Process Cooking, making Muffins!!

For the past few weeks we have been process cooking, this is an extendion of the children's strong interest and skill in cooking.
Some activities need steps to get from start to finish to get the expected result. Process cooking is one of these activities, here we follow a series of steps to get to the end product in this case muffins!

As time has progressed the children have become more skillful, confident, knowledgeable and empowered to manage the process themselves.

The Value of Process Cooking
1. We learn about the equipment used - spatula, mixing bowls etc.
2. We learn and extend upon early literacy skills - reading the recipe cards that are laid out numerically, following the instructions and writing down our name on the cooking list.
3. We learn new groups of words - stirring, mixing, beating etc.
4. We learn maths concepts - 1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon, half a cup etc.
5. We learn early science concepts - chemical reactions, temperature, hot and cold, rising etc
6. We learn about textures - salt and sugar, flour and icing sugar, oil and water.
7. We learn about taste - lemon, sugar, flour, sweet and sour.
8. We learn patience, waiting in line and waiting for our cooking to cook.

Most of all we have fun and hopefully can sample our creations!!