For almost every homeschool family, the holidays make for copious amounts of time spent in the kitchen whipping up holiday treats and goodies for the festive functions this time of year brings. Homeschooling during the holidays can feel incredibly overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be that way. With a little creativity and patience, you can relax and let the homeschool lessons be taught by gingerbread men and candy canes. This year, let your holiday baking be the homeschool curriculum!
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
History Lessons
History of the cookie
Christmas Traditions Around the World
Math Lessons
Baking Math worksheets (these go with a video lesson that is for sale on the site, but these worksheets can definitely be used as a standalone)
Science Lessons
Cookie Chemistry
Mrs. Claus’ Cookie Mystery:
Teach instructions
Worksheet
Literature Lessons
Grandma’s Christmas Cookies
Gingerbread Baby
The Candymaker’s Gift: The Legend of the Candy Cane
For Fun
Advent Baking Calendar (a new cookie each day!)
Children’s Book Advent Countdown (a new book each day – try to incorporate books that talk about holiday baking!)
*Originally published December, 2012.
Amy of RaisingArrows.net is the homeschooling mother of 6 (soon to be 7) living children and one precious little girl named Emily being held in the Lord’s arms. Her days are filled with giggly girls, rambunctious boys and sticky baby kisses. At night, she writes about it all with the desire to encourage and equip other mothers in the trenches.
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WOW! So many Christmas ideas are being shared this year. Where to start. I’m loving this idea as well.
Thank you for sharing! Off to figure out how to combine all the wonderful ideas 🙂
We definitely bake more as part of our home education journey. In fact we have recently made our Mary Berry Christmas Cake!