CEREAL LETTERS:
 
 This is a great activity both to teach and reinforce the letters of the
alphabet.
 
 MATERIALS:
 black magic marker
 large construction paper
 glue,
 glue trays (butter lids)
 magazines,
 scissors
 fruit loops ( any small cereal)
 
 In large print, draw the chosen letter onto the construction paper with the
marker. Have the children dip individual pieces of cereal into the glue and
cover the entire letter with the pieces. Next, have the children look through
magazines, finding various pictures that begin with the same letter. After
cutting out several pictures, have the children glue the pictures around the
letter. Display around the room, and replace them with your next letter of
the day posters.
 
 MATH:
 
 MATERIALS:
   plastic cupcake holders  (micowave)
 construction paper
 scissors
 black marker
 fifty-five cocoa puffs or like item
 
 Measure the bottom of one of the cupcake holders, then cut construction
paper circles that will fit in each cup. In large print, number the cupcake
holders, leaving the two in the center blank. Place the cereal into the
center holders.
 
 To play this math game, ask the children to put one piece of cereal into the
cup marked one, two in the two cup and so on. To make the game a little
harder, mix up the numbers in the cups so they aren't in numerical order.
 For older or more advanced children, try writing math equations on the cup
circles.  ( 1+ 1 and so on). As long as you end up with an answer that is ten
or below, you can really use your imagination and work on areas of math that
need reinforcing.
 
 
 
 LISTENING/SPEAKING: CEREAL SONG: (TUNE: ABC SONG)
 
 Cereal, cereal, how I love you
 For breakfast, lunch or dinner too!
 
 Floating in milk or out of the box
 Some look like donuts, some look like rocks.
 
 I'd crunch you and munch you all day if I could
 But I guess for my tummy, that would'nt be goodd!
 
 CEREAL BULLETIN BOARD:
 
 MATERIALS:
 colored paper to cover the back ground of the bulletin board, cheerios or
like product, watercolors (various colors) small paintbrushes, glue, glue
trays (butter lids) small paper plates.
 
 Cover the bulletin board with colored paper. In the center of the bulletin
board write, AS THE BRITISH SAY..CHEERIO! As we say here at (school name),
HELLO! WELCOME TO OUR ROOM!
 
 Have the children paint the cheerios, as many as their age and time will
permit. To do this, have them use the small paintbrushes and watercolor
paint. Encourage the children to use a wide variety of colors. Let the ceral
dry..it shouldn't take more than a half an hour. Next, glue some of the
cheerios around the border of the bulletin board. Create your own design or
pattern.
 
 The children are now ready to make their cheer!! (eee-oh) faces.  Give each
child a papper plate and access to a glue tray.  Have each child glue the
colored cereal to his paper plater, making a unique face of his very own.
 Encourage HAPPY FACES, but the faces will be more interesting if they are
all different. When dry, hang the welcoming faces around the center message.
 
 CEREAL SNACK DETECTIVES:
 
 PREPARATION: Send home a note with each of your children asking the parents
to send in 1 cup of their child's favorite cereal in a ziploc bag. Have them
put the ziploc inside a brown lunch bag. On a piece of paper have them write
the name of the cereal and drop this in the brown bag, too.
 
 MATERIALS: 1 large bowl, spoon, chalkboard or large sheet of paper
 
 Number each of the brown bags. Have the children sit in a circle and close
their eyes. (NO PEEKING) Have the teahcer take the first bag and place a few
pieces of cereal in each child's hand. Ask the children to taste the cereal.
Now, they can open their eyes, and the detective work begins. Have the
children try to guess the name of the cereal. Write the answers on the
chalkboard or large piece of paper. Continue this until all of the cereals
have been tasted. now, go back to each bag and pull out the piece of paper
with the cereals name on it. How did your cereal detectives do at naming the
correct cereal? Next pour all of the leftover cereal into one large bowl and
mix it up. have your cereal detectiives make up a name for this new cereal
creation. If the kid's are still hungry, sample this new creation. If not,
store in an airtight container and save it for another day. This is
guaranteed to produce lots of giggles.