Too many cooks in the kitchen? Not here! Set up a cooking club at school using this 148-page guide that teaches food and kitchen safety, measurement techniques, and nutrition. Young chefs get their hands wet by participating in a variety of recipes and food games.

Concepts

cooking, nutrition labels, nutritional needs, nutritional value, ingredients, healthy eating, food groups, food preparation

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a word wall or glossary for the key nutrients guide
• Supplement a unit on nutrition and healthy eating with the guide

Classroom Considerations

• Although the resource is designed for a cooking club, individual lessons can be used at anytime to teach about nutrition, healthy eating, measurement, food symbols, cooking equipment, or food safety
• Be aware of any food allergies children may have in the class

Pros

• Lessons are leveled for beginner, intermediate, and advanced cooks
• Each lesson includes a fun or interesting fact about one or more of the ingredients in the recipe

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.1.1.a SL.2.1.a SL.3.1.a SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a