Baking Day With Children

Baking with children can be a fun thing to do on a long, rainy day. Children learn a lot from baking such as measuring, pouring, weights. They get to use all their hand muscles stirring and rolling. They also get to see how food is made and the changes that take place in cooking foods.

Why not make some ginger bread men or fairy cakes. Recipes are easy to follow and the ingredients can be quiet cheap in the bigger supermarkets. Then you can invite friends over to play or for a tea party.

If you really don’t like cooking you can now buy bun sets which come with decorations. Just follow the instructions.

Maybe you could also visit a farm in the autumn and see the wheat been harvested or cows been milked. Children often don’t know where basic foods come from. There are lots of pet farms around the country and I am sure the farmer could explain how the farm operates and what foods we get from the different animals and crops.