C is for Cookies

• Read “The Cow Loves Cookies” by Karma Wilson … available here. 
  1. This is one of our very favorite books. All of the animals on the farm like their traditional food, but not the cow. He and the farmer have a deal.
  2. Before reading, ask the kids what different animals on a farm eat. What does a cow eat? Ask them to look at the cover and decide what this cow might like to eat!

• Do ‘C’ journal page
  1. Write “Cc” on the next blank page.
  2. Write “COOKIES”. Show your preschooler the word “cookies” on the cover of the book and let them copy the letters.
  3. Practice writing big C’s and little c’s.
  4. Add cookie stickers to the page. I printed several cookie ingredients on sticker labels and used those for stickers.
  5. To Print:
     • Download the cookie sticker page here.
     • Load a sheet of label stickers (Avery #8163) into your printer.
     • Print and cut the labels apart between cookie images.

• Read “Mr. Cookie Baker” by Monica Wellington … available here.
  1. I love these stories by Monica Wellington. The text is simple. The illustrations are bright and fun. A great cookie book
  2. We noticed Mr. Cookie Baker’s hat and apron. We’ll be making those later!

 

• Cut and Paste “C is for Cookie” page … this is a simple and free page from 1+1+1=1. I love the cutting, pasting and beginning letter sound practice.
  1. Print “C is for Cookie” page here. Scroll down to the “Mr. Cookie Baker” unit and click on it to print.
  2. Look at the pictures together. Say the names.
  3. Cut on the dotted lines.
  4. Say the name of each picture together. Emphasize the beginning letter sound.
  5. Glue the /C/ sound pictures to the large letter C.

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Match Game … this was a lot of fun. Just a traditional matching game, but somehow much more fun when we’re matching cookies
  1. Print 2 copies of the matching game below (4 pages total) and cut out each circle.
  2. Print the cookie backs above (print 4 copies).
  3. Glue the circles to the back of each cookie. I held the cookie paper up to the light and eyeballed where to glue each circle.
  4. Laminate the four cookie pages.
  5. Cut out each cookie.
  6. To Play:
     • Shuffle the cookies.
     • Lay out face-down on the table.
     • Turn over two cookies, trying to find a match. If not a match, turn back over.
     • TIP: To play with younger children, turn over two cards and leave them face up. Take turns turning over two cards until a match is found.

• Read “Baker, Baker, Cookie Maker” by Linda Hayward … Available here.

  

• Dress up like a cookie baker! … dressing up makes everything more fun  
  1. Make an apron.
     • I purchased a blank child-sized apron from Michaels. About $5 before coupon. Several options available here.
     • Use fabric markers or sharpies to decorate the apron!
     • I wrote my preschooler’s name. She decorated it then added her own drawings. I love it!
  2. Make a chef hat.
     • I used this tutorial from Cara at The First Grade Parade. Scroll to the bottom of her post for great pictures.
     • Cut a piece of white cardstock in half, lengthwise. Tape together to make a long band (she uses a sentence strip).
     • Use one piece of white tissue paper. We didn’t have white, so pink tissue paper worked just as well
     • The tutorial is great, but in short, pinch and tape the bottom edge of the tissue paper to half the paper headband … kind of like gathering. Measure the headband around your head and tape. Finish pinching and taping the top edge of the tissue paper to the other half of the headband.
     • Poof the tissue paper and wear!

 

• Make Cookies! … now that we’re all fancied up with an apron and chef hat, we’re ready to bake some cookies.
  1. Take it slow. Make sure you have plenty of time to let your preschooler help scoop and measure and stir (and lick!)
  2. Let them help find the 1 cup and 1/2 cup. Let them try cracking the egg and measuring the vanilla. It will definitely make a bigger mess, but it makes great memories too
  3. This is our favorite cookie recipe:

 

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Counting … an easy game to play while you’re waiting for the cookies to bake.
  1. Cut out 10 circles from brown foam craft paper.
  2. On one side, use a sharpie to write “1 one” and “2 two” … etc, up to “10 ten”
  3. On the opposite side, draw the matching number of dots.
  4. Help your preschooler arrange the cookies from 1 to 10.
  5. Give her a bowl of chocolate chips.
  6. Let her put one chocolate chip on each dot.
  7. I asked my 4-year-old to point to the cookie that showed how old she was. Which cookie shows how old your brother is? Which cookie has 5 chocolate chips. Which one has 7? We did a lot of counting

C is for Cookie!

It is always a treat getting together for preschool with our friends. This last week at my friend, Camie’s house was an especially sweet day!

We spent the morning learning, playing, singing … and eating cookies!

 

• C is for Cookie Monster coloring page
1. Print the coloring pages above to color.
2. Point out that C is for Cookie and C is for Cookie Monster!

• Sign Language – Letter C
  1. Have the kids make a letter C shape with their hands.
  2. Use this sign language as you sing the song below!

• Sing C is for Cookie Song
  1. This is a fun song from Cookie Monster on Sesame Street. Click the image above to see the song and video on YouTube.
  2. Sing the song with the kids:

     C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me! C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me! C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me, Oh! Cookie, Cookie, Cookie starts with C!

 

• Read “The ABCs of Cookies” … what a perfect book to lead us from Cookie Monster into the rest of our cookie morning. My friend, Camie, found this book at Dollar Tree! Amazon does have copies available here.

• Cookie Memory Game … I loved this activity to introduce our next book!
  1. Before reading “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” place several items from the book on a tray. Some ideas:
     • a glass of milk (play food)
     • a cookie (play food)
     • roll of tape
     • straw
     • napkin
     • box of crayons
     • a pen
     • a piece of paper
  2. Let the kids look at the items for a minute.
  3. Place a cloth over the tray.
  4. Ask the kids to name an item they remember, then pull it out and show them!

• Read “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff

• Who Took the Cookie From the Cookie Jar Game
  1. Use this Oreo Matchin’ Middles game. I found ours at Goodwill for $2. I’ve seen it at Wal-Mart and Target. Amazon has it here.
  2. Sing “Who Took the Cookie From the Cookie Jar”
  3. Take turns choosing one cookie from the Oreo cookie jar.
  4. Open it up and name the shape inside!
  5. Repeat the song and game for each of the kids or until the cookies are gone!

 

• Read “The Cow Loves Cookies” … I love Karma Wilson’s bear books and now this one is a new favorite of mine! I love the ending

 

• Lots of Dots Chocolate Chip Cookies … loved this! So many learning activities going on with this one project.
  1. Print out a page with “If I had a plate of cookies I would ______” written at the bottom. Or simply write it by hand.
  2. Use a glue stick to glue a large brown “cookie” to the page. If you have time, let the kids cut out their own circle.
  3. Let the kids use a brown do-a-dot marker (available here) to add as many chocolate chips to their cookies as they like.
  4. Let them answer the question at the bottom, “If I had a plate of cookies I would…”
  5. Then count up the chocolate chips together!

 

• Bake Cookies … Choose your favorite recipe and make cookies together! We had these delicious Pudding Cookies. Get the recipe at Camie’s blog, Pass the Peas, Please!

And while your cookies are baking…

• Online Storytime … I just found this online storytime from Barnes & Noble. I love it! They have several stories read by the authors and have been adding a new book each month. I thought it was so fun to actually hear the authors read their own book.
1. Go here.
2. The available books are listed at the bottom.
3. Click on “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (or any of them!) and listen to Laura Numeroff read her book!