You can have lots of fun together creating some tasty treats and your child can have some lovely sensory experiences and learn at the same time.
During cookery your child can:
Week |
Activity |
Resources |
1 Wizard of Oz |
Emerald City Punch
Wash hands in a bowl of warm soapy water
Get lots of different citrus fruits and cut them into pieces so that the children can explore through smell, taste, touch. Children to squeeze the fruits or use a juicer to make an Emerald City Punch. |
Bowl of warm soapy water Citrus fruits Knife Juicer Cups
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2 Elmer |
Elephant Ear Cinnamon Rolls
Wash hands in a bowl of warm soapy water
Support children to make the dough following the recipe. Let children explore the dough and taste/ smell/ explore the filling before rolling up like elephant ears!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cinnamon-rolls
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Bowl of warm soapy water Sugar Flour Cinnamon Butter Eggs Milk Bowls Wooden spoons Baking tray |
3 George’s Marvellous Medicine |
Mocktails & Smoothies Wash hands in a bowl of warm soapy water
Using lots of different fruits, juices and fizzy drinks explore, taste, smell, listen to the fizz, shake it and watch it explode etc. to make some amazing potion mocktails and smoothies like in George’s Marvellous Medicine! Attach the blender to the switch so children can blend the fruit into smoothies. |
Bowl of warm soapy water Cups Blender Switch Fruits Fizzy drinks Juice
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4 Sheldon the Snail |
Snail Slime
Wash hands in warm soapy water
Support children to add ingredients together to make the slime following the recipe. Children to use hands to mix slime mixture together until it all comes together then let the children explore the slime.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/make-slime-without-borax/ |
Bowl of warm soapy water Shampoo Cornflour Green food colouring Water Bowl Spoon |
5 Room on the Broom |
Bread Witches Fingers
Wash hands in warm soapy water
Children to add together and mix up ingredients to make a bread dough. Once the dough has come together children to pull pieces off and then use their hands to roll them into a witches’ finger shape.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-white-bread
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Bowl of warm soapy water Strong white flour Salt Yeast Oil Water Baking tray Bowls Wooden spoons
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6 Alice in Wonderland |
Jammie Dodgers
Wash hands in warm soapy water
Children to mix ingredients to make biscuits, roll the dough then use a cutter to cut out biscuit shapes. Children to explore/ taste/ smell different jams and then when their biscuits had cooked add a spoonful between each.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/jammy-dodger-flowers |
Bowl of warm soapy water Jams Butter Sugar Egg Flour Baking tray Bowls Wooden spoons Spoons |