activities for toddler

The following is an idea of ​​what a baker does.

Q: Who works in a bakery?
A: The person who cooks in a bakery is called a baker.

Q: What does the baker use?
A: The baker wears a special baker’s uniform. It is usually a white apron and a white baker’s hat. The hat is used to cover the bakers hair so the bread stays clean.

Q: What do the bakers do in the bakery?
A: They make bread.

Q: What types of bread are there?
A: You can have white bread, whole grain bread, fruit breads, and multigrain.

Q: In what forms can you have bread?
A: Bread comes in baguettes, loafs, or rolls that are circular or oval in shape.

Q: How do bakers make bread?
A: They make bread with a special bread mix. You put flour, water and yeast in a mixing bowl. Bakers mix the ingredients to make a dough, then knead and roll it. They make the dough into different shapes and put it in the oven. The yeast makes the bread rise in the oven, so the bread gets bigger and lighter.

Outside game – Who stole the cookie?

This is an interactive song. The children sit in a circle, and the ‘accused’ is a different child in each choir, so they go around the circle. Children can clap or tap to the rhythm of the song. The song is as follows:

Accusing: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
(name of a child in the circle) stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
Defendant: Who me?
Accuser/Group: Yes, you!
Defendant: It can’t be!
Accuser/Group: Then who?

Crafts – Painting Patterns

You will need: paint rollers, paint, paper
Step 1 – Dip the Rollers in Paint
Step 2: Make different patterns on paper using the rollers

Song – Pat a cake

Pat a cake, Pat a cake,
Bakers man.
Make me a cake as fast as you can.
caress and poke it
And mark it with ‘B’
And put it in the oven for the baby and me.

book suggestion
Walter the Baker by Eric Carle

about the book
Walter the Baker is famous for his breads, rolls, cookies, pies and cakes. The Duke and Duchess especially love their warm sweet rolls, which are delivered fresh to their castle every morning. But one day the cat spills the milk, and Walter is forced to serve the Duke and Duchess muffins made with water.

Indoor Activity – Play-doh
Step 1: Pass out a handful to each child and tell them that we are now in an imaginary bakery. Show the children how to knead the dough so that it can be worked. Give each child a rolling pin and show them how to use it. Show children how to roll balls into muffins and how to roll thin sausages. Store in an airtight container.