If you’re not following #cookinguplearning on Insta & FB … you’re missing out. Amazing collab w/ Little Debbie as Ss learned about the history, food science, & career readiness surrounding the popular sweet treat! This city is truly special! 🤩 #engagelearners #foodscientist

🤩 Amazing things are underway in Tarah Kemp’s #CookingUpLearning class Battle Academy! Kindergartners are self-assessing their cooking habits and mindsets.

Kinder Ss are eating their way through Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (book). Ss discovered that life in Chewandswallow isn’t always great… but, that didn’t stop them from making something delicious w/ the “problem”! #cookinguplearning #teacherlife #innovation #kidswhocook

#cookinguplearning is more than “home ec” … it fosters deeper learning and engagement through the development of 21st century skills and standards-aligned practices! 🌟❤️

“So, basically you are a home ec teacher?” #cookinguplearning is so much more! As the only integrate, cross-curricular elem. culinary program in the South, Ss practice 21st century skills while making connections to content learning & HAVE FUN! 🌟 #engage #teach #inspire #foodie

#cookinguplearning strikes again! 3rd Ss cont. learning on Freaky Frogs 🐸 (ELA). In the culinary lab, Ss learned Louisiana’s history of canning frogs & “Princess & the Frog” inspiration: Leah Chase! Ss ate gumbo & beignets thanks to Prof. Johnson! The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga #engage #teach

#CookingUpLearning is thankful for oppprtunties to bring fun back into learning w/ integrated (yet festive) lessons! Ss played w/ their food, made chocolate gravy w/ biscuits, & repurposed leftovers into wontons! #engage #thanksgiving #thanks #festive #learnandeat #kidswhocook

🏆✨🌿EXCITING NEWS for #CookingUpLearning Making a difference for kids…one culinary activity at a time 🌿💚 #GrantRecipient #innovate #VerticalGardening #Sustainability #FreshProduce #GreenerFuture #sustainablefarming #hydroponics #green #greenerfuture #eatyourgreens

Representing Hamilton County Schools at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) #NCSS2023 conference! ✨🌎📚 #cookinguplearning

Have you been wanting more information about what #CookingUpLearning is & why it needs to be in more schools around the nation? Go onto YouTube…search: cooking-up-learning & find my logo! Watch the two videos to spark more interest 🌟🌟! #engage #mentor #teach #feed #love #food

The AMAZING Tarah Kemp representing Hamilton County Schools at this year’s #NCSS2023 like the ROCK STAR that she is! #CookingUpLearning

✨#NCSS2023 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Poster Session complete! I am so thankful for this opportunity to network and share the vision of #cookinguplearning 👏🏻 & represent Hamilton County Schools & PEF Innovation Hub! #teach #engage #mentor #inspire #feed #connect #culinary #Visionary

Yes! Third graders *can* make connections about their learning on Freaky Frogs through the practice of making sushi! 🐸🍣🥢so, tell me again how food cannot be integrated into lessons? 🤔👏🏻 #frogs #cookinguplearning #teach #integrate #inspire #handsonlearning #sushi #feed #mentor

Well, the cat’s out of the bag! Surprise✨🎓 In just 2.5 months, I kept the secret of earning a Masters Degree in Ed.Curriculum Design & Instruction from almost everyone & now I’m telling the world! What a journey of perseverance & professional growth! Big things are coming 💪🏼❤️

Kinder Ss make diff. dishes to show the edible parts of plants to better appreciate their benefits! roots: root veggie chips🪴stems: baked asparagus & celery w/ “Wow” butter (nut-free PB) 🍃leaves: pesto pizzas (w/ spinach & basil) #edibleplants #kidswhocook #cookinguplearning

3rd Ss are studying CLASSICS through classical cooking & preservation techniques! From biscuits and tea, to pickles, 🍓 jam, butter, and drying fruit-they are getting a TASTE of life in the 18th & 19th century! #ClassicalCooking #HandsOnLearning #FoodHistory #cookinguplearning

#TACOTUESDAY has never looked better 🤩 I was given the opportunity to help 2nd gr on their field trip to the Chatt. Theatre Center to see Dragons Love Tacos 🌮🩵 & help execute the best TACO PARTY ever! ✨ What do you think? Best day! ❤️ #teach #togetherness #theatre #tacolove

2024 school year is already off to a great start! You’re looking at the grant recipient from Whole Kids for $3,000 to expand and continue the work #cookinguplearning is doing through Farm-to-Table learning aligned with TN Dept of Education standards! 🤩 PEF Innovation Hub Hamilton County Schools

It was great presenting at the TN Council for History Education 2024 Conference in Memphis. Networking w/ educators from all of the state & sharing my passion for #cookinguplearning was memorable! #TNCHE #education #culinaryarts #entreprenuer #educator PEF Leadership Pgms #teach