Today’s Friday Find will take you offline and into the kitchen with Kids Cooking Activities.
I’m not much of a cook, but this web site is an incredible resource for any cooking project - from cooking with your kids at home to exploring international cuisine with youth groups.
You can find cooking lessons sorted by age group, from toddlers in the kitchen to the 16-18 year old Senior Chefs. Yeah, even I can handle learning how to cook this way, especially with the photo and video illustrations.
And, I know my Girl Scout troop will enjoy the Junior Chef (12-15) Cookie Baking Lesson that includes a video demonstrating how to bake Oatmeal Cookies and a recipe for Snickerdoodles.
Just the cooking lessons alone make the Kids Cooking Activities site a worthwhile resource; however, there is so much more. From Theme Dinner, Kids Cooking Party, and Kids Crafts ideas to an incredible array of recipes, this is one website that I’ve bookmarked for frequent use.
I love the wide variety of recipe ideas. Kids Cooking Activities includes: Easy Kids Meal (suggestions with 6 or less ingredients that are tied into the age-leveled Cooking Lessons); World Studies (international recipes with country background information); and Seasonal Cooking suggestions.
However, my absolute favorite part of this website, and the section that I want to point out to anyone who loves children’s books is the Cooks with Books section. You’ll find recipes tied to popular illustrated books such as Blueberries For Sal or The Carrot Seed. Be sure to check out the Mice Cookies recipe that goes with If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. They’re adorable!
Do you have a favorite children’s book cooking suggestion? Post a comment - I’d love to hear about it! Perhaps we could turn it into an Instructable (see below.)
For more wired world ideas that you can share with your family, be sure to visit previous Friday Finds:
Wordle - Turn your words into a work of art
Animoto - Create a music video with your photos.
Instructables - Discover instructions for all kinds of projects - from recipes to robots - or post your own.
Mr. Picassohead - Unleash your inner abstract artist.
Hulu - Watch a movie or catch up on your favorite TV shows on your computer.
Book Resources:
 Blueberries for Sal: Robert McCloskey: BooksISBN: 0670175919ISBN-13: 9780670175918 |
 The Carrot Seed 60th Anniversary Edition: Ruth Krauss, Crockett Johnson: BooksISBN: 0064432106ISBN-13: 9780064432108 |
 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give…): Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond: BooksISBN: 0060245867ISBN-13: 9780060245863 |
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Denise 07.15.08 at 10:07 am
Wow! Thanks for a fantastic resource. My youngest really wants to learn to cook, and this will be great for her.
Angela 07.16.08 at 7:21 am
Great Information and for a couple more childrens books that you could cook along with are written by Laura Joffe Numeroff also:
If You Give a Moose a Muffin - You can make some easy muffins
If You Give a pig a Pancake - Make simple pancakes
Thanks for the great Friday Finds,
Angela
Sandra Foyt 07.16.08 at 9:09 pm
Thanks for the suggestions! And, I’m glad others are enjoying this site as much as we are. The kids are having a blast cooking, and we’re relishing the results.