Action + Recipient: Eat it and Drink it

Do you eat it or do you drink it?

The kiddos were having trouble understanding the difference between eating something and drinking something. So a lesson was born!!

Language Targets
Expressive Language: verbs (eat and drink), that
Receptive Language: understanding Do questions

Materials
Paper plate for each student, paper cup for each student, pictures of food for each student to glue on the plates and cups.

Begin the lesson by reviewing full vs. empty. We talked about the plate being empty and the cup being empty. Then revisit this at the end of the lesson (both should be full by then!)

T: (Hold up a picture of a breakfast food) What is that?
S: That is cheese.
T: Do you eat or drink the cheese?
S: Eat the cheese!
Glue the cheese on the plate. Continue until all the food and drinks are glued on either the plate or the cups. We let the kids color the food. Then we hung the plates on the bulletin board. Super cute!!