Bakery! Panadería!

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This week was filled with delicious activities.  We transformed our dramatic play into a bakery. The children pretended to bake delicious cookies, donuts and bread.  The children experimented with pretend play eggs, cake mixers and measuring cups.  At art table we painted with colored condescend milk, it was fun to taste and we painted with it. We also practice our fine motor, we used scissors to cut a cupcake cut out and decorated it with stickers and dot to dot and we painted with rolled pins. Also, we use watercolors to paint our pretend bread that we made with salt play dough.  We learned how a mix of yeast, sugar and water produce a chemical reaction that produces gas. We learned yeast help the bread to grow and make it fluffy. We also painted bread with colored milk and we used a toaster. It was a delicious snack!  We built different structures using jellybeans and toothpicks. At the sensory table, we played with different whisks and soups and we mixed water and flour.  We celebrated our spring break by hunting eggs around our class. Happy Spring Break! 
Esta semana estuvo llena de deliciosas actividades. Transformamos nuestra área de dramático en una panadería. Los niños pretendieron hornear deliciosa galletas, donas y pan. Los niños experimentaron con huevos de plástico, mezcla de tortas y tazas de medir. En la mesa de arte pintamos con una mezcla de colorante de comida y leche condensada, fue divertido saborearla y pintar con esta mezcla. Practicamos nuestra motricidad fina, usamos tijeras para cortar un ponqué y lo decoramos con etiquetas y con pintura dot to dot y pintamos con rodillos. También, usamos pintura de colores para pintar nuestra panes que hicimos con plastilina de sal. Aprendimos como la mezcla de levadura, azúcar y agua crea una reacción química que produce un gas. Aprendimos que la levadura ayuda al pan a crecer y los hace esponjoso, También pintamos pan con leche de colores y usamos un tostador. Fue una deliciosa merienda! Construimos estructuras con jellybeans y palillo de dientes. En la mesa sensorial, jugamos con batidores y agua y mezclamos harina y agua. Celebramos nuestras vacaciones de veranos encontrando huevos alrededor en nuestro salón. Feliz vacaciones de verano!


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