Talk about when people eat pancakes. Count how many children are in each column of the graph. Count how many pancakes there are before they are eaten. For older children, create story problems at their level. After reading Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie De Paola, write or dictate a short story that could go along with the pictures in this book.
Children can measure and add ingredients, then stir.
With help, even young children can take turns spooning the batteronto a griddle and flipping the pancake. Glue on yellow rectangles for butter. Drizzle colored glue, which dried hard, over the pancakes for syrup. DePaola provides his characteristically graphic, lively illustrations to tell this story without using any words. Children can supply the narrative as a woman wakes up, decides she want pancakes for breakfast, and encounters many mishaps en route to finally eating the pancakes.