Comments on Preschool Playbook: The Cooking Center

This sounds really interesting, and I'm sure the k...

2009-06-20T22:36:00.823-04:00

This sounds really interesting, and I'm sure the kids would love it. What's not to like about cooking real food (and eating it too) Yum!

yea, I was confused too. I assumed it would be a ...

2009-06-17T08:28:29.129-04:00

yea, I was confused too. I assumed it would be a pretend kitchen area. I have that and then i do a lot of 'real' cooking with my kids. I think you'd be asking for a holy mess if you have real ingredients out often for 'play'. Are they following recipes, or just messing around?

That's interesting. I always though this center wo...

2009-06-17T00:52:54.160-04:00

That's interesting. I always though this center would be fake not REAL.
hmmm did she say anything about that? What do you think?

When I first read this, I thought this was a cente...

2009-06-16T13:12:16.509-04:00

When I first read this, I thought this was a center that she did everyday. Then, when I was writing the post, it seemed that it was a center she used often, but made sure to include as a center. It also sounded like it was an area in the room. She used an electric griddle, a small oven--not sure exactly what that means, and a hot plate.
I'm thinking she wanted to stress the importantance of doing cooking activities with the children, so she wanted to make sure that all facilities included this type of center at some time. (That's my take.)

So is there an actual designated area in the class...

2009-06-16T12:35:04.149-04:00

So is there an actual designated area in the classroom that they use every day? Or just a kitchen area to go to once in a while?

Cooking centre at our house changes so often. I fi...

2009-06-16T08:35:19.266-04:00

Cooking centre at our house changes so often. I find missing packets and boxes of food all the time. We love pretend play. We just started a pretend play meme to celebrate pretend play.