If you think that children should learn to cook you should have no doubt since it is an activity that allows them to shoot their imagination, it reassures them and it is a learned task for life. They can learn at home with their parents or by attending a cooking class for children, but another way to learn about cooking is by playing.
The way that they are given by playing and learning to cook can be in two ways, one in the usual way with his toys in hand and another the one already seen at the gates of our XNUMXst century and is virtually with the use of new technologies.
How do they learn to cook while playing?
There are various aspects of the traditional way that they can be helped to learn, in all possible ways, they can delegate a chef role in your own play kitchen and it is playing the chef himself formulating a star dish.
With this initiative they will unleash their imagination, They will try to cook by imitation and will try to use the necessary ingredients together with the corresponding utensils for its preparation. Although it comes handy, they will put a little order and cleanliness, because it is something fundamental in the kitchen and among other aspects they will want Be responsible and organized in your game.
Imagination is the key point of this learning game, they can play with other children and try to rank the foods they are playing with, such as playing supermarkets, being heads of restaurants where they have to prepare dishes for their customers or the typical game of preparing meals in a family environment in which they will play the role of responsible parents.
The other way of cooking with the game it is virtual. Through technology, children can download countless applications and access a world without limits where they can prepare succulent and attractive dishes.
There are applications for prepare menus such as main dishes, fast food and desserts. The truth is that here they are given the opportunity to learn about foods that they cannot have on hand at home, in an imaginary way they can create very striking dishes of ice cream and cakes, prepare dishes from other countries knowing the own techniques of their culture. We cannot be in favor of many of these games in teaching how to eat sweets or fast food, but we can be in favor of being fair in stick with the imaginative part of colors and shapes that is applied to them in the game.
Make home cooking a game
This is the best part in which children can learn to cook and play. Here the children will learn in a real way what it is to cook. It is not necessary to create great dishes but rather to prepare simple recipes, the important thing is that they are going to create it and that they know that by being participants in their own creation They will have better access to trying new ingredients that they have not eaten before.
With this game in a real way they will learn their concepts much better, They will learn about the rules that are imposed in the kitchen, how are their real techniques, such as the handling of different utensils in your practice (knives, spoons ...) and especially to manipulate food with your hands and know its textures, this is the part they like the most.
This practice will help you strengthen their self-esteem and grow their autonomy, they will know how it is your first-hand responsibility and if it can be it will teach them to in the future participate actively in household chores.