Sourdough Badge

🍞 Sourdough Badge – Badge Worthy Learning

Mix faith, flour, and fermentation—this badge is earned one loaf at a time!

The Sourdough Badge celebrates your homeschooler's journey into the art and science of bread-making. Whether you’re feeding your first starter, baking a fresh loaf, or learning about microbes, this badge makes slow food and deep learning hands-on and memorable.

Perfect for aprons, backpacks, display banners, or a homeschool cooking journal—earning this badge is as satisfying as your first golden crust!

🥖 How to Earn the Sourdough Badge

🧂 Activity Ideas:

• Start a sourdough starter and name it!
• Observe the rise and bubble process daily and keep a starter journal
• Bake your first sourdough loaf—or try sourdough pancakes or crackers
• Label the parts of a wheat grain and learn how flour is made
• Learn the difference between commercial yeast and wild yeast
• Make your own butter to go with your fresh bread!
• Host a family “bread tasting” with different types of loaves
• Write or illustrate the steps of sourdough like a recipe comic strip

📚 Curriculum Connections & Unit Studies

👩🏫 Full Unit Studies & Guides

• 🧪 Teachers Pay Teachers: Baking Units
  Explore baking science with easy-to-follow experiments and activities.
• 🍞 Chasing our Simple: Sourdough Unit Study
  This engaging resource covers baking vocabulary, measurement, and recipes—including sourdough!

📖 Books, Games, & Videos

• 📚 “Bread Lab! – A Book About Yeast, Flour, and Friendship”
  A delightful, STEM-rich book for curious young bakers.
• 📹 Spoiled to Perfection: What is Fermentation? (Video)
  An engaging, kid-friendly introduction to how fermentation works.
• 🎲 Fraction Bakery Activities (Printable)
  Practice math while "baking" your way through fractions and recipe measurements.

✏️ Creative Extensions

• Start a “Bread Journal” with sketches, photos, and notes from your baking journey
• Learn sourdough-related vocabulary and create a mini glossary
• Bake bread from another culture and learn about global food traditions
• Chart your starter’s activity: bubbles, rise height, smell changes
• Write a “Bread Blessing” or poem about your baking experience

🎒 Display Your Achievement

Once your loaf is golden and your learning is complete, display your badge with pride:

• On an apron or oven mitt
• On a kitchen wall banner
• On a backpack or memory quilt
• In your homeschool “Life Skills” portfolio

✨ About Badge Worthy Learning

Learning is richer when it’s hands-on and heartfelt. Our iron-on badges turn homeschooling moments into visual celebrations—encouraging mastery, curiosity, and pride in progress.