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Focus on The Cooking Workshop

What is the Cooking Workshop?

(Excerpts from the full article at rotation.org)

A Cooking Workshop is a lesson where the main learning activity is food related in the same way that an art workshop's main learning activity is an art project, or a video workshop's main medium is video.

When we say "cooking" we mean creating something edible by baking, stewing, freezing, sizzling, geling, cutting, mixing, layering, frying, drinking, assembling, toasting, arranging and, of course, EATING!   In the Rotation Model's Cooking Workshop, we don't just "make something to eat after the Bible study." Instead, we help students understand how ingredients can represent key concepts in the study, and how the process of preparing, cooking, and sharing them can help tell the story, remember the story, and explain the story.

Cooking touches our senses in a unique way.

The tastes and smells of food tap into our brain's amazing ability to turn smell and taste into memory and emotion. The smell of your Samaritan pie and tastes of the Fruits of the Spirit cake are deep anchors for your Bible study.

Cooking is extremely hands-on, as well. Rotation Modelers know that getting their students' hands into the dough or dicing carrots, and tasting herbs helps create a rich stew of memories about the lesson content and happy memories directly associated with the content and experience of learning God's Word.

Wherever and whenever possible, the students in the Cooking Workshop should be DOING. And where safety is an issue, such as, cutting up fruit, Rotation Modelers look for ways to make their hands-on activities SAFE for the kids to do, rather than doing it for them.

More Cooking Workshop Benefits:

♦ The act of cooking and tasting can create a unique sense of well-being, focus, and anticipation. Cooking and eating helps our student relax, listen, and learn.

♦ Following a recipe provides structure which kids readily buy into. The step-by-step pace is perfect for the volunteer who might be a little unsure of their energy level or their ability to maintain classroom discipline. Cooking's familiar techniques and tools put the volunteer at ease. And its outcome is usually delicious and appreciated by all.

♦ Cooking adapts well to different spaces. You can cook in small spaces, borrowed spaces, classrooms, or the church kitchen.

♦ All ages love to cook, and cooking lessons tend to easily adapt to a wide age range.

♦ The tasty results of the Cooking Workshop are easily shared outside the classroom where they can encourage discussion and are much better received than glitter-covered crafts and take-home flyers.

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