{"id":889,"date":"2020-03-06T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=889"},"modified":"2020-03-11T23:12:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T03:12:24","slug":"cooking-for-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/03\/06\/cooking-for-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking For &amp; With Kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cooking with children can help with many skills and encourage them to become an adventurous eater! It engages the senses, builds mathematics and critical thinking skills, explores science, build language skills, you can share your culture or learn about a new one together through food.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these great tips for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/safety-prevention\/at-home\/Pages\/Kitchen-Safety.aspx\">kitchen safety<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Ready to cook up a bit of fun in the kitchen? Check out these great ideas! Consider making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184071192521\/\">animal pancakes<\/a> for breakfast or a fun snack! Or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184071192491\/\">birdhouse sandwich<\/a> for lunch!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/08\/Melissa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/08\/Melissa-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/08\/Melissa-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/08\/Melissa-624x497.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2018\/08\/Melissa.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>How about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184061898044\/\">tropical fruit snack plate<\/a>?\u00a0 Or a fun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184057346019\/\">popcorn mix<\/a>? Or try some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184061902428\/\">PB&amp;J faux sushi<\/a>?\u00a0 Create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184054885725\/\">fruit filled rainbow<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Make your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184056350617\/\">granola bars<\/a>! Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184061898049\/\">jellyfish sandwiches!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\">Photo: Melissa {flickr}<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooking with children can help with many skills and encourage them to become an adventurous eater! It engages the senses, builds mathematics and critical thinking skills, explores science, build language skills, you can share your culture or learn about a new one together through food. Check out these great tips for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/safety-prevention\/at-home\/Pages\/Kitchen-Safety.aspx\">kitchen safety<\/a>! Ready  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/03\/06\/cooking-for-with-kids\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[585,586,454,587,115],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boredum-busters","tag-cooking-with-kids","tag-creative-lunches","tag-kids-in-the-kitchen","tag-snack-time","tag-southern-maryland-au-pairs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cooking For &amp; With Kids! - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cooking For &amp; With Kids! - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cooking with children can help with many skills and encourage them to become an adventurous eater! 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