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Good old fashioned bread dough clay is the best treat for the children during our Little Red Hen unit.


Basic Bread Dough Ornament Recipe
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups warm water

I make my dough in my Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook.  I mix it until it is very much like a clay.  Add more warm water if it is too dry.  Bake your “pretend” bread in a 325 degree oven until hard (about 45 to 60 minutes.
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I put out sheets of parchment paper for each child to work with their “bread dough.”
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They spend quite a bit of time just seeing all the different ways of creating a bread item – rolls, biscuits, donuts, muffins, pizza. . .
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cinnamon rolls!
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Look at all our bread goods!
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Which one is yours?
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Here they are just out of the school ovens!
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Off the bread goodies go to housekeeping center!  It is the “Little Red Hen's Bakery.”

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The bakers are checking the bakery and stocking the shelves.
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“What would you like today?  A pretzel?”
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Oh, so much goodness. . .