Kids Learn While Cooking

What do kids learn while cooking? Working in the kitchen is something children enjoy just as much as eating the finished product. They love the whole process of adding ingredients together, creating something unique and seeing the finished product.

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

Try these sections for more reading and cooking activities:
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

Social Skills

Responsibility
Safety and Cleanliness
Working together
Sharing
Building self esteem

Fine motor skills

Chopping, whisking, kneading, pouring, mixing, cutting, rolling
Skills such as chopping, whisking, kneading, pouring, holding spoons, mixing, cutting and rolling can help develop fine motor skills.

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.

Not sure where to start? Try this 70 simple kids cooking activities list.
Lets get started teaching your kids: