Assistant Chef
Kids
Cooking Lessons
3-6 years old
Lesson 12
For today's kids
cooking lessons your
assistant chef will practice measuring. It is important to get the
right amount of ingredients in whatever you are making to have the end result turn out successful. Allowing your kids
to practice measuring ingredients can make cooking easier for them.

Tips for accurate measuring of ingredients:
- Use measuring cups for dry ingredients.
- When measuring liquid ingredients use a glass or plastic measuring
cup and read the measurement at eye level.
- When measuring flour or sugar fill cup then level with a table
knife.
- For shortening pack measuring cup with a spatula and level off the
top.
- When measuring butter in block form, soften slightly and pack into
a measuring cup. Level with a knife
- When measuring tablespoons and teaspoons fill to the top and level
off if it is a dry ingredient.
- Allowing your child to practice without cooking something will help
them develop this skill.
You can download a free pdf Kids measuring chart and metric conversions
chart
here.
Practice Measuring
Practice
with your child measuring with flour, sugar or baking soda in cups and tablespoons. Let them
fill it up, level it off with a butter knife and do it all over again.
You don't have to make anything for this lesson just let them have fun
practicing.
If you are feeling really gung ho
practice measuring with sticky ingredients such as peanut butter or
shortening.
Don't forget another important
lesson
for your assistant chef to learn is how to clean up as you are cooking
and after you are done. This lesson is a good chance to teach this!

Measuring
activity: Buy some measuring cups and
spoons that can be just for play. Let your child play/practice
measuring with them in the sandbox.