by Retha Basham | 4 Sep 2018 | Latest, Pastry
With our buttermilk scones lesson we teach the children about dairy products and show them photos of a cow. We ask the children what products that we can eat or drink comes from milk. We then use cream and whisk it to show them how butter and buttermilk is made. The...
by Retha Basham | 3 May 2018 | Latest, Muffins, Recipes
With our lemon muffins the lesson is about lemons and the lemon tree. With this lesson, we take a small lemon tree with either blossoms or small lemons already growing on the tree. We teach the children the colours green, yellow, brown of the soil , as well as the...
by Retha Basham | 9 Apr 2018 | Cookies, Recipes
With this coconut cookies recipe the lesson is about coconut. The children look at and hold a coconut, and learn that the inside is white and the outside brown. They feel the rough texture and compare it with the smooth surface of the table they work on. We then shake...
by Retha Basham | 28 Nov 2017 | April, Muffins, Recipes
With our pumpkin spice muffins we teach the children about pumpkins . We take a pumpkin plant to the class and show the children the plant with the pumpkin flower and the small pumpkins starting to grow. We also take different pumpkins such as a butternut, gem squash,...
by Retha Basham | 27 Nov 2017 | Cupcakes, January, Recipes
With our beach cupcakes, the recipe is about having fun. We usually do this close to the December holidays. We bake a cupcake from the dough the children mixed and decorate it with blue icing, “sand” (cookie crumbs) and a small cocktail umbrella on top....
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