August 23, 2023, By Library Staff in Summer Experience.
Bake
Tie on your apron and get ready to whip up some delectable concoctions!
Early Learners
Books Read:
- Stir, Crack, Whisk, Bake
- by America’s Test Kitchen, ISBN: 9781492677734
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
- by James Dean and Kimberly Dean, ISBN: 9780062304346
Other Options:
- Marigold Bakes a Cake
- by Mike Malbrough, ISBN: 9781524737382
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
- by Laura Numeroff, ISBN: 9780060283247
- The Best Mouse Cookie
- by Laura Numeroff, ISBN: 9780694012701
Songs & Interactives:
- Introduce bakery tools (whisk, measuring spoons, baking tray)
- “Making Cookies” action rhyme
- Pat-a-Cake
- Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
- Flannelboard activity: Cupcakes
Activities:
- Dramatic Play Bakery Shop
- set up in our play kitchen with small mixing bowls, rolling pins, baking utensils, mini baking sheets, aprons, and cinnamon roll play set
- Play Dough Bakery
- homemade playdough, mini cake molds, mini rolling pins, and mini baking sheets
- Puffy Paint Petit Fours
- homemade puffy paint, cleaning sponges, spreader utensils, and mini decorative pom poms
Kids
Activity: Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Bake simple yet scrumptious cookies with three ingredients (bananas, oatmeal, chocolate chips, optional cinnamon) and air fryers.