There are many opportunities during cooking to introduce vocabulary. Here are a list of words to review specific to this recipe:
peanut
butter
candy
MATH
Peanut Counting
Spin a spinner with number sections labeled 1 - 5
Count out the number of peanuts that shows up on the spinner
Continue play
Count the total
SCIENCE
Observe A Peanut
Discuss parts:
Hull/Shell
Seed Coat (brown, papery skin)
Kernel/Seed (usually 2 inside)
Embryo (if you split the seed in half, you can observe a small plant)
Pine Cone Peanut Butter Bird Feeder
Roll pine cone in peanut butter
Hang outside
LANGUAGE ARTS
Have your child create a peanut person (see ART below)
Have your child tell you a story about their peanut person
You can give them situations:
"Your peanut person and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich"
"Your peanut person meets an elephant"
Phonics:
Alliteration - have your child fill-in the blanks:
"Peanut person picks pink ______"
"Peanut person polishes _____"
"Peanut person pushes _____"
"Peanut person practices _____"
After creating the peanut butter candy, you can sing this song with your child:
"A peanut sat on a railroad track"
"His heart was all a flutter"
"Along came the railroad train"
"Choo, choo...peanut butter"