6. Master Chef (aka kids helping you cook dinner!)
Tips: Choose easy dinners to prepare with your kids e.g.
pizza (pineapple, grated cheese and ham with tomato paste, use frozen pizza
base or you can easily make one with your kids helping you knead the dough). Chicken salad (buy roast chicken the night before
at a discount available at some supermarkets). Your kids can help you tear off the
meat with their fingers and wash and mix the greens together in the bowl.
This activity can help nurture a child’s:
* Maths and Science
skills
Tips: When your kids are helping you measure the ingredients
e.g. 1 cups flour, 2 cups water, they are learning about counting. When they
are helping you mix water and flour to become a dough they are learning about
Science.
* Physical and Healthy wellbeing
Tips: When your kids are using food from different food
groups (e.g. fruit, vegetables, meat, flour) to prepare a meal they are
learning about balanced and healthy eating. When they are tearing off the meat
from the roast chicken; washing the vegetables etc they are gaining confidence
and developing control of their fine motor skills.
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