Lemon Cookies

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• citrus
• rind
• sour
• pulp

MATH

• More Or Less
• Group the lemons into various amounts
• Ask your child "Which has More?"
• Ask your child "Which has less?"

• Fractions
• Cut lemon into:
• 2 pieces = halves
• 4 pieces = quarters
• 8 pieces = eights

• Cut lemons in cross-sections
• Have your child count the sections

SCIENCE

• Observe citrus fruits
• What do they have that are the same
• What's different

• Compare citrus fruits
• Grapefruit
• Tangerine
• Lime
• Orange

• Discuss taste buds and how diffrerent parts of the tongue helps us taste different things - sweet vs. sour
  
  
• Lemon juice prevents apples from browning
  
  
• A penny soaked in lemon juice will become shiny
  
  
• Plant lemon seeds
  
  
• Create a lemon battery
• see http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/lemonbattery.html

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Have your child fill in the blanks with their ideas:
• ______ is sour; ______ is sweet
• They can draw a picture of their ideas

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Citrus fruits grow in warm places
• Ask your child "Can they grow where we live?"
• Ask "Can you name warm places where they can grow?"

ART

• Cut a lemon in half, dip it in paint and print on paper