Bread, Bread, Bread!
It all started with a trip to the pizza shop. After that trip we had an experiment with yeast, water, and sugar. Next we had one with yeast, water, sugar, a bottle and a balloon. We added flour and so far we have baked about 8 different kinds of bread with an enthusiastic group of children who love to bake and love to eat their bread. We’ve also been grinding wheat into flour, and beginning to understand how hard The Little Red Hen had to work and what a miller does.
Using bread as a theme has opened up the door for lots of learning across the curriculum. Books like Bread, Bread,Bread, The Little Red Hen, and The Little Red Hen makes Pizza establish literacy connections and give children an opportunity for dramatic play. Math connections happen several ways, like following the recipes, and keeping track of the different kinds of bread we are making. Science knowledge grows as we experiment with yeast and watch the change of state that occurs in the oven, not to mention some understanding of the seed to wheat to bread process. Our homemade bakery will give us the opportunity to make signs and draw about bread, and of course we’ve already made some fabulous pictures for our Pizza Book. In addition, bread making offers children the opportunity to explore traditions of other countries as we learn that people all over the world eat some kind of bread. And yes, we even sing about bread and how it is made.
Often, each batch of bread made 2 loaves, so we would have one for snack and save the other one in the freezer. We will take all the breads out of the freezer and slice them up so that we can invite our parents to our bakery to taste some of our delicious bread. The children are looking forward to sharing a piece of their school lives with you and of course they are so proud of themselves.
We’re hoping to turn into Paleontologists when we get back from vacation and think about just how big T-Rex was, and what did he eat, and what happened to him and how do we know what we know about him and his fellow dinosaurs.
Minia, Lucy, Kirsty, Jan, Jean, and Yasmin
One of our favorites is Pita Bread, so here is the recipe in case anyone wants to try it at home!
Pita Bread
1 package yeast
2 tbs honey
1 tbs salt
2 cups hot water
5-6 cups flour
Combine yeast, honey, and water in a large mixing bowl. Stir to blend.
Add 4 cups flour and salt. Mix well.
Add more flour to make dough stiff.
Place dough in a greased bowl. Turn greased side of dough up.
Cover. Let rise 1 hour
Use butter knife to cut dough into 36 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Cover. Let rise 10 minutes.
Preheat oven 450
Press and pat each ball to flatten (approximately 1/4 inch thick by 3).
Place rounds on baking sheet. Turn when bread bubbles up. Bake 5-7 minutes.
It all started with a trip to the pizza shop. After that trip we had an experiment with yeast, water, and sugar. Next we had one with yeast, water, sugar, a bottle and a balloon. We added flour and so far we have baked about 8 different kinds of bread with an enthusiastic group of children who love to bake and love to eat their bread. We’ve also been grinding wheat into flour, and beginning to understand how hard The Little Red Hen had to work and what a miller does.
Using bread as a theme has opened up the door for lots of learning across the curriculum. Books like Bread, Bread,Bread, The Little Red Hen, and The Little Red Hen makes Pizza establish literacy connections and give children an opportunity for dramatic play. Math connections happen several ways, like following the recipes, and keeping track of the different kinds of bread we are making. Science knowledge grows as we experiment with yeast and watch the change of state that occurs in the oven, not to mention some understanding of the seed to wheat to bread process. Our homemade bakery will give us the opportunity to make signs and draw about bread, and of course we’ve already made some fabulous pictures for our Pizza Book. In addition, bread making offers children the opportunity to explore traditions of other countries as we learn that people all over the world eat some kind of bread. And yes, we even sing about bread and how it is made.
Often, each batch of bread made 2 loaves, so we would have one for snack and save the other one in the freezer. We will take all the breads out of the freezer and slice them up so that we can invite our parents to our bakery to taste some of our delicious bread. The children are looking forward to sharing a piece of their school lives with you and of course they are so proud of themselves.
We’re hoping to turn into Paleontologists when we get back from vacation and think about just how big T-Rex was, and what did he eat, and what happened to him and how do we know what we know about him and his fellow dinosaurs.
Minia, Lucy, Kirsty, Jan, Jean, and Yasmin
One of our favorites is Pita Bread, so here is the recipe in case anyone wants to try it at home!
Pita Bread
1 package yeast
2 tbs honey
1 tbs salt
2 cups hot water
5-6 cups flour
Combine yeast, honey, and water in a large mixing bowl. Stir to blend.
Add 4 cups flour and salt. Mix well.
Add more flour to make dough stiff.
Place dough in a greased bowl. Turn greased side of dough up.
Cover. Let rise 1 hour
Use butter knife to cut dough into 36 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Cover. Let rise 10 minutes.
Preheat oven 450
Press and pat each ball to flatten (approximately 1/4 inch thick by 3).
Place rounds on baking sheet. Turn when bread bubbles up. Bake 5-7 minutes.
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