Cooking with Kids: Preschool
Cooking With Children (PDF | 144 KB)USDA. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Lists kitchen and food preparation activities that children of various ages can participate in, as well as ideas for making snacks together.
Cooking with ChildrenCalifornia Department of Health Services.
Find information on the cooking abilities of young children, safety tips, recipes and more.
Cooking with Preschoolers
Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth.
Outlines benefits of including young children in cooking activities, as well as ways to get started.
Kids Can Cook - and Learning Is the Secret Ingredient! (PDF | 200 KB)Penn State Cooperative Extension. Better Kid Care Program. Caring for Kids Newsletter.
Newsletter covering tips and ideas for cooking with young children, recipes, and age-appropriate kitchen skill activities.
Kids in the KitchenNational Network For Child Care.
Help children learn to prepare meals. Lists food preparation activities appropriate for children 2-5.
Let's Cook Together (PDF | 321 KB)USDA. Food and Nutrition Service. Team Nutrition.
This 2-page fact sheet provides ideas and food safety for working with young children in the kitchen. From the Nibbles for Health publication.
Mealtime Memo for Child Care
National Food Service Management Institute.
Two-page newsletter for child care providers, also available in Spanish .
Mister Rogers
PBS Kids.
On the Activity Guide page of this site, scroll down to "Recipes" to view recipes to create with young children and learn ways cooking together can benefit a child's development.
More Than Mud PiesNational Food Service Management Institute.
This nutrition education curriculum provides both staff and children with enjoyable activities that encourage positive ideas about nutrition and foods. The 54 lessons are built around the seasons of the year.
Recipes for KidsNational Network for Child Care.
A collection of recipes with links to information on feeding kids and tips on how children can help in the preparation.