What shapes can we create in the cookie dough?

Materials:

• Playdough, simple dough or cookie dough.

  • 1 cup plain flour (heat-treated if you want it fully safe to eat)

  • ½ cup soft butter or margarine

  • 3 tablespoons honey

  • 2 tablespoons milk or water (kids that are allergic)

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

• Cookie cutters (circle, star, square, triangle)

• Cups, lids, and kitchen tools for stamping

• Rolling pins

• Trays

Instructions:

• Children roll the dough flat, using rolling pins.

• Use cookie cutters or kitchen items to stamp shapes.

• Encourage children to compare shapes and arrange them on trays.

• Children can combine shapes to create pictures.

  • Extended Challenge: Children can explore mathematical operations: “How many cookies did I bake? How many did I eat? How many are left”

Powerful InterACTions - PK3:

• Which tool makes the biggest shape?

• What shape do you see when you stamp the lid?

• Can you make two shapes that are the same?

• What happens when shapes overlap?

• How are these two shapes the same or different?

Powerful InterACTions - PK4:

• Can you turn the shape another way? What does it look like now?

• Can you make a big shape and a small shape?

• Can you make a picture using different shapes?

• What happens if two shapes overlap?

• Can you make a pattern using your shapes?