Make Breakfast: Cereal and Toast
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What you will learn
- 1Make a bowl of cereal by yourself
- 2Pour milk slowly and put it back in the fridge
- 3Make toast only with a grown-up in charge of the toaster
- 4Tell safe and unsafe choices around a toaster
Mini Lesson
Breakfast is the first meal of the day. You can make a bowl of cereal by yourself. Toast is different. You make toast only with a grown-up, because a toaster gets very hot.
🏠 The Life Skills Way (step by step)
- CEREAL: get a bowl and a spoon, then pour in the cereal.
- MILK: pour slowly and stop before the bowl is full.
- PUT AWAY: put the milk back in the fridge right away to keep it cold.
- TOAST: a grown-up sets the toaster. When the toast pops up, the grown-up takes it out.
- SPREAD: let the toast cool a little, then spread it with a butter knife.
🍞 Toaster Rules
- NEVER: put a knife, a fork or your fingers in a toaster.
- GROWN-UP JOB: unplugging the toaster and cleaning out the crumbs.
- CLEAN UP: wipe the table when you are done.
A toaster gets very hot. A grown-up is in charge of the toaster: they set it, unplug it and clean out the crumbs. Never put a knife, a fork or your fingers in a toaster. If toast gets stuck, ask a grown-up.
Words to know
cereal
Dry flakes or bits you eat with milk from a bowl.
e.g. I poured cereal into my bowl.
toaster
A machine that heats bread to make toast.
e.g. Dad set the toaster for me.
pop up
Jump up by itself when it is done.
e.g. We waited for the toast to pop up.
crumbs
Tiny bits that fall off bread or toast.
e.g. I wiped the crumbs off the table.
butter knife
A knife with a round, dull tip for spreading.
e.g. I spread butter with a butter knife.
💡 Handy Tip: if the milk carton is big and heavy, ask a grown-up to pour some into a small cup. Then you can pour from the cup.
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