Pancakes!

Not only did we get an early start to Valentine's Day last week, we also studied the letter P.  We read books about penguins, made penguins, practiced writing the letter using Rainbow Writing, painted with the colors pink and purple and read "If You Give a Pig a Pancake."  We talked about how pig and pancake started with the same sound and fed Letter Muncher P pictures.  As we read "If You Give a Pig a Pancake", we practiced putting each thing the pig wanted in order and the kids predicted what the pig wanted at the end of the book.  When they said more pancakes, we talked about why and how there were able to figure out the answer.  Then, we went to the tables and made pancakes!  The kids helped me count the ingredients, how many cups of each ingredient,  and figure out what cooking utensils I needed.  The kids also helped me figure out if I followed the directions and added all the ingredients.  Then, the students took turns mixing the batter!  They were SO excited and devoured the pancakes at snack time.