Session Task

What ‘encouraging children to cook’ might involve?

 

- Look at existing children's books that encourage them to cook

- List activities that may help to encourage children to cook

- Research organisations that promote children to cook

 

Existing children's books

 

Be Good to Your Body: Healthy Eating & Fun Recipes (by Roz fletcher)

 

Art style – colourful, realistic (images of food), simple, bold lines, block colours, simple big typography, encouraging healthy eating (apple in the title)

Layout – staring at the top, three block colours, making the way down to what the adult and child are doing

Age ranges – 5 – 11 years old

This book encourages healthy eating for children so it provides a range of healthy recipes that children can participate in and make.

 

 

‘Cook It’ (By Georgia Birkett)

Art style – colourful, realistic (images of food), simple, bold lines, block colours, simple big typography, encouraging cooking as the child is the one who is cooking (would encourage other children to cook)

Layout – a simple layout of a kitchen table, the test is in its own space not over crowded

Age ranges – 5 – 7 years old

This cookbook I believe encourages children to want to take part in cooking, as the front cover is very simple and it gets straight to the point with a child on the front cover.

 

Activities

 

1. Restaurants: daunting as this may be, your kids will get used to understanding, and choosing from, a menu. Start with kid-friendly places such as Pizza Express that boast open kitchens so you can show your child how pizza is made from scratch.

2. Food-related games: ask your kids to find fruit and vegetables beginning with every letter of the alphabet; or how many types of green vegetables or red fruit there are. To develop their sense of taste, try a blind taste test (this makes a great party game).  Games on apps /phones/computers where it allows children to play actively by putting ingredients in a bowl and mixing

3. Activity books – interaction

Puzzles, word search’s, find this, games

 

Organisation

 

Grow Cook Share is a 4 year Local Food project and emerging Social Enterprise which started in January 2010

"We support people in Ludlow and Craven Arms to grow and cook their own food from scratch and to share their skills; knowledge and excess garden produce with the local community. Our aim is to encourage and support people to get growing and cooking from scratch in their homes, schools and community spaces."

·        They are based in Ludlow

·        This company started in 2010 but continues to further their work and continue to make changes with their local community.

·        Grow Cook Share aim to encourage and support people to get growing and cooking from scratch in their homes, schools and community spaces.

They offer the following services:

▪    Micro-allotments

▪    School & Community Food Gardens

▪    Training & Support

▪    Free Starter Kits

▪    Free Cookery Courses

▪    Catering Training

▪    Contract Cookery

▪    Quality Catering Service

▪    Weekly Veg stall

▪    Pizza nights

▪    Volunteering

▪    Tool/Utensil Loan Scheme

▪    Free Composting Kits

These activities/services could offer children to experience first hand cooking and the process behind cooking from growing their own vegetables to making their own food.