Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
February is National Bake for Family Fun Month to help encourage families to spend more time together mixing up something delicious treats. This fact captured my heart because most of you know how much time my girls and I spend in the kitchen baking. I have been thinking a lot about this important life skill lately, as we have applied it to many of our homeschool lessons recently.
My 4th grader has gotten into the habit of checking out a new cookbook every time we visit the library or the bookmobile. It has opened her world to a variety of different chocolate desserts and fruit filled creations.
I have an 9th grader who is neck deep in biology and learning about enzymes and she is amazed by the power of pineapple and the bromine enzyme that it contains! Well, the kitchen is literally home to biological happenings on the daily. Like taking note of how raw milk changes forms with time and temperature control. She baked bread to learn that when yeast and sugar combine, carbon dioxide is released making the dough rise. Or how about when heat is applied to sugar, a chemical reaction produces changes in the sugar which was clear when she made peanut brittle!
While having baking fun with the family, children will practice many skills. Older children will polish up their reading abilities and following instructions. Everyone will hone up on their chemistry, biology and mathematics. They will have so much fun, they won’t even realize they were learning!
Spend time with the family baking! If you need some recipes to get started check out the Ranch Raised Recipe book on the Your Ag Network website!
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