Group 24 – Queen Mary Elementary School – Explorations in Classroom Cooking
It’s time to get kids thinking about food in a new light, and what better way to encourage them to eat those greens than by having them cook it? Group 24 was invol
ved with a grade 5/6 split class at Queen Mary Elementary to show these young students the basics of healthful home cooking with lessons centered around eating with Canada’s Food Guide. Since they were cooking in a classroom, simple salads, kale chips, and muffins were the go-to recipes. And of course cooking with 30 children posed challenges for the team, particularly when they are overly excited and handling knives, but everything was handled well and the students even proved how capable they were with knife and food safety. Members of group 24 really enjoyed this project and were excited to see the keen interest of the class in cooking and learning about nutrients, while at the same time learning a great deal about classroom management. Group 24 hopes that their lessons will inspire the kids to start cooking at home and be more conscience of the foods they eat.
You can access team 24′s recipes at bettertogetherbc.ca
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