“Cooked Rice and Rice Grains” explained in 4 pictures
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Young children understand that cooked rice is food made by cooking rice grains, that rice grains grow on rice plants in paddies, and that when the grains are gathered and cooked, they become edible cooked rice.
💬 Cooked rice is made from rice grains
Cooked rice is made from rice grains. We add water to hard rice grains and heat them. Then they become fluffy, soft cooked rice.
🤔 What color is the rice in the bowl?
💬 Rice grows in paddies
Rice grows in paddies. There is water in a paddy. Green rice plants grow bigger in the sunlight.
💬 Rice grains grow on rice plants
When rice plants grow, ears come out. Many small grains grow on the ears. These grains become rice.
🤔 About how many small grains can you see?
💬 When you cook rice grains, they become cooked rice
We wash the rice grains and add water. When we cook them, they become warm cooked rice. Cooked rice is chewy and delicious.
🤔 What does cooked rice taste like when you eat it?