
Cooking Pot Play Indicators: Observation and Inquiry SC1.1(0), SC1.1(1), SC1.1(2), Physical Science SC2.1(0), SC2.1(1), SC2.1(2), Dramatic Play and Imagination CA4.1(0), CA4.1(1), CA4.1(2), CA4.2(1), CA4.2(2), Curiosity, Initiative, and Risk-Taking AL1.1(0), AL1.1(1), AL1.1(2) (More...) You Will Need: lightweight cooking pots and/or toy cooking pots plastic apples wooden spoons Play with pots. Johnny Appleseed wore a pot on his head! Set out cooking pots, plastic apples, and wooden spoons. Invite the children to play with the materials in their own way. Some children may have fun dropping the apples in the pots and dumping them out. Some may enjoy pretending to cook the apples in the pots. Some may want to cook like their moms and dads do at home. Others may be inspired to pretend to be Johnny Appleseed and wear the pots on their heads like hats. They may explore ways to make sounds by banging the spoons on the pots. They can try banging on the bottom and sides to see if the sound is the same or different. If children seem unsure about how to use the materials or their explorations come to a stop, ask questions or give prompts to stimulate more exploration. For example, you might say, "What did Johnny Appleseed wear on his head?," or "I wonder if there is a way to make music with this pot." With older children, you might say, "I wonder which pot holds more apples?" Observe: How do children use the pots? Do they pretend to cook? Do they pretend to be Johnny Appleseed? Do they use the objects in new ways as they play?

Cooking Pot Play

Indicators: Observation and Inquiry SC1.1(0), SC1.1(1), SC1.1(2), Physical Science SC2.1(0), SC2.1(1), SC2.1(2), Dramatic Play and Imagination CA4.1(0), CA4.1(1), CA4.1(2), CA4.2(1), CA4.2(2), Curiosity, Initiative, and Risk-Taking AL1.1(0), AL1.1(1), AL1.1(2) (More...)

You Will Need:

lightweight cooking pots and/or toy cooking pots
plastic apples
wooden spoons

Play with pots. Johnny Appleseed wore a pot on his head!

Set out cooking pots, plastic apples, and wooden spoons.
Invite the children to play with the materials in their own way. Some children may have fun dropping the apples in the pots and dumping them out. Some may enjoy pretending to cook the apples in the pots. Some may want to cook like their moms and dads do at home. Others may be inspired to pretend to be Johnny Appleseed and wear the pots on their heads like hats. They may explore ways to make sounds by banging the spoons on the pots. They can try banging on the bottom and sides to see if the sound is the same or different.
If children seem unsure about how to use the materials or their explorations come to a stop, ask questions or give prompts to stimulate more exploration. For example, you might say, "What did Johnny Appleseed wear on his head?," or "I wonder if there is a way to make music with this pot." With older children, you might say, "I wonder which pot holds more apples?"

Observe: How do children use the pots? Do they pretend to cook? Do they pretend to be Johnny Appleseed? Do they use the objects in new ways as they play?