Cook With Your Child

How does cooking benefit children’s learning? There are so many opportunities to teach when you cook with your children. They learn…

• • to follow directions
  • to sequence activities
  • to follow ordinal language (first we, second we)
  • math and science vocabulary
  • to ask questions
  • how to investigate the answers

When cooking with children, model asking questions and encourage kids to ask questions…

• • What did you notice when…?
  • Why do you think the dough formed bubbles?
  • What happened to the sugar when we stirred in the hot water?
  • Why did the biscuits puff up in the oven?

Children experience quantities and fractions during cooking experiences…

• • A third of the butter is for the cookies
  • Fill the cup to the 100 grams
  • Use half of the apple
  • Cut the bread into quarters

Children also learn about hygiene as they cook and they begin to understand the importance of washing their hands, not sneezing near the food and keeping their hands away from their faces. Enjoy cooking with Team Awesome!

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