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Hungry Robot Restaurant

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Grades K-225-35 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids sort and sequence pretend robot fuel orders to feed a hungry robot customer exactly what it wants, in exactly the right order. Builds sorting, sequencing, and following-directions skills through imaginative play.

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Prep: 10 minActivity: 35 min1 session~$1/groupOne table or a small area of floor spaceBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather play food, menu cards, arrow cards and clear a small work surface. Read the Hungry Robot Restaurant mission aloud, then place the supplies where children can choose and compare them safely.

Activity

  1. Imagine a picky robot customer and talk about what order it might give first, second, and third.
  2. Build a simple menu and sort play food into categories like the robot's favorite fuels.
  3. Take an order and discover the robot wants its fuels served in a specific sequence, requiring the whole tray to be rearranged.
  4. Serve the completed order and describe the sequence out loud to the robot's control panel.

Done when: Children complete the core mission and the completed order and describe the sequence out loud to the robot's control panel.

Materials

paper plates, play food or cut-out food shapes, order cards, small basket or tray

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Steps

  1. Imagine a picky robot customer and talk about what order it might give first, second, and third.
  2. Build a simple menu and sort play food into categories like the robot's favorite fuels.
  3. Take an order and discover the robot wants its fuels served in a specific sequence, requiring the whole tray to be rearranged.
  4. Serve the completed order and describe the sequence out loud to the robot's control panel.