Cooking was the highlight of the week in Paula Larson’s kindergarten class at Monroe Elementary. The Innovation Grant was used to purchase a kitchen cart, small kitchen appliances and tools, as well as some food items. This cooking project helped to reinforce measurement, fractions and other math standards. The children enjoyed reading recipes and following the sequential steps to make food items. Each week's lesson made nutrition and health a topic of discussion and reinforced learning of previous science units. "The joy and excitement in the children made each Friday even better," said Ms. Larson.