As the wind picks up and the temperature drops, you might be looking for exciting ways to play inside. With BāKIT Box and Sourhouse’s new sourdough baking kit, families can skip the living room and head straight to the kitchen for some cozy, delicious STEM-focused fun.
The Sourdough Starter Kit for Kids includes everything littles need to successfully bake sourdough snacks — and complete multiple science experiments in the process. At $79.99, the kit includes a Sourhouse Starter Jar, pre-measured bread flour and salt, a gold silicone marking band, stickers, a Gold Sourhouse Bread Blanket, a Sourdough Science Recipe Guide, and a Sourdough Science Activity Guide.
Young bakers ages 5 and up can use the kit to make the sourdough starter, crackers, and a loaf. As kids follow the step-by-step instructions and engage with the activity guide, they’ll learn about fermentation, bacteria, temperature, gluten, carbon dioxide, ratios, and how to design bread-scoring patterns, among other topics. This STEM experience also integrates history; the included booklets will teach little scientists about sourdough traditions across different cultures as they bake.
Adding the kit to the kitchen is also an easy way for caregivers to encourage habit-building and the maintenance of daily responsibilities, as kids need to feed the starter and track its progress each day. The included booklets provide an organized space for tiny chefs to record the yeast’s height, the amount of bubbles in the jar, the smell, the texture, how the yeast looks, and more as the experiment unfolds. Once the oven-baked goodies are golden, kids can work on their socialization skills as they share their creations — and what they learned — with family and friends.
The self-start sourdough experience should take between 7 and 10 days, meaning that this STEM kit could replace your kid’s science class over the winter break! The included materials are also dishwasher- and washing machine-safe, so parents don’t have to worry about a messy station or sink.
To order your science (and snack) experiment, visit sourhouse.co. While you wait for your kit, have your littles start thinking about names for the starter sourdough!
SOURDOUGH STARTER KIT FOR KIDS
This kit includes a Sourhouse Starter Jar, pre-measured bread flour and salt, a gold silicone marking band, stickers, a Gold Sourhouse Bread Blanket, a Sourdough Science Recipe Guide, and a Sourdough Science Activity Guide. Kids can make the starter, crackers, and a loaf while learning about fermentation, bacteria, temperature, gluten, carbon dioxide, ratios, and more.
