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Play Pretend: Encouraging Your Little Chef
Jul 23, 2018
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While we typically think about following specific recipes when we cook or bake, making food is an art as much as it is a science! Use this activity to get your child thinking about how food is prepared and how fun it can be.
Materials
Directions
1
Help your child find pictures of food in cookbooks and food magazines. Ask them to tell you how to make the food.
2
Write down your child’s instructions. You may need to ask questions, like: “What ingredients do you need? How long do you cook it?”
3
Encourage your child to use specific words to describe color, size, shape, texture, and taste of the food.
4
Have your child illustrate his recipe.
Emotions & Self-Awareness
Social Skills
Character
Literacy
- Activity Type
- Craft
- Topics