Lo Mein

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• chopsticks
• wok
• noodles

MATH

• Pasta Sorting
• Sort pasta by shapes

• Weight
• Introduce the concepts of heavy and light
• Use a scale:
• Ask your child "Which weighs more? Ten spaghetti noodles or ten elbow-shaped pasta?"

• Seriation
• Have your child put various pasta in size order

• Pattern Bracelet
• PARENTS SHOULD PREPARE THE PASTA BEFORE THIS ACTIVITY - DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD NEAR THE RUBBING ALCOHOL
• In a disposable bowl, soak Ditalini (shaped) pasta in a solution of Rubbing Alcohol and food coloring (1:1 ratio - alcohol/food coloring)
• Dry on paper towels
• Create a pattern on a string
• Have your child continue the pattern
• Once completed, tie the string together and place on your child's wrist

• Make number shapes from cooked noodles

SCIENCE

• Compare cooked versus uncooked pasta
• What made the pasta change?

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Noodle Letters
• Have your child bend and shape cooked noodles into letters and shapes

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Noodles Around the World
• Discuss how you eat noodles at home

ART

• Create pasta art with uncooked pasta