Every now and then Luke gets in the mood to do some baking and wear our professional hats. The 3 most popular things that we make are cake, cookies and pancakes.
Pancakes are by far his favorite this to eat on the weekend. We often either go out for pancakes after church on Sunday or Luke and I will make pancakes at home while mom is still sleeping in bed.
This morning we had gotten out of bed early, watched the YouTube video that we made yesterday (it will be in an upcoming post) and then decided to make some pancakes. Luke went into teh pantry and grabbed the step stool that we have. This lets him reach up to the counter and actually be able to stir the batter and pour the mix into the pan.
Today was the first time that I let him actually flip the pancakes over. He was so excited and was filled with pride and self confidence. He was having so much fun that he went and grabbed some of his stuffed animals and sat them at the table. He said "Dad we need to make more pancakes for them. I am their waiter and they both want pancakes".
Another is spending quality one on one time with your children. Household chores can be a great time to build on your relationship. When family members are making dinner together we almost always talk about our day or talk about upcoming plans and events.
A third great benefit is that it can be a great learning experience. Teaching them to follow baking directions, measuring quantities, setting temperatures, keeping track of baking times. Today we talked about liquids and solids. I love when you can sneak in some teaching when they don't even realize that they are learning.
I encourage all steemparents to spend more time cooking together with their children. Who knows, you may even have something delicious to eat afterwards as well!
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A family that cooks together and eats together stays together. Also cooking is such a wonderfull life skill that isn't being stressed enough anymore.
That's so true. It gives me a lot of pleasure to know that my kids can make basic meals for themselves.
Looks like you had a lot of fun. Cooking with the kids is great. They have fun while they are learning life skills and a bit of math in there too! My daugther made pancakes all by herself for Father's Day (she's 10). Flipping pancakes is such an accomplishment.
I will come back and upvote this post when I have a bit more steem power :D
Another good tag for this post would is #powerfulkids
There are so many lessons kids learn when baking or making something for themself, which I agree that it's better to teach them now than waiting till they start habits of reaching for premade goods. It's harder to break old easy habits.
One thing I forgot to mention is that they are also more likely to eat something that they have helped pick out and prepare.
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That is very true, they like to taste the rewards of their master piece.
I find when they don't want to try something we play a guessing game of can they guess whats inside - This works well with smoothies, by the time they have guessed they have drank most to all of it.
Very cool! Fresh pancakes are so good, but the time spent together is priceless
My dad taught me how to make dumplings when I was little, he is a pro in this ahahah It's true that it's a lot of fun to cook together with your family!Wonderful post 😊