Sugar Cookies

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• dough
• sprinkle
• parchment paper
• extract
• sweet
• granules

MATH

• Cookie Division
• Put 12 cookies in a large plate (you can use paper cookies)
• Tell the children that 2 people will share these cookies
• Provide 2 little plates
• Children will divide the cookies in half; 2 groups of 6 cookies each
• Return the cookies to the main plate
• Tell the children that 3 people will share these cookies
• Provide 3 small plates
• Children will divide the cookies in thirds; 3 groups of 4 cookies each
• Return the cookies to the main plate
• Tell them 4 people will share
• Provide 4 small plates
• Children will divide the cookies into 4 groups of 3 cookies each
• Return the cookies to the main plate
• Tell them 6 children will share
• Provide 6 little plates
• Children will split them into 6 groups of 2 cookies each

SCIENCE

• Observe and compare different sugars:
• White
• Confectioners
• Brown
• Raw
• Cubes, etc.

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Cookie Jar Phonics
• Provide paper cookie jars with specific letters written on their sides
• Provide paper or cardboard cookies with pictures of objects whose name begins with those specific sounds
• Example:
• Cookies with a “boat” on it would go in the B jar

• While the chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven, you can sing this song with your child: "Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?"
  "(CHILD'S NAME) stole the cookie from the cookie jar"
  "Who me?"
  "Couldn't be"
  "Then who?"