Cooking with children

Cooking with your children can be a great challenge...
I know...
However, I have realized that if you never start, then they will never learn!
The more you let them cook with you, the better they become and the easier it gets, and the cleaning diminishes...
What I mean by that is...
When they are little, a simple task like pouring milk in a bowl can leave a mess... But this gets better with time :)

Cooking is a great way to teach numerous things...

Mathematics : 1 egg plus 1 egg = 2 eggs ! Seems silly to a grown up, but for a 2 year old toddler this can be the beginning of logical thinking. Later on ... 2 pieces of a pie sliced in 8 = 1/4 of that pie! By the time my son was in 2nd grade , he "understood" simple mathematics! And impressed the teachers immensely! All thanks to cooking at home with Mama!

It can teach colors ... This is a RED apple, YELLOW apple, GREEN apple...

It can help concentration and manual ability! Getting your 2 year old to peel an orange...
I always incorporate general food knowledge... what is fat, what is sugar, what is protein ... So on...

And it can be a fun science experiment too ! Waiting for dough to rise, or mixing oil and vinegar for your salad!

So many possibilities to incorporate important child/parent time while making something basic and essential...
Your next home cooked meal ! 

The most important 2 things to remember while cooking with your children is:

PATIENCE (messes will happen)
CREATIVITY (finding different ways to explain, explore and discover)