Family Math
Brain Break: Stir, Chop & Roll the Wiggles Out
Clip: Season 2026 | 1m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Play pretend cooking! A counting and movement activity for kids.
Let’s use our imagination to pretend we’re chefs. 🥕 Chop a carrot 3 times! Up, down. Up, down. Up down. 🥣 Stir ingredients in a mixing bowl 4 times! Move the pretend spoon around and around. 🍕 Roll a big ball of dough 5 times to make pizza! Lay hands flat on the ball and roll in circles. This short math activity is great for classroom or at-home breaks.
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Family Math is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal
Family Math
Brain Break: Stir, Chop & Roll the Wiggles Out
Clip: Season 2026 | 1m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Let’s use our imagination to pretend we’re chefs. 🥕 Chop a carrot 3 times! Up, down. Up, down. Up down. 🥣 Stir ingredients in a mixing bowl 4 times! Move the pretend spoon around and around. 🍕 Roll a big ball of dough 5 times to make pizza! Lay hands flat on the ball and roll in circles. This short math activity is great for classroom or at-home breaks.
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Let's pretend to be chefs.
First, imagine some vegetables on a chopping board.
Let's chop them.
We'll move our hands up and down in a chopping motion.
Let's chop three times.
One, two, three.
Now, imagine a giant mixing bowl in front of you and pretend to hold a big spoon.
We'll then stir all of the ingredients in the bowl, making big circles.
Let's stir four times.
One, two, three, four.
Then imagine a big ball of dough on the table.
Roll out the dough to make pizza.
Put your hands on the dough and move them in a circular motion.
Roll five times.
One, two, three, four, five.
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