


by Trish Corlew
The kitchen is one of the best places to combine both life skills and experiences. The processes of cooking and baking offer so many engaging ways to bring learning to life for kids of all ages. The ways we can blend culinary arts with education are almost as boundless as the recipes waiting to be discovered.
So, make it fun with food in your homeschool!
Celebrate your reading adventures by concocting some on-theme treats in the kitchen! Doing a unit on Dr. Seuss for Dr. Seuss month? Check out this simple and fun Cat in the Hat Pizza or Truffula Trees Treats. Whip up some Turkish Delight after reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, or celebrate a study on Arabian Nights with these magical Aladdin cupcakes. This kind of special culinary celebration will create even more positive associations with reading!

For all kids, the basics of nutrition start at home. If you’re wanting to teach your young learners more about healthy ways to fuel their bodies, you could start by whipping up one or two healthy snacks each week, teaching your children about the value of proteins, healthy fats, complex carbohydrates, and more. These recipes for no-bake energy balls and rainbow fruit salad are both tasty, fun, and nutrient-dense, making them great choices. Pair your snacks with your favorite nutritional textbook for extra food-for-thought!


I hope these ideas have inspired you to bring more homeschool lessons into the kitchen. Food can bring so many of the things we study—from math to history—to life in engaging and unexpected ways that your kids will always remember!


rish Corlew loves to teach and mentor homeschool moms in how to adopt the hands-on, fun, and active learning style she fell in love with when she was involved with her kids’ Montessori school before homeschooling. As the owner of Hip Homeschool Moms, Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers, Only Passionate Curiosity, and Love These Recipes—Trish has been equipping homeschool moms to spark their children’s interests in order to become life-long learners. One of her favorite ways to do this is through travel! With her popular community, Homeschool Travel Adventures, she has taken homeschooling families on incredible educational adventures for nine years.
She’s married to David, her best friend and husband of 26 years, and they have three adult sons. Originally from the coast of North Carolina, she now lives in rural West Tennessee on a forty-acre farm. In her spare time—her very spare time—Trish loves to travel, write, and work in the garden. You’ll often find her trying to learn something new, modeling that learning is indeed a life-long endeavor!