Pumpkin Cake Math

Chena came running up to me and said "Can I teach math today?". Now, if you know Chena, you will know that almost anything she suggests excitedly has to do with riding her horse or cooking something. Since math and horses are only marginally connected, I figured she wanted to bake something. I was right.

She told me she wanted to make a surprise in the kitchen, and teach today's math lesson to her sister at the same time. Then she showed me her "lesson plans" and boy oh boy...they were great!

Here is what she told me she would cover:

Improper Fractions

Proper Fractions

Multiplication

Division

Measuring

Temperature

Nutrition

Being the uber-spoiled mom I am, I pushed my luck and asked her to please include Estimating..to which she readily agreed. I really am super spoiled, because she loves school and loves to help teach her sister. Pretty awesome combination!

So they were off and running. And cooked up a totally mean super yummy Spiced Pumpkin Cake along the way.

Penelope measuring ingredients

Happy school girl!


Pouring it in...all that pretty orange pumpkin color...love it!

Working on problems her sister wrote for her

This is fun, Mom!

Almost ready to eat...but we need frosting! (what? of course I wash my oven mitts regularly...those must be borrowed from, um..the neighbors. Yeah, thats it)

Making the glaze...(I love the flour stuck to her little arm!)

Mmmmmmm. What a great way to end a math lesson.