If you ever got the opportunity to send your children to a kids cooking camp in Brooklyn, please do it. We of late came off a week of cooking camp for my 8 years old son. And each day, he brought home a full dinner for the family. Not having to plan meals or cook for a week was great for me, but the camp was even better for my son.
I cook quite a lot with my kids at home, but there’re some limitations when it’s about teaching your own kids how to cook. Sometimes, they will listen better & be more open to new things when the message is coming from somebody else. Here are many ways your child could improve his or skill in the kitchen with a little assistance from the outside.
Knife Skills: Being a responsible parent, I always hesitate to give my children a sharp knife for cutting. They did not falter at the cooking school, though. My son came home with small cuts on his fingers, but he pushed through & got the habit of using sharp knives.
Different equipment & techniques: That cooking camp offered my son access to tools & techniques that he does not get to experience at home. I’ve no culinary training & I never make high-maintenance recipes. However, at the camp, he used special chopping tools & whipped eggs for eight minutes in a grinder for a cake recipe. He was exhilarated to share these new and unique experiences with me.
Trying new foods: Regardless of how much I strive to convenience my kids to taste diverse foods, they are not always open when I make suggestions. However, if somebody else introduces a new food, they are more apt to try it. And if they make a dish, they are almost certain to give it a chance.
My son ate things from the cooking camp that he would not have touched if I had prepared them. And to be honest, he made things I perhaps would not have prepared at home.
Self-confidence: Preparing meals outside our kitchen & bringing them home to cater to the family truly improved my son’s self-confidence. Now he insists on cutting up peaches & plums for himself at snack time, even I insist to do it. He was not exactly nervous in the kitchen prior to this kids cooking camp in Brooklyn, but he has a new courage that I am hoping will encourage him to prepare more meals for us.
Under expert supervision and in a friendly environment kids between 6 to 8 can get started with new tasks that include gathering or clearing away cooking utensils, washing produce, cracking eggs into a bowl, shredding cheese and washing dishes. As they advance between ages 9 to 12, kids should still have an adult to supervise their kitchen activities, but by this point, they can manage majority of the work themselves. They can plan out a basic meal, follow directions in a recipe, operate basic kitchen appliances, bake and clean up.
There are summer camps in Brooklyn that offer great cooking classes to kids. Feel free to check out such kind of facilities.
