This morning we:
- Used google and Pinterest to look at bread and cake recipes.
- Researched how to convert grams of water to millilitres of water.
- Researched how to convert pounds to grams.
- Wrote the recipes we wanted to us out on word pad so we only had the information we really needed.
- Discussed the differences between teaspoons, dessert spoons and tablespoons.
- Understood and followed two recipes.
- Discussed why the bread dough was growing.
- Discussed why we used warm water instead of hot or cold water.
- Discussed how that reminded her of volcanoes and how volcanoes work.
- Experimented by cooking bread in the slow cooker instead of the oven.
- Set the oven for the cake - discussed why there are different temperates for fan ovens and non-fan ovens.
- Discussed 12 and 24-hour clocks, quarter past, half past and quarter too.
- Used a ruler to measure all the cake pans.
- Lined the cake tins - drawing around the pan, cutting the liner.
- Returned the kitchen to a tidy state.
- Discussed and looked at how oven gloves work, insulation and why some materials wouldn't be good for making oven gloves.
- Looked at the different knives and discussed why one is better for cutting bread than another.
- Looked at the things in the fridge, planned a meal for S and me, prepped it and put it in the slow cooker.
- Discussed first aid, signs of concussion and the importance of shutting cupboard doors so you don't stand up and rattle your head off them. My head is fine.
But, all we did was make bread, a chocolate came and a meal for tonight? Not quite. Research skills, maths, how to summarise, how to read a recipe, science, geography, cooking, IT, gross motor skills, setting a timer, meal planning, first aid, life skills and how to make tidying up fun by throwing bubbles at mum. The last one is very important. We may have opted for a different route, but I'm pretty darn sure my kids aren't going to be missing on any 'ready for real life skills'. What the heck is that anyway?
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." ~ John Dewey
As for friends, she's currently digging through her drawers to find something to wear to Beavers tonight. She's mentioned the rainbows cake sale her Rainbows group are having on Thursday at least five times already today and she has a birthday party to go to on Saturday. I think she's doing ok in the friends department too.
