Kids Cooking Lessons for 3-6 year olds, assistant chef lessons 1

Assistant Chef
Kids Cooking Lessons
3-6 years old
Lesson 1

In every kids cooking lessons group you will see a few repeated lessons, we believe these are important skills to learn along with how to cook.
These life skills are:

Kitchen safety
Etiquette
Nutrition

Review Kitchen Safety
and Rules of Kitchen With your Child

Kids Kitchen Safety

No sharp knives for small children. Keep them out of reach and out of sight.

Teach children that the stove is hot! Even when turned off, it should not be touched or played around.

Make sure all handles on pots and pans are turned inward.
Cook hot soup or hot food on a back burner if possible.

Teach children about proper sanitation of foods. Use clean hands. When done cooking, wash hands again. Clean counter tops and dishes well after cooking, to prevent contamination of foods. Always clean items that were in contact with raw meats and eggs immediately after using.

No licking mixing spoon or fingers -sample when it is done cooking.

Always turn off stove top and oven when done.
Keep appliances away from water.

Don’t put cooked food on a plate or surface that had raw foods on it.

Put ingredients back after using. (Makes clean up easier also)

Always use supervision.

Give a kitchen tour of what is safe and not safe. Tell them what is not to be touched and any other advice for your kitchen.

Download our Kitchen Safety Chart and hang it in the kitchen for a quick reminder. (you will need Adobe Reader to open.)

Rules of the Kitchen

Cleanliness. Teach about food sanitation and cleaning up while you are cooking and after cooking.

Always use Kitchen Safety.

Read through any recipe you are using. Double check you have all ingredients available.

Patience (FOR PARENTS ALSO). There will be spills and the finished product might look unappealing but relax and realize the learning that is happening with your child. Making a mess or spilling is going to happen and if we lose patience, they will be fearful of not doing it "right."