Simple Cooking

Before you start please make sure there are safety protocols in place to protect your child from hurting themselves and that everyone has washed their hands.

You could talk about what you are doing together, describe what you can see and feel, and what the result of cooking might look and taste like. Talk about where food comes from, what countries and how it grows.

Your child could join in your cooking by:

• Scrubbing vegetables and fruits
• Washing and tearing vegetable greens
• Measuring dry ingredients
• Mixing dry and wet ingredients together
• Shaking a drink in a closed container
• Spreading butters or spreads
• Kneading dough
• Cutting some fruits and vegetables with a child safe knife
• Carrying unbreakable items to the table
• Setting the table
• Putting things in the bin after cooking