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Preschool Cooking Class Ideas?

MeggyOMeggyO
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So it looks like this semester, I am going to be teaching, or at least planning, the preschool cooking class. I've got 10 kids, ages 3-4 and one hour in the preschool kitchen (which is a full kitchen with all the standard facilities).

My idea is to teach one basic cooking skill for each class (I've got about 8 class sessions, more or less). I've taught the first class (skill: kitchen safety + cutting fruit; recipe: individual fruit salads). My dietary restrictions are: no nuts, no dairy (or at least minimal dairy that can easily be cut out of one recipe) and needs to be kosher (so, no meat, unless it is fish or kosher hot dogs).

I'd like to keep the amount of recipes that require a stove to a minimum. I'd prefer a more prep + bake.

So...does anyone have any great recipes that their preschoolers love? Or any other ideas that they would love to see in a preschool cooking class?

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  • tri_bride05tri_bride05

    Things my almost 4 year old likes to help make:

    Pancakes

    Pizza

    Smoothies

    Muffins

    Cookies

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  • Mystery2BMystery2B member

    My first thought was making pasta dough and using a pasta roller for them each to roll/cut their own, but that takes a stove.

    Homemade bread would be fabulous - kneading the dough could be the main lesson, or measuring and stirring. 

    Or you could make the dough in advance, give them each a piece to knead, them have them put toppings on it to make individual pizzas. 

    There was just a recipe in Parents Magazine this month for "hungry catepillar" parfaits - you could precut the fruit and they could measure as the lesson and layer the ingrediants.

     

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  • ZoeMay06ZoeMay06 member
    I was also going to suggest yogurt parfaits. Or if you have or can borrow an ice cream maker, you can make frozen yogurt and then sprinkle it with different toppings.
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  • SweetiePSweetieP

    Here's what our pre-school has cooked (the kids aren't actually "cooking" - they are prepping (measuring, stirring, pouring, serving)):

    blueberry muffins, pumpkin pancakes, and cornbread.   (School just started and they don't get to cook every week).

    I know that they also prepare a lot of things based on what's ready in the garden (or the farmer's market) so zuchini bread, strawberries, watermelons, potatoes, etc. 

    If you google "cooking at preschool recipes", there are a ton of blogs that come up. :)

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  • EmmieBEmmieB member
    check some montessori blogs - the kids start cooking (with heat) around 3 in those settings. I'll see what I can find for you.
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  • EmmieBEmmieB member

    so look around here: https://www.michaelolaf.net/

    and here: https://groups.yahoo.com/group/montessoribyhand/

    it'll be filed under "practical life"

    and then there are some TED talks (some are linked in there) and there's a book called Hungry Monkey - which is just a good read anyway - by Matthew Amster-Burton and he talks about cooking with his daughter at those ages.

    We're still at pouring and stirring here, but I can see that changing in the next few months.

     

    Have fun! 

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