BAKED: Amazing Bakes to Create With Your Child
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What’s inside...
BAKED is a delightful cookbook by Adelle Smith, designed for parents to explore the joy of baking with their children. The book offers a variety of fun and easy-to-make recipes, encouraging families to spend quality time together in the kitchen. It includes twenty step-by-step baking projects like Rainbow Unicorn Cupcakes, Minibeast Sugar Cookies, Oreo Chick Pops, Christmas Gingerbread House, and a Piñata Cake. Additionally, it provides tips for hosting the perfect party and baking tricks to make impressive bakes seem easy. The book features stunning photography set in and around London, making it a perfect gift for baking fans of every age. All recipes are tried and tested in Adelle's bakery, BKD, which also hosts children's parties and creates children's baking kits. BAKED has won the Gold Award for Best Family Cookbook at the Junior Awards and the Family Cookbook category at the Smallish Magazine Awards in 2016.
Series reading
Non-Sequential
Age
5-7
Length
160 pages
Text complexity
Discussion points
What was your favorite recipe from the book and why?
How do you think baking together helps us as a family?
If you could invent a recipe, what would you make, and what would you name it?
What are some ways we can make our baking healthier but still delicious?
How do you feel when you're baking and see the final product?
Tip: Role play these questions
While discussing the book, show genuine interest in your child's opinions and thoughts to make them feel valued.
Use the discussion as an opportunity to explore creativity by encouraging your child to describe or even sketch their ideal pastry or cake.
Connect the recipes or techniques in the book to family traditions or personal experiences to make the conversation more relatable.
After discussing the book, plan a baking day where you can together try out a recipe from the book, reinforcing the shared reading experience.
Key lessons
Example Lesson: Patience and Delayed Gratification
Explanation: Children learn about the time and efforts required in baking, understanding that some things, like a perfectly risen cake, take patience and precise timing.
Real-World Application: This lesson can be applied in everyday scenarios such as waiting their turn in games or for their favorite snack, teaching them to wait patiently for good outcomes.
Example Lesson: Following Instructions
Explanation: Recipes in the book teach kids how to follow step-by-step instructions to achieve a desired result, helping them understand the importance of accuracy and order.
Real-World Application: Children can utilize this skill in academic settings when completing assignments, or at home when assembling toys or helping with household chores.
Example Lesson: Creativity and Self-expression
Explanation: The book encourages kids to be creative with their bakes, allowing them to add personal touches and innovate on traditional recipes.
Real-World Application: This fosters creativity, allowing children to express themselves in other artistic endeavors such as drawing, crafting, or even creative writing.
Example Lesson: Mathematical Skills
Explanation: Baking involves measurements and proportions which teaches children basic math concepts like addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication in a practical setting.
Real-World Application: These mathematical skills can be applied in school tasks, helping with their academics, and in daily life situations like calculating time or understanding quantities.
Example Lesson: Responsibility and Cleanup
Explanation: Instructs children on the importance of cleaning up after baking, teaching them about responsibility and maintaining cleanliness.
Real-World Application: This can help children develop a sense of responsibility and orderliness in their personal spaces at home and school.