Count, calculate while you cook
By Dr. Polly Buchanon
Help your children realize that math is around them all day long by practicing
math concepts in the kitchen.
For example, pull out a favorite family recipe that doesn’t have too many ingredients and make
a double batch with your child. Before you begin, work together to multiply each ingredient by 2 to determine the extended amounts
to use. To practice division, take a larger recipe and divide all the ingredients by 2 to get the reduced amounts to use.
To
practice percentages, take any container of food with a Nutrition Facts label and work with your child to determine what nutrients
are yet needed after consuming that food. For example, if the cereal box says that it provides 30 percent of your needed iron for
the day, what percentage of your iron requirement is yet needed in the other foods you eat that day?
Math is all around us every
day! Help your children realize how helpful math can be everyday in our lives.
The web site “Math in daily life” includes a section
on cooking. Click here to visit the site.
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