Assistant Chef
Kids
Cooking Lessons
3-6 years old
Introduction
Kids cooking lessons for 3-6 year olds are often short and sweet.
Remember their attention span is short, (as if you didn't know that
already!!) so, small tasks are better. They learn about cooking by
watching, feeling, smelling, tasting and hands on experiences.
Just
letting 3-6 years old Help, Help, and Help, even if it's only adding
cheese or crushing chips on top of a casserole, will teach them a lot.
Our 13 cooking lesson plans include easy kid recipes and no bake
recipes for your assistant chef.
Cooking Lesson Plans for
Kids
Lesson
1--Kitchen Safety
Lesson
2--Spreading
Lesson
3--Pouring
Lesson
4--Dinner Etiquette and Manners
Lesson
5--Peeling
Lesson
6--Practice rolling
Lesson
7--Tearing and Tossing
Lesson
8--Nutrition and Eating Healthy
Lesson
9--Practice Stirring and Making a No Bake Recipe
Lesson
10--Adding Ingredients
Lesson
11--Creating and Being Creative
Lesson
12--Practice Measuring
Lesson
13--Helping in the Kitchen
Some Appropriate
Tasks For 3-6 year olds Include:
- Scrub vegetables and fruits
- Cover beans with water to soak
- Wash table with a cleaning rag
- Tear lettuce
- Stirring dough
- Spreading with a dull knife or child safe knife
- Pouring ingredients
- Adding pre-measured ingredients
- Gather ingredients
- Help setting table
- Grease pans
- Open packages
- Peel eggs, oranges, bananas
- Crush chips, crackers, etc. for toppings

Some children
will progress on different levels. Our age groups are
just guidelines. You as the adult should judge what is and is not
appropriate for the child cooking. Supervision is key. So please show
good judgment in teaching your child to cook.