Family Cooking

Cooking is great family activity. It is simple to organize and do, not to mention fun. Preparing a recipe together is a great way to teach not only cooking skills, but also reading, counting and measuring. In addition, the food you cook yourself is tastier and better for you than pre-packaged or restaurant food. Most importantly, cooking as a family is a way to spend time together doing something enjoyable.

There are several cooking and literacy extender activities included in this kit. However, preparing any recipe involves literacy. Any time spent talking and doing things together helps preschool children to develop language skills. Older children will gain practice in reading and writing recipes, following sequenced directions, weighing and measuring and working with fractions.

In this How to Kit you will find:

• A glossary of cooking words and tools.
• Fun recipes that your family can make together.
• Recipes for special occasions.
• Cooking and Literacy worksheets and extender activities.
• A list of other fun family cookbooks and cookbooks based on storybooks.