July 8th, 2010 
Luca Having trouble getting your children excited to try new foods? You are not alone. Most children are afraid to try new foods, making the health-conscious parents very anxious. You’ve probably been told to keep trying, because it can take 10, 15, even 20 times before your child starts to like anything new. While this is true, the feeling of frustration and disappointment as their range of health denied again and again may alter their efforts long before they attempt 20. Before leaving her frustration ruin the mood for lunch, try to explore a different angle, more positive. Invite children into the kitchen with you to participate in meal planning and preparation of food. By creating a fun family cooking equipment, everyone will benefit.
The benefits of cooking with children
Teach your children to cook is a gift that will last a lifetime. Just think of your kitchen as a classroom in disguise. Here are some of the benefits of a culinary education in the home:
1. Creation gives children self-esteem
Children are proud of what they do, whether it is a painting with your fingers or a fruit salad. Whatever the setting, which receive the immediate gratification of a work in progress or a finished product.
2. Cooking with children to develop their organizational and planning skills
Invite children to help plan a meal or pick up a prescription, make a list of ingredients, find items in your kitchen, and / or grocery store. In this way, children can learn to organize and move forward and think about the future.
3. Kitchen of the recipes can improve math skills of children
Following a recipe requires knowledge of the measurements of the home, often including fractions like 1 / 4 cup and 1 / 2 tsp. Younger children can practice counting while measuring cups or spoons of multiple ingredients. When cooking with more than one child, ask each child to count “moves” as he or she hits the ground.
4. The reading of recipes for helping children develop language skills
Making a recipe calls for reading and remember the order of the addresses. Ask your child to read each statement aloud while you prepare the food. Gain a sense of turn taking and sequence to follow the instructions in order. By reading recipes, once unknown words, such as sauteing, chopping and kneading will soon become commonplace.
5. Cooking helps children understand the scientific concepts
Children can learn about cause and effect that they see a solid becomes a liquid when freezing and how the gluten to make yeast bread rise.
6. The physical side of the kitchen can help children improve their motor skills
Mix the ingredients, kneading, rolling the cookies, and peel the carrots are all activities that exercise the muscles of the hands and arms, improving dexterity.
7. Improvising with recipes can be a way to develop children’s problem-solving skills
If you are missing one ingredient, discuss your options. Is this ingredient so essential that you should make another trip to the store or stop making the recipe? Or is there something you could use in place of the missing ingredient?
8. By participating in the cooking process, children develop a desire to try new foods
Children are much more likely to eat foods they helped prepare.
9. Learn to cook healthy foods as children leads to healthy eating in adulthood
Children learn to prepare healthy foods in a tasty way at an early age are more likely to eat healthy throughout their lives.
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