Quote Originally Posted by 5 Little Monkeys View Post
When I worked in centres baking was a bit more chaotic but we would sit around the table and each child got one job and than took turns stirring. Make sure you have all your ingredients, spoons, bowls etc ready and within reach, have a bowl ready to wash hands and kleenaxes or paper towel handy just in case!
I bake with the kids every Friday morning and this is how I do it as well. Right now I have two 2 years olds and a 3 year old but I start baking with them when they start with me at 1 year of age. I just make sure for the youngest ones that nothing is within their reach until it is their turn.
The other thing I do is as soon as we have added an ingredient, I go and put it away. It can sometimes get busy and this way I don't miss any steps or ingredients. I know if an ingredient is left on the table at the end then I missed it.
My group loves baking and we try all sorts of recipes. Tomorrow we are baking spiced pumpkin cookies. Blueberry yogurt muffins and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are some of our faves though. And whatever we bake is our afternoon snack that day.