There's nothing like hands-on, real life experience to bring the excitement to learning. Here's a tasty tip to get your tot going. Next time you're in the kitchen together, have your child read a recipe aloud to you. Most recipes are pretty simple and straightforward, but you also can preview them before hand to make sure it's one that's appropriate to your child's reading level. Voila, baking brownies is now a wonderful learning opportunity that teaches some math and reading. And if that's not enough, there's a sweet reward at the end!
11.24.2008
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
There's nothing like hands-on, real life experience to bring the excitement to learning. Here's a tasty tip to get your tot going. Next time you're in the kitchen together, have your child read a recipe aloud to you. Most recipes are pretty simple and straightforward, but you also can preview them before hand to make sure it's one that's appropriate to your child's reading level. Voila, baking brownies is now a wonderful learning opportunity that teaches some math and reading. And if that's not enough, there's a sweet reward at the end!
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You know, those fancy cake box recipes often include pictures in their directions. That's a great support for a new reader--water, eggs, oil...I'm reading! What a delicious treat for all!
You're so right! Great advice :)
"Pretend Soup" is a great cookbook with pictures to accompany the directions. My daughter just loves to "read" through the recipes and help me make our shopping list.
This has sparked her intrested in my other cookbooks and reading those recipes.
Thanks for the ideas!
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