Summer is a great time to offer extra curricular classes for your children. This summer I have decided to do 2 different classes with our boys. Basic Cooking and How to Clean. (not pick up, but clean). This is something that I would like to do every summer. It is also something that can advance with their age. I decided to do these classes because at some point the boys will be moving on and out of our home. They are going to have to know how to do the basics for themselves. That knowledge will be a wonderful asset for them once the enter into marriage.
Here is how our weeks will go:
Week 1~
Basic Cooking:
Day 1:
Following directions
Clean as you go
Boiling water
Cooking noodles
Day 2:
Measuring properly
Scrambled eggs
Frying Bacon(Different ways to cook)
Day 3:
Stove and oven safety, burn treatment
Homemade chicken noodle soup
Grilled cheese
Day 4:
Sanitation
Baking chicken breast
Boiling raw vegetables
Rice
Day 5:
Cooking temperatures(eggs, meat)/Uncooked food illness
Sausage Gravy
Biscuits(refrigerated containers and homemade)
Extra: Learn about meals that freeze well(lasagna, tuna casserole). Make some meals for some families in need.
Toward the beginning of the school we plan to attend Mixing Bowl Academy. Mixing Bowl academy offers live cooking classes that are made just for kids. You have the option to look at the menus ahead of time and pick out a month of live classes that sound the most interesting to you. The best part is its an inexpensive and fun way to introduce your kiddos to cooking.
Week 2:
Basic Cleaning
Day 1:
Germs and bacteria
Bathroom Cleanliness
Day 2:
Why we clean/Whats in the air
Laundry(separating, loading)
Day 3:
Whats Dust?
Dusting and sweeping
Windows
Day 4:
Organized cleaning(All toys in correct bucket, laundry in correct drawers)
Clean as you go
Day 5:
Create our new chore charts
Discuss rewards
Discuss initiative and teamwork
Extra- "Adopt" an elderly widow/widower and help them clean their home a few times a month
What extra curricular classes do you enjoy doing with your kiddos?
