Cooking with Children

Description

Cooking is more than just making food—it’s a hands-on learning experience that fosters essential developmental skills in young children. This course explores the benefits of cooking in early education, including cognitive, motor, social-emotional, and language development. Participants will learn how to safely involve children in cooking activities, create developmentally appropriate experiences, and plan engaging, hands-on cooking lessons that enhance learning and encourage healthy habits. Whether in a classroom or childcare setting, this course provides practical strategies for making cooking an enriching and safe part of early childhood education.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the developmental benefits of cooking with young children.
2. Identify safe and age-appropriate ways to include children in cooking activities.
3. Plan engaging cooking experiences that support learning across multiple domains.
4. Implement best practices for food safety and hygiene in an early childhood setting.
5. Foster children’s independence, confidence, and healthy eating habits through cooking.
6. Integrate cooking activities into the early learning curriculum effectively.

• LEARNING LEVEL: 1
• CDA: 1,2
• CORE CONTENT 1,4
• HOURS: 2