Chefs Move to Schools Fall 2011
I am so fortunate that my teacher volunteers and mom from last year wanted to volunteer for the cooking club again this year. Also fortunate that although the science teacher moved to high school that the new teacher still lets us use the science room. The new principal supports us too and the French teacher is part of our group now. Yay!
This year we had 40 kids sign up for club and this semester have 27. We'll get the others in next semester. We do have some students from last year that signed up again this year. I love that some kids returned.
We cook and we eat and of course that's great. Cooking club does so much more though.
The teachers pointed out that all grades were interacting with each other. No one cared who was in 6th grade or 7th grade or 8th grade. We all like to cook. Also we have some vegetarians, some who eat kosher, some who only eat whipped cream but we are all learning about each other.
Students shared knowledge. Everyone could not make crepes at once. We took turns and the ones that started showed the others how to do it. They showed them how with consideration and caring. Some groups made fillings, some made whipped cream and then walked through the process with the rest of the group.
We did math after school. Some of the recipes needed to be doubled. We did science. We needed to cool the peach filling quickly using an ice bath. We learn time management and organization. We have 1 hour for club and we can't fill crepes if either crepes or filling are not done.
We learn respect for other's property. We are guests in the science room so we need to make sure to leave it clean and neat. We all work together to do that.
Think about getting involved with kids. It's so much fun and they aren't the only ones learning.
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