
• Add letters, beads and small objects
• Seal the bottle
• Children turn the bottle and shake it to find the letters and objects
• You can add a checklist for your child:
• A - Apple
• B - Bear

• After reading "Do Mice Eat Rice", play a rhyming game:
  "Do cats eat ______"
  "Do dogs eat ______"
  "Do goats eat _____"
  "Do foxes eat _____"
  
• Use picture cues for younger children
• Supply the answer in picture form and let them match

• Letter Recognition
• On a piece of construction paper, have children glue rice over their name or individual letters

SOCIAL STUDIES

• People eat rice all over the world
• Ask your child what kind of rice you eat at home

• Fried rice is a staple in Chinese American cuisine
• Discuss its origin
• Show China on a map
• Show pictures from Chinese culture and discuss
• In February discuss Chinese New Year and its animals

ART

• Rice Mosaic
• PARENTS SHOULD PREPARE THE SEEDS BEFORE THIS ACTIVITY - DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD NEAR THE RUBBING ALCOHOL
• In a disposable bowl, soak rice in a solution of Rubbing Alcohol and food coloring (1:1 ratio - alcohol/food coloring)
• Dry on paper towels
• Let your child create a mosaic using the rice

• Rice Shakers
• Have your child fill with rice:
• Plastic bottles
• Paper plates, taped together
• Plastic cups, taped together
• Decorate
• Play their musical instrument by shaking it

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Practice using chopsticks by picking up pom poms

RICE PLAY

• Fill a tub with rice
• Have the children measure, pour and scoop rice
• Your child can play buried treasure
• Hide various objects or pictures in the rice for children to identify and sort