Days of the week

With this activity you can practice reading and writing skills focusing on the topic about days of the week.

Recipe: chocolate chips cookies

 Chocolate Chips Cookies

                                                                         

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 2 large eggs, beaten

 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

•2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

• if desired, 1 cup chopped pecans, or chopped walnuts

Directions

First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Then mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl by hand. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. The dough will be very stiff. Then use the batter attachment and mix on a lower setting. Just be sure that the dough is well mixed before moving on. After that, stir in chocolate chips by hand, keep stirring and folding the chocolate chips and nuts into the dough until they are evenly dispersed.

Next, drop dough by rounded table spoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. The chocolate chip cookies need to be this far apart because the dough spreads during cooking. 

Finally, bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. You may even think that the chocolate chip cookies are underdone, but they will finish cooking through out of the oven. If you leave them in too long, the cookies will be tough or crispy. 

The centers will be soft. Let cool completely then remove from cookie sheet. I use a flat spatula to remove the cookies from the sheet. It helps to get them off quickly. If you try to remove the cookies while they are still warm, the chocolate chips are still very soft and this can cause a very big mess as well as messy looking cookies. 

And then finally eat them!

Ten little aeroplanes

With this activity we can improve our listening skills and we can learn a new song about the numbers.

The family

You have to complete the gaps with the correct letter.

Good luck!

Reading comprehension for kids

THE SUN HAS SET

The sun has set, and the pond is still. John, Ned, Ben, Tom and Nell stand on the bank and look at the duck. The dog with a black spot on his back is with Tom. See! Tom has his hat in his hand. He has left his toy car on the box. Kitty's doll is on the rock. Nell has put her pet in the cage. It will sing a sweet song. The duck has her nest under the rock. It is not hot now. Let us run and skip on the bank. Do you not think it is fun?

Circle he best answer for each question

1. What do John, Ned, Ben, Tom, and Nell look at from the bank?

a. A frog

b. A cat

c. A bird

d. A duck

2. What color spot does the dog have?

a. Black

b. White

c. Brown

d. yellow

3. Where is Kitty’s doll?

a. In her arms

b. On the rock

c. By her side

d. Under the log

4. Where is the duck’s nest?

a. In a tree

b. By the gate

c. Under the rock

d. On the grass