Math in the kitchen-Baking sugar cookies!

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Sugar cookies
sugar cookies
The other day I decided to bake some cookies at home and my two sweet kids walked into the kitchen as I was getting out the flour and decided to join me. What happened next was an impromptu math lesson right there on the kitchen floor with my 9 year old son and me as the teachers and my 4 year old daughter as the student. She learned how to measure and level scoops of flour, got introduced to fractions as she measured 1/2 cup of sugar and got out her  shapes from the toy box to cut out numbers from the dough and reinforced the concept of big and small by baking two swans - 1 big and 1 small. Learning is not restricted to the classrooms or even a schoolroom at home. Learning can happen anywhere and anytime. 

 Sugar cookies recipe
1 cup all purpose flour
1/8th  teaspoon salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter
Water as needed
A pinch of baking soda

Combine flour, salt, baking soda and sugar and sieve them three times. Add butter and water to form a stiff but pliable dough
 Roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/4th inch all around and cut out shapes with cookie cutters or cut it into squares with a knife or circles with the help of a small lid
 Preheat a oven at 375 F and bake for 8-10 minutes keeping a close watch as they bake to prevent them from burning. Take out of oven as soon as they start to brown around the edges and let them cool on a wire rack. You can also dust them with powdered sugar if you like, but we decided to skip this step. Enjoy with tea or lemonade.

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