Wee Steamers: My Little Toaster
Who’s hungry for toast? My Little Toaster video introduces young children to a simple machine that makes bread warm, crispy, and delicious. Join us as we explore how it works, what makes it safe to use, and all the fun ways to enjoy your toast creations!
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CATEGORY:Engineering |
GRADE LEVEL:early childhood |
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ACTIVITIES:
Working a Toaster
Show your children how to use a toaster safely and then engage them with this sequencing game. They will enjoy arranging illustrated cards to show the proper steps for toasting bread. This activity will help them develop skills in sequencing, seriation, timing, and using simple machines. https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/4181-4190/sb4183.html/
Toaster Tongs
Have your budding cooks make their own set of toaster tongs. This activity teaches children how to use cooking tools, builds fine motor skills, and enhances concepts in spatial and part-whole relationships, order, and sequence. https://kraftykindlers.wordpress.com/tag/make-toaster-tongs/
Take Apart a Toaster
Exploring an old toaster, with your supervision, gives children a chance to better understand simple machines, and how technology can make our lives more productive. Adapt the activity from the Sand Diego Children’s Discovery Museum to fit the needs of your budding engineers! https://sdcdm.org/take-apart-a-toaster
Toaster Bread Number Matching
Allow your mini engineers to explore the use of toasters and prepare their own snacks and meals. This free downloadable activity enhances several math skills, including matching and one-to-one correspondence, order and sequencing, quantification, and numeral recognition. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toaster-Bread-Number-Matching-4781083
Painted Firework Toast
Encourage your children’s artistic creativity through cooking and the use of simple machines! Simplify this activity by encouraging students to “paint” their toast to their individual preference. This hands-on activity enhances fine motor skills, creativity, spatial relationships, and order/sequencing skills. And it’s yummy, too! https://www.messylittlemonster.com/2014/11/painted-firework-toast.html
CRAFT:
Doodle Lou's Tricky Toaster Magic Trick
Little magicians will entertain themselves and others with this fun pop-up craft! To download instructions, click the CRAFT tab on the Home Page.
