Each month they have a focus on one recipe, the idea is to bake the recipe in that month and post your pictures on flickr to show off to others. This is a great activity to do with kids!
Skills:
-following a recipe
-shopping for ingredients
-collecting ingredients
-measuring ingredients
-cooking terms
-practicing cooking methods
-time management ie if the cake is ready in 1 hour do we have time to make it now before we go out at 12
-cleaning up
-sharing the cake/afternoon tea invitations
-taking pictures
-posting pictures
-comparison between cakes
-problem solving if things go wrong
So join in and lets get cooking!
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| The mixture before heating |
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| The batter |
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| The cake! |
Ginger Bread shapes
Skills:- motor skills- rolling, using cookie cutters
-importance of tradition, motifs for holidays
- can design and make a ginger bread house
-icing- patterns and flow of different thicknesses of icing
-colours- recognition colours for holidays
Here is a link to an excellent recipe for gingerbread
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gingerbread_men_99096
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