The servers help them with their food, ask if everything is all right, and clear the tables. If tips are left, the tips go into the treasury. The chef and the public relations specialist show the reporters, newscasters, and other celebrities who attend the Grand Opening the reports and graphs and explain the details of the project. After the restaurant closes, the children and volunteer parents clean up and close down Kids' Bread Restaurant. In fact, an entire curriculum could be created focusing upon bread.
Children learn fractions by cutting bread slices and cutting slices into pieces.
Although this lesson was developed for primary level students, it would be valuable for older students also. Parents might use all sorts of baking experiences and food preparation experiences to expand their children's knowledge of many subjects in the curriculum. Cutting oranges and bananas provides a background for fractional parts and locating where these fruits came from can be an experience in geography. Watching bread rise at home and talking about why this happens can become a great teaching moment. Letting children plan nutritious meals for their lunches, having them help you read supermarket labels, and looking up food and nutrition sites on the WWW will not only help them with organization, reading, and research skills, but will be good for their health, too.