Vegetable Quesadilla

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• tortilla
• queso (cheese)
• zucchini
• monterey jack
• cheddar
• Mexico
• fold
• half

SCIENCE

• Vegetables Or Fruit
• Fruit contain seeds and vegetables are edible parts of plants
• Observe the ingredients and decide, by scientific definition, if they are fruit or vegetable
• EXAMPLE:
• Pepper = fruit
• Carrot = vegetable

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Sequencing
• Create (by drawing) or find pictures from a book or magazine of individual pictures depicting:
• A cow
• Milk being churned
• Cheese
• Mix up the images and then have your child place them in the proper order to tell the "picture" story

• Introduce Spanish Numbers
• SONG: 0 Amigos / 10 Friends (sung to the tune 10 Little Indians)
  
• "Uno, dos, tres amigos" (Hold up 1, 2, 3 fingers)
  
• "Cuatro, cinco, seis amigos" (Hold up 4,5,6 fingers)
  
• "Siete, ocho, nueve amigos" (Hold up 7, 8, 9 fingers)
  
• "Diez amigos son" (Hold up 10 fingers)

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Tortillas derive from Mexico
• Take this opportunity to introduce Mexican culture
• Show children pictures or bring in objects that they might be familiar with that are traditionally from Mexico
• EXAMPLE
• Sombrero
• Piñata, etc.

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Folding Halves
• Practice folding different shaped papers in half, edge to edge