~~According to the American Heart Association, teaching youth how to prepare their own food will give them a skill they can use for a lifetime, they will be more likely to eat healthier as adults, and build self-confidence (Cooking With Your Children: Web MD; May 30, 2008). The Boone County Extension Service taught a 6-hour 4-H day camp on bread making.  The curriculum used was Super Star Chef Kneads A little Dough.  Twenty-eight 4-H members attended the class. Teaching children to make bread from scratch touches on math, science, reading, and baking know-how.  One of the goals of the class was to have the children learn self-sufficient skills. A written evaluation was mailed to the participants’ home 3 months after the completion of the class.   The results from the returned evaluations include sixty-three percent of the participants have shown another person how to do what they learned to do for themselves.  Ninety-four percent stated the class was the first time they had worked with yeast dough and eighty-one percent plan to in the future make yeast dough at home. Finally ninety-four percent stated they plan to spend more time in the kitchen.Baking bread together is a nice way to spend time together.  It also shows children that slow long-term projects that don’t have immediate gratification are worth it, and helps build up children’s skills at being patient.  The kitchen is one of the most fun places to experiment and learn about science!