Bakery - A TRANSFERER

INTERACTIVE PLANNING-BAKERY

NEW! (Open interactive planning-Bakery) Print and use the document to present activities related to the theme for your group.

CIRCLE TIME

NEW! Poni discovers and presents-Bakery

(Open Poni discovers and presents-Bakery) Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Present the different countries to your group using a Poni puppet or another puppet that children are familiar with.

Use the following questions to spark a conversation with your group:

• Have you ever visited a bakery?
• Which products are made at a bakery?
• What kind of bread to you prefer?
• Who works at a bakery?
• Which ingredients do bakers use?
• What is your favourite kind of cake?
  
  

AREA SETUP

NEW! Thematic poster-Bakery

(Open thematic poster-Bakery) Print, laminate, and decorate the walls of your daycare with all kinds of posters.

NEW! Stickers for rewards

(Open stickers for rewards-Bakery) Print the illustrations on adhesive paper and use them to create a collection of original stickers.

NEW! Educa-decorate-Bakery

(Open educa-decorate-Bakery) Print, cut out, and laminate. Decorate your walls to set the mood for the theme.

NEW! Educa-theme-Bakery

(Open educa-theme-Bakery) Print and laminate the different elements representing the theme. The items can be used to present the theme to children (and their parents) or simply to decorate your daycare for the theme.

NEW! Pennants-Bakery

(Open pennants-Bakery) Print and have children cut out and decorate the pennants. Hang them within your daycare or over your daycare entrance in the form of a garland.

PICTURE GAME

NEW! The pictures may be used as a memory game or to spark a conversation with your group. Use them to decorate your daycare or a specific thematic corner. (Open picture game-Bakery) Print, laminate, and store in a Ziploc bag or in your thematic bin.

ACTIVITY SHEETS

NEW! Activity sheets-Bakery

Activity sheets are suggested for each theme. Print and follow instructions. (Open activity sheets-Bakery)

NEW! Writing activity-Bakery
(Open writing activities-B like bakery) Print for each child or laminate for use with a dry-erase marker.

Stationery-The bakery
The stationery may be used to communicate with parents, in your writing corner, or even to identify your thematic bins. (Open stationery-The bakery) Print.

VARIOUS WORKSHOPS-The bakery

Construction/building blocks:

• Use disposable drinking glasses for structures of all kinds.
• Drinking straws may be used for fences, pillars, or simple decorations.
• Different sizes of aluminum pie plates can add a shiny touch to children's creations.
• Use individual yogurt or applesauce containers instead of blocks! Ask parents to collect them for you and you will have an impressive collection in no time!

Arts & crafts:

• Pasta, rice, or cereal for collages.
• Grocery store flyers which can be cut to create a delicious meal (collective or individual project).
• Pour poster paint into muffin tins and have children paint with pastry brushes.
• Make prints with cookie cutters.
• Use food items to make prints (cut peppers, apples, potatoes, carrots, etc.
• Make maracas using containers with lids. Simply fill them with seeds, pasta, or rice.
• Use a variety of containers to build a miniature model.
• All crafts involving food items!

Drawing:

• Coloring pages related to the theme (food groups, utensils, people cooking, etc.)
• Print a creative coloring activity, for example, an empty plate on which children must draw the foods they like or dislike.
• Draw a recipe. Create your own. Combine any ingredients you want!

Role play:

Restaurant thematic bin: Plastic bowls, plates, glasses, cups, utensils, tablecloth, placemats, napkins, water pitcher, baskets, empty food containers (jar of jam, margarine container, etc.), plastic food items, recipe books, restaurant menus (take-out and delivery menus), cash register, notebook, crayons, pretend money, calculator, tray, fabric flowers, candles, etc. Set up one or two small tables with chairs. Hang a few children's paintings. Organize an area for food preparation. Take advantage of this area to show older children how to set the table. (Open place setting) You may draw an example on a paper placemat.

Bakery thematic bin: Cash register, pretend money, invoice booklet, crayons, measuring cups, measuring spoons, rolling pins, baking sheets, muffin tins, paper muffin cups, aluminum pie plates, cookie cutters, donut cutters, pastry bags, large plastic bowls, wooden spoons, spatulas, egg beaters, plastic food items, transparent containers (sealed with hot glue) filled with flour, sugar, chocolate chips, sesame seeds, etc. Children can use them when they pretend to bake various treats. Pie plates, bread bags, homemade modeling dough (natural color to represent bread), an apron, a baker's hat, and oven mitts are great additions too. A box can act as a bread oven (simply place it on its side). Add a table which will provide a work surface... and remember to keep a spot for the cash register!

Grocery store thematic bin: Cash register, pretend money, empty food containers (cans, pasta boxes, cereal boxes, milk cartons, yogurt containers, etc.), baskets, reusable bags, paper bags, plastic fruits and vegetables, signs to identify products on the shelves, flyers, uniform or large shirt, white smock, hairnet, utensils, plastic meat, fish, and bread items. Set the cash register in a corner and arrange a table next to it to represent the counter. In another part of the area, set up shelves and arrange the items. Children can take turns shopping and working in the grocery store.

Manipulation:

• Memory game involving food with educatall.com pictures or a store-bought version.
• Puzzles related to the theme.
• Bright modeling dough with fruity scents.
• Lacing activities involving food items.
• Real pots and pans, kitchen utensils, and instruments.
• Colourful pasta pieces to create necklaces.
• Fruits and vegetables which can be sorted by size, color, etc.
• Small containers filled with different scents (fruit, spices, coffee, etc.)

Pre-reading:

• Books about food, professions related to food, and picture books.
• Recipe books.
• Recipe cards which can be laminated and manipulated by children.
• Sequential story (a recipe for example).

Pre-writing:

• Maze games.
• Hunt and seek activities.
• Various activity sheets related to the theme.
• Games involving educatall word flashcards.
• Words children can trace (apple, banana, bread, etc.)

Motor skills:

• Obstacle course children complete carrying a carrot, a banana, or another food item.
• Relay race involving an egg in a spoon (real egg or plastic egg).
• Treasure hunt. Children must find the ingredients for a recipe. Once all the ingredients have been collected, prepare the recipe together.

Sensory bins:

• Container filled with cereal along with measuring cups, utensils, measuring spoons, etc.
• Container filled with colourful pasta or rice along with kitchen utensils.
• Container filled with water and dishwashing liquid. After baking, there are always dishes which need to be washed!
• Container filled with a variety of dried legumes... how colourful!
• There are endless possibilities for this theme! Use whatever you have on hand. Children love to explore new things!

Kitchen:

• All kinds of fun recipes are welcome in this theme: a cake, cookies, a fruit salad, etc. Ideally, choose recipes which involve a long list of ingredients so that children all have a chance to participate.
• Taste test new and unknown food items (beware of allergies).
• Explore different tastes (salty, sweet, bitter, acidic, etc.)

Early science:

• Magnifying glasses and transparent containers filled with a variety of seeds or condiments.

  

• A variety of vegetable seeds which can be observed, associated, and planted!
• A kitchen scale with a variety of real food items. Children can explore whether an apple is heavier than a banana or if flour is heavier than sugar, etc.
• Children can search for the star and the butterfly in an apple. Observe oxidization.
• Hot (oven) and cold (refrigerator/freezer).
• Drop a celery branch in a glass of water with food coloring. Impressive experiment!
• Present different types of fruit at snack time and let children explore!
• Explore natural dyes (blueberries, beets, mustard seeds, etc.) Simply use a scrap of white cotton and experiment!
  
  

LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

NEW! Word flashcards-The bakery
The word flashcards may be used to spark a conversation with your group, in your reading and writing area, or to identify your thematic bins. (Open word flashcards-Bakery) (Open giant word flashcards-Bakery) bread, baguette, croissant, dough, flour, oven, brioche, bakery, baker, yeast, baking pan, apron.

Chitchat

Print and laminate the theme's word flashcards. Have each child pick a word flashcard. Children then take turns presenting their word to the group (example: chocolate). Talk about each word. Ask questions to encourage children to speak

NEW! Scene-Bakery
(Open scene-Bakery) Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Children use them to decorate the scene.

NEW! Sequential story
(Open sequential story-Bread) Print and laminate. Children must place the illustrations in the correct order.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MOTOR SKILLS

NEW! Modeling dough activity placemats-Bakery

(Open modeling dough activity placemats-Bakery) Print and laminate. Let children pick a placemat and provide modeling dough. Encourage them to use the dough to fill or reproduce the shapes that are on their placemat.

The bakery
Your modeling dough area becomes a bakery. Provide modeling dough children can use to make cakes and cookies. Add a container filled with flour. Provide kitchen utensils, small boxes for storing cookies, and ribbon. If you wish, you may add a cash register.

Toothpicks
Deposit a few boxes of toothpicks in the centre of the table. Give each child a container. Encourage children to pick up one toothpick at a time using their thumb and index finger. Use a timer. After one minute, count how many toothpicks each child collected.

Kitchen band
Gather pots and pans, plastic containers, and utensils. Children will love creating their own music. Why not take your band outside for a parade around the neighbourhood?

Snap! Pop!
Encourage children to listen to the sounds their mouth makes when they eat different types of foods.

I am melting

Ask children to pretend they are melting chocolate to teach them how to relax their body. First, ask them to stand tall, like a hard chocolate bar. Then, tell them they are beginning to melt. Have them bend down until they are completely melted, lying on the floor.

NEW! Pompoms bakery

(Open pompoms bakery) Print and cut out the circles, then stick them to the wall with adhesive tape, with the sticky side facing out. Fill a container with pompoms of different colors. Taking turns, each child takes a pom-pom and presses it onto a circle of the corresponding color while naming the color. You can also use a die: the child rolls the die and sticks on as many pompoms as the number rolled.

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES

NEW! Coloring hunt and seek-Bakery

(Open coloring hunt and seek-Bakery) Print and laminate. Children must find and color the insects in the scene.

NEW! Game-Four bakery

(Open game-four bakery) Print, glue the cards on opaque paper and cut them out. Arrange them face down on the floor or table (so that you can’t see the illustrations). Children take turns rolling a die. Every time a child rolls a “1”, he turns a card over and looks at it without showing the illustration. to his peers. If he doesn’t already have this card in front of him, he sets it on the floor or table for everyone to see. The first child who has all 4 bakeries wins the game.

NEW! Educ-pairs-Bakery

(Open educ-pairs-Bakery) Print. Children must draw a line to connect identical items or color them using the same color. For durable, eco-friendly use, laminate for use with dry-erase markers.

NEW! Educa-symmetry-Bakery

(Open educa-symmetry-Bakery) Print. Children must color the bottom picture (black and white) to make it look exactly like the top picture.

Educ-shadows-The bakery
(Open educ-shadows-The bakery) Print and laminate for durable, eco-friendly use. Children must find the shadow which corresponds to each illustration and draw a line between the two using a dry-erase marker.

Educ-same and different-The bakery
(Open educ-same and different-The bakery) Print and laminate for durable, eco-friendly use. Children must circle the illustration which is different in each row.

Educa-duo-The bakery
(Open educa-duo-The bakery) Print and laminate for durable, eco-friendly use. Children must draw a line between the objects which go together using a dry-erase marker.

MORAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

NEW! Paper dolls-Bakery
(Open paper dolls-Bakery) Print and laminate. Children will have fun dressing the doll many different ways. 

Grocery store visit
Ask parents to accompany you on a visit to your local grocery store. Visit the fruits and vegetables section, the meat section, the dairy products section, the cereal and grain section, and the junk food section. Help children realize how a grocery store is divided to represent the four major food groups. Identify foods from each of the food groups. If you wish, prepare a grocery list and have children search for the items (with help from parents).

Bakery visit
If you are lucky enough to have a bakery nearby, organize a visit. Invite parents to join you. If they are unable to participate, invite parents (or grandparents) to come prepare a bread recipe with your group.

Pastry shop visit
If you are lucky enough to have a pastry shop nearby, organize a visit. Invite parents to join you. If they are unable to participate, invite parents (or grandparents) to come prepare a cake recipe with your group.

How does bread rise?
Show children how bread rises and gets bigger. Combine a tablespoon of sugar and a cup of LUKEWARM water. Add the contents of one envelope of yeast. Observe the changes with your group.

How do we measure?
Fill a large bin with rice. Add measuring cups, a variety of different containers, and utensils. Deposit a few empty containers on the table next to the bin. Slide a rubber band around each container to identify the desired level. Children add rice to the containers until they reach the rubber bands. Once the containers are full, children must place them in order, from the least full to the fullest.

Sweet and salty
Our tongue tastes different things. Discuss tastes with your group (salty, sweet, bitter, acidic). Provide examples. Let children taste sugar, salt, cocoa, and vinegar. Have children verbalize their experience. Variation: Blindfold children and have them taste different food items.

CULINARY ACTIVITIES

Delicious bread
Purchase different types of bread (pumpernickel, rye, raisin, etc.) Let children taste them all at once or introduce a new type of bread every morning, during snack time.

Gourmet toast
Add 3-4 tablespoons of butter to 3-4 different bowls and add a few drops of food coloring to each. Stir until homogeneous. Give each child a slice of bread. Children butter their bread with the coloured butter of their choice. Sprinkle with a small amount of sugar and toast. Enjoy!

Chocolate cookies
Invite children to pretend to make tiny chocolate cookies. Provide cookie dough, cookie cutters, utensils, and small containers.

Chefs
Provide a variety of ingredients and let children explore different combinations (flour, water, spices, sugar, salt, etc.)

Cone cake
Use a store-bought cake mix or your own recipe. Prepare the cake mix according to the instructions on the box. Fill flat-bottom ice cream cones with the cake mix until they are ¾ full. Bake according to the instructions on the package, but keep a close eye on them since they may be ready faster. The cone cakes are ready when a knife planted in the centre comes out clean. Provide icing and a variety of candy pieces. Let children decorate their cone cakes.

Homemade chocolates

Purchase chocolate molds and make chocolates with your group. Melt chocolate in a bain-marie (or in a microwave oven). Pour the melted chocolate into glasses and give one to each child. Let children pour the chocolate into the molds. Wait until the chocolates are completely set and enjoy! Introduce children to different types of chocolate: white, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, etc. Note: If you prefer, you may use chocolate chips. They melt much faster.

ARTS & CRAFTS

NEW! Puppets-Bakery

(Open puppets-Bakery) Print the models on cardboard. Ask children to cut them out and decorate them with a variety of arts & crafts materials. Glue Popsicle sticks behind each to create puppets.

NEW! Models-Bakery

(Open models-Bakery) Print out the various templates and use them for your different activities and projects throughout the theme.

NEW! Bakery hat

(Open bakery hat) For each child, print and cut out a headband that will become a baker’s hat (using a template or a strip of white cardboard). Adjust each child’s hat to fit their head and secure the ends together. Next, form a large ball out of white tissue paper and secure it firmly to the top of the headband to create the puffy look typical of a baker’s hat. Let the children decorate their headbands with their first names or pictures of bread and croissants. They’ll wear their hats with pride.

My cookies
Using stencils, ask children to trace cookie shapes and decorate them with the ingredients they like. Display on the wall for a delicious decor.

My chocolate chip cookie

Cut a cookie shape out of a brown paper bag or heavy cardboard. Using white glue, add chocolate chips to create an original cookie craft. You may also use glue sticks if children are very young.

My box of chocolates
Transform an egg carton to make it look like a box of chocolates. Ask children to cut various chocolate shapes out of cardboard. If you prefer, use modeling dough or any other material. Children can deposit their "chocolates" in the egg carton sections.

COLORING PAGES

NEW! Coloring pages theme-Bakery
(Open coloring pages theme-Bakery) Print for each child.

Creative coloring

(Open creative coloring-The bakery) Print for each child. Encourage children to complete the picture.

SONGS & RHYMES

At the bakery

by: Patricia Morrison sung
to: All around the mulberry bush

All around the bakery
The shelves are filled with treats
Everything looks and smells so good
At the bakery

Donuts, cupcakes, pies, and bread
Muffins and birthday cakes too
That's a list of the things you'll find
At the bakery

Have fun!

The Educatall team