Background:
The program is chosen for children only. The course is designed to enhance Capacity of children to see problems and find new, original ways to solve them; Capacity to promote new ideas; Capacity to find, create new things; Capacity to think independently; Capacity to express oneself in new ways and forms. The course shall arouse children’s Curiosity, make them flexible, to be Passionate, inspire them & increase their zeal to Looking ahead.
Various turtorials in creating new shapes in breads, pizzas,cakes and cookies etc. would bring out the components of creativity in children like Talent (natural aptitude), Personal characteristics, motivation, Readiness (experience, education), Impact of environment.
The course will enable children to:
- Create shapes in bread like turtle bread, alligator bread, frog bread, braided bread and so on.
- Kids would create shapes in pizzas
- Cakes like pirate cakes, balloon cakes, space ship cake would enhance creativity in children.
- Design & make biscuits of their liking.
Detailed Agenda: Agenda is subject to change
Day one
10:00 a.m. Welcome and Orientation
Flour Facts
- Why wheat flour can be moulded into so many shapes?
- How does wheat grain differ from other grains.
Bread Dough
- Mixing ingredients like water, salt, sugar, fats, yeast, gluten to make dough.
- How to handle the dough
Noon Children shall bring Tiffin for their lunch
Hands-on-Demonstration
- Demonstrations and do-it-yourself on turtle bread, alligator bread, frog bread, braided bread.
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day Two
10:00 a.m. Discussion
- Elements of art & Principles of design that are helpful in creating shapes and decorating bakery items.
Dough processing Steps
- Children shall know about the key steps of pizza production from the mixing of dough through to a finished product.
Noon Children shall bring Tiffin for their lunch
Pizza Dough’s
- Formulation, ingredients and processes for making pizza dough.
Hands-on Baking
- Hand-on Lab For other products.
- Create superman, Mickey mouse, Batman, Heart & Wu-Tang Pizza’s.
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day Three
10:00 a.m. Evaluation of products made in previous day’s Lab
- Review of baked products and discussion of what are key characteristics for the products.
Cookies & Crackers
- What differentiates cookies from crackers.
- Examine the ingredients and processes used to make them.
- Overview of cookie & cracker markets
Noon Children shall bring Tiffin for their lunch
Hands-on-Baking
- Demonstrations & prepare at your own different shaped cookies.
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day Four
10:00 a.m. Evaluation of products made in previous day’s Lab
- Review the characteristics of cookies and characters.
Colour
- Primary colours.
- How to blend these to get desired secondary colours.
Noon Children shall bring Tiffin for their lunch
Hands-on Baking
- Demonstrations & prepare yourself Pirate, spaceship, flying kite, balloon cakes
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Day Five
10:00 a.m. Review
- Review the products prepared in previous day’s lab
Decorating cakes
- How to handle decorating bags & nozzles.
- How to create sugar shapes for decorating cakes.
Course Review
Presentation of Certificates
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
