Parenting Picks: Concoction Cakes

 Concoction-Making

We're setting up Creative Spaces in our home, that invite our children (and ourselves) to tinker.

The kitchen is a tinkering environment without much adjusting; loads of little tools and ingredients for concocting.

I credit my parents for their ability to allow me to tinker in the kitchen, despite toast on fire, literally.

Combined with Rachael Doorley's tinker-encouraging (her Tinkerlab link is listed to the right, under Love Play Learn), I invited O to create a kitchen concoction today.

 No measuring required

Since she observes how infrequently her mother uses measuring cups, she didn't include this in her experiment. She started with ever-forgiving pancakes, mixing a dry bowl and wet bowl separately. 

The recipe would have been challenging to record (though to EXPAND the experiment, a record would be a possibility).

In dry bowl combine...

~huge mountain of flour

~small anthill of corn flour (Meseca)

~pinch of each, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon

In wet bowl combine....

~river of rice milk

~tablespoon (minus a lick) of molasses

Desperate to make a sensory experience, she insisted on getting her hands dirty.

The mixture was too dry so she decided more milk was in order.
When she ran out of milk, she subbed in applesauce.

 Golden & Fluffy

Ultimately, the pancakes were a huge hit.
She ate the whole batch!

EXPAND ON TINKERING
Tinkerlab. I've been following Rachael Doorley on her Tinkerlab site for a few years. She is at the top of my Blog List...and now she has a book! I read it in one sitting and continue to be inspired by her simple creative prompts. She includes arts, crafts, technology, woodwork and outdoor play. 
Pure genius!