Mira’s Baking Adventures, a chapter book series for 6-8 year olds, explores math, science, and world cultures through baking.
Book 1: The Unicorn Cake
Grandma Rose’s birthday is coming up, and Mira wants to surprise her with a homemade cake shaped like a unicorn. (Because who doesn’t love unicorns?) But Mira has never used a recipe before! She faces all sorts of baking mysteries: What does ½ mean? How do you measure flour? And how do you turn a rectangle into a unicorn?
Join Mira as she discovers that baking is really just math, and it’s delicious!
Perfect for:
- Independent readers ages 6-8
- Learning fractions and measurement
- Kids who love to bake (or want to learn!)
Baking Activities to Try at Home
Just like Mira, explore the math and science of baking with these fun kitchen activities:
- Recipe Math – Double or halve a recipe together
- Cake Shape Exploration – Bake a simple sheet cake and help kids cut out shapes to create a design of their choice; use a ruler to measure
- Fraction Fun with Measuring Cups – Practice using halves, thirds, and quarters to measure one whole cup of an ingredient
- Butter Making – Shake heavy cream in a jar until it turns solid
- Colorful Creations – Make buttercream frosting and experiment with natural coloring (i.e. turmeric for yellow, beet or pomegranate juice for pink)
- Recipe Reading Practice – Find a simple recipe and follow it together
Kitchen Chemistry 