Do you Cook with your kids?
Do you cook with your kids? What are the benefits? Read on and find out...
Involving your children when you cook is a great way to teach them about healthy eating and it improves their self confidence when they create something from scratch.
It also encourages creativity, my daughter loves to decorate the top of a chocolate sponge cake, the more hundreds and thousands the better. You can make faces on the top, make lovely patterns with icing sugar and a stencil, go on have a go they love it.
It requires hands on use of maths concepts, planning, thinking, and time management, skills they won't even realise they are using.
Cooking with children provides opportunities for parenting and sibling bonding they may squabble a bit but it is a chance to master new skills, as well as lots of fun.
Yes, there can be downsides as well. For many parents there are fears around safety, wasting ingredients, too much mess, and cleaning up.
My friend used to send her children to my house to learn to cook as she didn't like all the mess they created!
My Mum and Dad always cooked with my sister and I when we were younger and now we are quite good in the kitchen,
even if I do say so myself. The Benefits of Children Cooking: The most obvious benefit of children cooking is that they actually learn HOW to cook.
