Objective:

Counting

Time needed:

• 30 minutes every night before sleeping

Group Size:

• 6 students

Age of students:

• 7-9 years old

Materials needed:

• Fresh fruit, milk, cups, knife, mixer, apron 

Description of the tool:

• Introduce the vocabulary by using realia or pictures of fruit and kitchen tools (see resources needed)
• In groups of 3, children discuss food preferences using a scale from 1-10 (1-least; 10-most liked)
• As a whole group, discuss the quantity of fruit needed.
• Go shopping for fruit with the children. The children are encouraged to pay themselves (counting the money).
• At school, each child washes his/her fruit and cuts into various amount of pieces (depending on the fruit while counting.
• Each child fills their cup with milk.
• They put the fruit and milk in the blender, and blend into a semi-liquid mixture. This is then poured into their cup.