A step-by-step guide to cooking with kids ages 18 months to 9 years: Have you noticed that your child wants to do everything you’re doing? Even young children are fascinated by the world of adult work. Bring them into the kitchen with you and seize the opportunity to help them develop their independence, confidence, critical thinking, and coordination! This step-by-step guide includes everything you need to get started: an overview of the benefits of cooking with children, the details of making your kitchen kid-friendly, sequenced beginner skills to prepare your young child for cooking, and ten tried-and-true pictorial recipes for your child to follow from easy to more complex with minimal adult support. They’ll have fun and learn along the way!
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Kids in the Kitchen is a collaboration of Sara Cotner, the Founder and Executive Director of Montessori For All, and Kylie D'Alton, the brainchild behind the popular parenting blog: How We Montessori. They created the cookbook they couldn't find on bookshelves--one that helped children as young as 18 months old develop their independence and confidence in the kitchen. The book is designed by Montessori parent Angie Coussirat.
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Sara Cotner takes Gandhi's advice to heart and is striving to be the change she wishes to see in the world. From planning a meaningful and memorable wedding on a shoestring to starting a national network of public Montessori schools in diverse communities, she works to make the world more nurturing and authentic. When she fails to live up to her own impossibly high standards, she works on cultivating the art of forgiveness and patience. She spends her free time laughing with her partner Matt, tickling her son Henry, rubbing her bloodhound's belly, and marveling at just how fascinating backyard chickens can be.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple and delicious ideas to help your children get started in the kitchen
July 22, 2012
Format:Paperback
Kids in the Kitchen is beautifully and thoughtfully written and designed. Every step is clearly laid out for ease of use and easy to follow. The book is broken down into intuitively laid out sections, including "How to Use This Book," "How to Set Up the Kitchen," "Skills," and "Recipes." If you're unfamiliar with Montessori, the authors offer a brief but thorough grounding in the background and explain how and why giving children responsibility in the kitchen is beneficial.
The graphic design is fresh and appealing, and makes following the recipes a smooth process. Kids and adults alike will appreciate the simple, detailed instructions, with helpful photographs illustrating each step.
Although I'm an adult, I prefer uncomplex food, so I've adopted a few of these recipes for my own daily life. I'm also planning to give copies as gifts to my friends with young children.
The graphic design is fresh and appealing, and makes following the recipes a smooth process. Kids and adults alike will appreciate the simple, detailed instructions, with helpful photographs illustrating each step.
Although I'm an adult, I prefer uncomplex food, so I've adopted a few of these recipes for my own daily life. I'm also planning to give copies as gifts to my friends with young children.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By cathhoun
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just got my copy today, and I've already read all the background and made one of the recipes with my 5 year old. She loved it! She loves to help in the kitchen anyway, but she was super excited about the book. The pictures make it really attractive and easy to follow. She had fun picking a recipe and the step-by-step guide - with pictures - was super. I found the instruction to be helpful and pointed. Thanks for a great book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By roxiemama
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Half of the book (and it is NOT a long book AT ALL) is spent telling you how to teach you kids to do things like - chop, whisk, stir,etc. (maybe some people are looking for this type of help - but I am comfortable with showing my daughter how to stir food in a bowl without instructions) then when it finally gets to the recipes - some of them are things like fruit salad??? I didn't want it to be filled with complicated recipes but I also didn't want a recipe on chopped fruit. I think the author put "Montessori way" and then people like me were sucked into thinking it would be great but it is a let down for $18.80. If I came across this book at a brick and mortar store I would have put it down in two seconds. Maybe if the recipes were kicked up just a bit and the author laminated the pages (lets face it kids are messy in the kitchen) and ring binds it so that it can lay flat - it might become useful. Concept is good but implementation is weak.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah J
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was really excited to get this book. I love all things Montessori and was hoping to get some good ideas about how to incorporate my 2 year old in the kitchen more. He already helps quite a bit by pouring ingredients into the bowl and helping me stir and measure- things like that. That being said, I felt like this book just gave me more of the same and not much new to think about. The recipes are nice because they are simple and easy to follow. However, what saved this book was all the info on where to purchase the child size items featured in the book. That was exactly what I wanted to know while flipping through it the first time and that's what got it the 4th star.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By SheraLynn
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this for a friend and liked it enough that I bought another copy for myself. It has healthy recipes for snacks and main courses. They order the tasks and recipes in such a way that makes sense developmentally. The directions for recipes have clear pictures so kids can follow along before they can read. The pictures are well done.
The only thing it's missing for me is a list of sources for small kitchen utensils. I've been able to find them, but you don't know if it's the right size and a good quality until you try it. I was hoping they would have specifics as to what worked well for them.
The only thing it's missing for me is a list of sources for small kitchen utensils. I've been able to find them, but you don't know if it's the right size and a good quality until you try it. I was hoping they would have specifics as to what worked well for them.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Even if you aren't 100% committed to raising your children the Montessori way you'll agree with the method of teaching your children to cook as described in this book. It has already encouraged me to make some small changes at home for my 17 month old to foster her independence. I was needing a new vegetable peeler for myself and I'll go ahead and purchase a style that her little hands can soon use. There is also a great resource list in the back of the book for more info on the Montessori method - blogs, books, videos & vendors.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By MERod
Format:Paperback
This book is a fun, thoughtful, innovative way to involve kids as young as 18 months to participate in the kitchen. Pictured step-by-step instructions as well as simple, kid-friendly recipes (pizza, quesadillas, cake, fruit salad, and many more) are guaranteed to please parents and children alike. It will make a wonderful gift for any parent whose child already enjoys watching what goes on in the kitchen or for getting a child involved and interested in the fun and learning of cooking. You'll love it!
By R. Slomski
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is shorter than expected but gives a great base and how-to to bring kids, even little ones, into the kitchen. I spend so much time in there, I want my kids to join me and develop a love for cooking too. No ideas that really struck me as new and surprising, but combines ideas you might think of otherwise (or read on the internet) into an easy to follow consolidated book. Recommended as a gift for kids/parents who have too many toys.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not impressed
I guess I was looking for something a little more fun. There are only a few recipes and nothing impressive.
Published 2 months ago by Danielle De Monte
2.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly done
This cookbook is boring and too simplistic. A few of the recipes we tried were very bland and I already know how to make things like muffins and pizza. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kelly
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected
I bought this book because I wanted to find ideas to get my toddler into the kitchen. This book teaches your kids to cook all their own food on an electric griddle and all. Read more
Published 5 months ago by KJS
2.0 out of 5 stars
Eh... wasn't right for us.
I suppose if I were boring and maybe lacked a food culture altogether, this book would be a nice addition to my library. But come on! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Simi Hoque
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great gift
I don't have kids (though I do have a young niece I love to care for and play with), and I don't know much about Montessori, but this has become my go-to gift for friends with... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ecrivaine
5.0 out of 5 stars
great resource for parents and teachers
this is a great book with beautiful step by step pictures of children cooking. The authors' stories make you want to re invent kitchen activities for the children in your life. Read more
Published 9 months ago by pola horacio
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great First Cookbook
As a new parent to the Montessori frame of reference, I am pleased to have a reference book and a recipe book all in one book. Read more
Published 9 months ago by D-Dub
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