Get cooking with some preschool and kindergarten-based cooking lesson plans. As young cooks follow the directions on the recipes, they practice hand-eye coordination, measurement, counting, and nutritional eating.

Concepts

cooking, recipes, following directions, informational texts

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• After preparing a few of the recipes, ask parents to provide their children's favorite recipes, and create a class cookbook
• Use the recipes throughout the year, or create stations in a school kitchen for small groups to work on their projects
• Send some of the recipes home for parents to prepare with their children

Classroom Considerations

• Though the recipes are intended for younger children, you could use them for older learners to reinforce informational reading and following directions
• Most of the recipes can be easily modified according to the dietary needs of your learners (gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, etc)

Pros

• Provides preparations that adults can complete, as well as specific steps that children can do
• Safety precautions are bold and easy to understand
• Each recipe comes with skill-based learning objectives and developmental goals

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.1.1