Cooking
Here at Dimples we do a cooking class on a Friday with each individual room.
We at dimples realise how much children are learning while they are cooking because they are having so much fun, but the benefits are numerous.
Benefits…
Life Skills
Ability to cook nutritious meals
Understanding of food and kitchen hygiene
Budgeting
Health
Importance of balanced diet
Understanding different diets – coeliacs, vegetarians
Understanding of nutritional value of foods
How to prepare healthy and tasty dishes from fresh ingredients
Maths
Counting
Fractions
Sequencing- what comes 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Weighing
Measuring
Shapes
Reading
Improving their reading skills
Vocabulary through new words
Science
Discovering food groups
Making predictions
Experimenting
How food grows
How food changes while cooking
Five senses
Sensory exploration-with hands on and feeling the ingredients while cooking
Geography
Multicultural recipes
Countries where foods originate
Funny foods class
Art
Creativity-make their own unique recipes
Cake decoration
Social Skills
Responsibility
Healthy and safety
Food hygiene
Team work
Building self esteem
Share learning with friends and family
Fine motor skills
Chopping, whisking, kneading, pouring, mixing, folding, filleting, boning