Yey! My favorite theme! Hahaha! Cooking is a fun activity to do although it entails lots of hard work. But what I love about cooking is that you can teach so many things to your kid, like measurements, liquid and solid, teaching them how to clean up, etc.It was an exciting theme for us since Z loves to mix and help out. She also loves wearing her chef's hat and apron! She sometimes wears them just for fun.
To start the theme, I introduced Z to different kinds of food. I used my dad's old cook books and showed Z some dishes. The dishes in the cook book were kind of fancy and I couldn't pronounce the names since the text is written in French/German. Hahaha!
The activities that we did here were not done in order...because we got too excited to actually cook than go through some activities about food! Hahaha! I also prepared different books about food.During this theme, Z made her own placemat out of strips of paper and I laminated it for durability.
I also showed Z where most of our food comes from...she has an idea that we can get food from the grocery but I told her that food comes from certain animals and places and yes, we can buy them at the grocery.Some activities where done using the books that we read about food.
The activities are as follows and will be posted separately to give you more details about the activities:
1. Cooked green eggs and ham. (Inspired by the book of the same name "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss)
2. Made pancakes - "Pancakes Pancakes" by Eric Carle
3. Read the book "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Ehlert - Z practiced her cutting skill by using scissors and cutting printed vegetables.
4. Made Jell-O
5. Cooked spaghetti and meatballs
6. Art and literacy activities inspired by the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
7. My husband and I made a food stand (that can be used as a booth for other lessons, not just as a food stand)8. And other activities - playing in a water puddle, number and counting activities, art time, movie time, etc.
