Day #2: A Little Bit of Home Economics

Today we decided to do a little bit of hands on learning. Since homeschooling as a parent is a new concept to me and school in general is a new concept for Liam, I decided that mixing up our days, between workbooks and hands on learning, would be beneficial for both of us. We made cookies for our lesson today; I let him add ingredients, run the mixer, and be my official taste tester. During the whole process I tried to take advantage of learning opportunities; for example, we talked about where our egg came from (which in turn lead to the question from my bright little boy "Is there a baby chicken in there?", I then had to try to explain to him, while being totally honest, that chickens lay eggs normally but not all their eggs are babies, a Rooster has to help put a baby in there. OH BOY... I am not ready for these questions yet).

Here is a look at our day:

*Disclaimer: You will see us in our pajamas some days, I let the kids make their decision 

most mornings what they would like to wear around the house.*

My little helpers pouring in the mix and butter for our cake mix cookies

All ready to put the batter on the cookie sheets

 When our cookies were in the oven baking we went and got out our paper and markers so we could talk about what we just learned and Liam could draw a picture of the experience from his point of view

(It is super cute to see the parts that they love and remember)

From Liam's description of his picture: the brown circle is the cookie, the brown dot in the circle is the cake mix, the yellow dot is the butter, the black drawing to the right (that looks like a bike) is the hand mixer we used to mix every thing, the brown drawing in the top left corner is his interpretation of a chicken. He did not draw the egg because he said it would blend in with the paper since eggs are white, how cute is he.

 Our cookies are done, now it is time to enjoy our hard work

I think that they enjoyed their cookies more then any other cookie before, because they helped make them. I am not sure if it is just me hoping or if it is really true, but I like to think that they have a new appreciation for homemade cookies and the process behind it. 

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