Can I make a suggestion, especially if you are cooking with children? Discard the machine.. You will find making bread by hand very easy and fun with children. Here is a recipe of mine you can use, and if you don't want to use flax seed, just substitute it with a cup of flour:
Jeffs Recipes » Flax Seed Bread Recipe
If you want to make this with your child, just double the recipe and when you get the dough out of the bowl, split it in half and each work on one. You can even make a few batches together and freeze them before the second rising and then thaw them any day you want to bake fresh bread.