Kids Learn While Cooking
Even most adults enjoy seeing something they created turning out as a masterpiece.
Children might not even realize just how much they are learning because they are having so much fun.
If you ever wonder what children are learning when they are in the kitchen perhaps you will be surprised at the amount of information they are taking in while they are working with you or by themselves.
Planned Kids Cooking Curriculum
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What do Kids Learn While Cooking?
Math Skills
- Counting
- Fractions
- Sorting
- Money
- Sequencing- what comes 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Weighing
- Measuring
- Shapes
- Colors
- Problem solving-what happens if something goes wrong
Try these worksheets for helping in math:
Cooking
with Math
Pizza
Fractions
Measuring
Chart Worksheets
Doubling
and Halving Worksheets
Reading Skills
- Improving their reading skills
- Vocabulary through new words
Cook & Books with picture books
Books & Cookbooks for older readers
Picture Recipes for non readers
Cooking Vocabulary
Chemistry and Science Lessons
- Discovering food groups
- Making predictions
- Experimenting
- How food grows
- How food changes while cooking
- Five senses
- Sensory exploration-with hands on and feeling the ingredients while cooking
Try this section on Kitchen Science experiments
Geography Lessons
- Cultural recipes
- Where food grows
Try this section for more geography and cooking
Art Lessons
- Creating
- Creativity-make their own unique recipes
See more art and cooking ideas in arts and crafts recipes
History Lessons
- Recipes through generations
- Family recipes/family history
Learn more about cooking through history
Health Lessons
- How to eat healthy
- Good nutrition
- 6 ways playing with your food leads to healthier eating
Social Skills
- Responsibility
- Safety and Cleanliness
- Working together
- Sharing
- Building self esteem
Fine motor skills
- Chopping, whisking, kneading, pouring, mixing, cutting, rolling
It is amazing that one hobby can be shared universally. After
all, everyone throughout the world must eat to survive. It really
is no wonder cooking with your children is an opportunity not to
be missed. It is an opportunity; to not only learn an important
life skill, but multiple lessons and skills while having fun doing
it.
Lets get started teaching your
kids:
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