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Week 04 · Kitchen Helper

Wednesday

Spoons and mixing
// Clean hands, careful measuring, a packed lunch and a wiped counter
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Spoons and mixing

A big bowl sits on the counter. Lucy holds up two tiny spoons. "These are too small for a bear," she laughs.

Bennie grins. "Small jobs need small spoons. Big jobs need big bowls." He reads the snack mix card out loud.

"Two cups cereal. One cup pretzels. One half cup raisins. One tablespoon cinnamon." Lucy taps the bowl. "Then we stir slowly, or it all jumps out."

Measuring spoons

Measuring spoons measure small amounts. The two main ones are the tablespoon and the teaspoon.

The tablespoon is the big one. The teaspoon is the small one.

Three teaspoons fill one tablespoon. Fill a spoon over the top and level it, like a cup.

SpoonSizeFills one tablespoon?
TablespoonBig1
TeaspoonSmall3

Bennie's snack mix

This mix is made with no heat and no cutting. A grown-up picks the foods and checks for allergies first.

AmountFood
2 cupsCereal
1 cupSmall pretzels
1/2 cupRaisins
1 tablespoonCinnamon
  1. Wash your hands. Set out a big bowl and a long spoon.
  2. Measure each food, level, and add it to the bowl.
  3. Hold the bowl with one hand. Stir slowly with the other.
  4. Scrape the sides so everything mixes in.
  5. Spoon the mix into a container with a lid. Label it with the date.
Safety first
A grown-up chooses every food and checks for allergies.
Nothing is tasted while you work. The mix is for later, with the family.
Wipe spills right away so no one slips.
How many teaspoons fill one tablespoon?
Which spoon is bigger, the tablespoon or the teaspoon?
How many cups of cereal go in the snack mix?
PUT THE SNACK MIX STEPS IN ORDER.
  • ?Wash hands and set out the bowl
  • ?Spoon into a container and label it
  • ?Hold the bowl and stir slowly
  • ?Measure and add each food
  • ?Scrape the sides
WHY THIS EXERCISEEach step gets the bowl ready for the next one, so the order matters.
MIXING SMARTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why hold the bowl with one hand while you stir?
The card says one half cup of raisins. You only have a quarter cup. How many scoops?
You want to taste the mix while stirring. What do you do?
StatementTrue or false?
The teaspoon is bigger than the tablespoon.?
You stir slowly so the mix stays in the bowl.?
A grown-up checks the foods for allergies.?
WHY THIS EXERCISECareful measuring and slow stirring make a mix everyone can enjoy later.
How many quarter cups of raisins equal the one half cup on the card?
WHY THIS EXERCISEWhen the right cup is missing, use a smaller cup more than once.
Try it
Measure one tablespoon of water. Then measure three teaspoons into another cup.
Look at both. Do they hold the same amount?

Well stirred, Kitchen Helper! Tomorrow you pack a lunch box like a pro.

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