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Cooking: Buying and exploring
ingredients, following recipes and then tasting what he has prepared
will help your child use many skills and learn to enjoy preparing and
eating food.
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Make a tossed salad with your child. Use leafy lettuce, carrots from
under the ground and tomatoes from plants above the ground. Try adding
herbs like chives or dill. Talk about each plant – their shapes,
their colours, their textures, their tastes and smells. This will
introduce many new words related to plants and food.
Age: 2 to 5 years
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Bake cup cakes, frost them and decorate them
using tinted sugar, colourful sprinkles, cut up bits of licorice or
marshmallows and chocolate chips. Children can invent designs such as
faces, flowers, stripes, zigzags, monsters and more… they will
discover how colourful and creative cooking can be.
Age: 3 to 5 years
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Read a book about food like Growing Vegetable Soup
by Lois Ehlert. Its bright illustrations make it wonderful to read. It
also includes a simple recipe for vegetable soup that adults and
children can enjoy cooking together. Make an event out of buying the
ingredients and preparing a special treat!
Age: 3 to 5 years
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When cooking together, try playing a tasting game. Ask children to
close their eyes and then give them small samples of some of the
ingredients. Are they sweet or salty? Is it a dairy product or a fruit?
Provide clues to help them guess what is being tasted. This will
challenge children to recognize something without looking!
Age: 2 1/2 to 5 years
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Prepare Frozen Juice or Yogurt Pops that you can enjoy together. Pour
fruit juice into small paper cups, add popsicle sticks and then freeze
to make a refreshing treat. You can also blend together yogurt, fruit
and honey and follow the same instructions to make healthy frozen
snacks. This will introduce many new words related to plants and food.
Age: 2 1/2 to 5 years
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