Coffee Maker Flashcard for Preschoolers
Ages 6+Hot — don’t touch
The machine with the glass jug — the coffee maker drips hot water through coffee grounds into the pot, and its plate keeps the jug warm all morning. Hot machine, hot jug: a look-and-learn member of the hot family.
Say it together
“Coffee maker! The morning machine. Water goes in the top, coffee in the filter… drip, drip, drip — the jug fills up! The jug and the plate stay HOT. We never touch the coffee maker — grown-ups pour.”
Say it naturally, then wait. Whatever comes back — the word, the sound, a point, a giggle — is the right answer.
Try this
Name it on the counter and watch a brew from the outside: water in, filter in, button on — drip drip drip. Say the rule while it drips: "the jug is hot; grown-ups only." Then the best part — your child can pour the COLD drinks instead: juice for the table, water for the cups. Everyone has a pouring job; the coffee maker’s job just belongs to the grown-ups.
Quick parent note
The coffee maker is the kitchen’s most familiar "hands-off" machine, which makes it a low-drama place to rehearse the hot rule: it hums, it drips, it steams, and the child’s job is simply to let it work. Meanwhile the cold-drink pouring job keeps small hands in the serving business, safely.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Coffee Maker lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Kitchen Things (Extra Class) room — with every lesson one tap away.
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