Chicken Rice Stall
Two of the children, F and B, planned, designed, and created their own menu for their stall using text, symbols, numerals, and diagrams. The choices they made for their menu appeared to be foods commonly available at home or in food courts. For example, they chose chicken rice (a local dish) because it was their favorite food, and they priced the “chicken rice meal” based on what they learned from their siblings. They decided on prices for a variety of “set meals,” such as chicken rice with a drink and chicken rice with jelly dessert (Figure 3). A teacher recorded part of their conversation when they were making their decisions: