内容来源：北京伊顿家长大学
来源：teachmama.com
作者：Amy Kilpatrick Mascott
翻译：家长大学
过去几年里，我和孩子们在食物中发现了许多乐趣。
Over the last few years, we’ve had a ton of fun with food over here.
我喜欢食物，我孩子喜欢食物，我丈夫也喜欢食物，我们都很喜欢尝试新鲜事物，还有，一起做饭。
每当孩子们和我一起在厨房里系上围裙做饭时，他们只是觉得做饭很好玩，并不知道自己在看食谱、称食材，烹饪的同时，也在学习很多技能，比如阅读、数学、自然科学等等。我认为让做饭变得寓教于乐，这个过程就非常有趣。
只要家长和老师留出更多耐心，处理厨房里的一些混乱（当然有些人能，有些人不能），无论刚会走的小孩还是已经上学的大孩子，都能从帮厨中收获裨益。
他们甚至都没意识到自己在学习，只是觉得好好玩。
这些是发生在我们家厨房里的故事，你也可以试着让你的厨房变成边玩边学，还能做美味的神奇所在！
I love food, my kids love food, my husband loves food, and we all really love trying new things and making meals together.
Little do my kiddos know that every time they don their aprons in the kitchen with me, they’re secretly working on their reading, math, science, and so many more important skills while they’re looking at recipes, measuring ingredients, and watching their creation come to life. It’s fun for them, and it’s fun for me.
If parents and teachers can handle a little bit more of a mess and prescribe themselves a extra dose of patience(some can, and some cannot–I totally get that!),toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged children–kids of all ages–can all benefit by helping in the kitchen.
Kids don’t even realize they’re learning when they’re cooking. They just think they’re having fun with food!
Here are a few of the ways we have fun with food over here (and sneak in a little bit of learning in the kitchen!):
* 数数和分类
当小孩对某件事感兴趣时，我们就可以把它运用到教学上，无论是体育运动、手工还是烹饪。我的孩子总想帮我准备晚餐，所以我就悄悄地在这个过程里设计了一些数学、分类和颜色学习的内容。
* Counting & Sorting: When little ones are interested in something, we’ve got to use it to our teaching advantage, whether it’s sports or crafts or cooking. My youngest always wants to help me prepare dinner, so that’s when I sneak in some counting, sorting, and color-learning!
我的小Cora喜欢帮忙准备食物
My tiny Cora loves helping prepare food in the kitchen,
她能练习切菜、数数，还能学习部分和整体的关系
whether it’s cutting or counting or learning about parts of a whole.
* 做实验：科学厨房在我家
在成人的指导和帮助下，孩子可以学习很多知识。比如用吃剩的糖果能做什么，孩子们会让你见识到创意的力量。
* Conducting Experiments: Science in the kitchen Absolutely!
Kids can learn so much with a little guidance and some direction. . . and with leftover candy, there’s no telling what they can do!
冰激凌能装在袋里？哈哈，密封袋装冰激凌简直不能更好玩！
Ice-cream in a bag? Yes–Ziplock Ice-cream was SO much fun!!
用糖果做实验，也是小菜一碟。
They can conduct experiments on Halloween candy. . .
还有，用糖果画画
. . . and they can even ‘paint’ with candy!
吃剩的棒棒糖，还能有这种操作
experimenting with leftover candy canes
* 阅读技能
做菜时，我们会一起读菜谱。为了让孩子更容易看懂，我做了很多儿童版菜谱，放大了字体，配上插图，清楚展示出每个步骤。让他们在享受做饭乐趣的同时，还能锻炼读写技能。
* Reading: We have followed dozens of recipes that I’ve modified or made more kid-friendly. With larger print, pictures, and clearly defined steps, kids can really work their early literacy skills while having fun with food!
怎么烤饼干，怎么做点心，
Cookie baking. . .
我们一边读菜谱，一边做各种好吃的。
and rhubarb pie-making gave us reason to do some recipe-reading, along with tons of other foods!
* 尝试新事物
新的口感、新的味道、新的气味、新的声音，食物是让孩子尝试新事物的超棒的方法。
* Trying New Things: New textures, new tastes, new smells, and new sounds, food is a super-awesome way to introduce new things to our little ones!
瞧这个呆萌的大头菜！
You got it–kolhrabi. It’s awesome.
杨桃，比大头菜漂亮一点，也更甜一点。
Star Fruit— a lot more pretty than kohlrabi and a tad bit sweeter.
Cora第一次学会做炒面时，她的小脸上绽放出了灿烂的笑容
But Cora was beaming when she mastered making pancit for the first time!
* 发展精细运动
一双筷子(或夹子)、一个放鸡蛋的盒子，再来几块橡皮软糖，让颜色学习、数学学习和小肌肉锻炼，都变得甜如蜜糖！
* Working on Fine Motor Skills: Chopstocks (or tongs) and egg cartons and a few pieces of gummy candy made learning colors, counting, and working fine motor muscles so much sweeter!
筷子、颜色、分类=有趣的糖果
Chopsticks, colors, and sorting= FUN with candy
* 形状学习
几条甘草糖，几张图形卡，让孩子对形状的学习乐在其中！
* Learning Shapes: With some red licorice and shape cards, my kids loved learning their shapes!
好吃又有“形”，超~甜的！
super sweet shape snacks
* 欢庆节日
除了做手工、玩游戏和家庭传统活动，节日还有另一番庆祝方式——做趣味食物！
* Celebrating Holidays: Along with great crafts and games and family traditions, holidays also provide yet another reason to have some fun with food!
这些万圣节小幽灵是不是很惊艳？
These Spooky Ghosts rocked our Halloween party–
还有更惊艳的手指、眼球……
. . . like our fake fingers, eyeballs, and boogies!
* 建构图形
做手工或做菜时，孩子需要自己去搭配/创造各种图形结构，这可以锻炼到数学能力和批判性思维能力。
* Creating Patterns: Patterning in crafts or cooking help our kiddos with math and critical thinking skills.
蔬菜串串很健康呢
Veggie kabob patterns were a bit more healthy —
孩子会将糖果的“心”（形状），牢牢记在心上。
but my kiddos totally ‘hearted’ playing with patterns using candy message hearts!
* 调查研究
有时，食物的乐趣来自于一些小小的调查研究。
* Researching: Having fun with food also means doing a little bit of research sometimes.
我们研究过哪种苹果树上会产出哪种苹果
We researched to learn what kind of apples an apple tree produced,
怎么打开椰子（周五是我们家的“尝鲜日”，这是其中一个周五的食物）
and how to open our first coconut(among many other New For Us Friday foods!).
* 发挥想象力
当你对孩子说“宝贝，去做吧”，你会发现孩子将源源不断地回馈给你无限惊喜，让你直呼“天哪，宝贝太有创意了！”
* Using Imaginations: When they’re given the ‘go’, kids never cease to amaze me with what they can created, and the same thing goes for creating in the kitchen!
Maddy和Owen开动脑筋，为Cora做了一个大黄蜂蛋糕
Maddy and Owen stretched their brains to create Cora’s bumblebee cupcakes!
我们还一起做了Owen的泳池派对蛋糕
And we all had a ‘splash’ creating Owen’s pool party cupcakes, too!
在Maddy的生日会上，糖果寿司闪亮登场！
Candy Sushi took the cake at Maddy’s birthday party!
* 培养对小动物的爱
我们家养了只小汪叫Brandy，它是一条小土狗，但在家里享受的是土豪级贵宾待遇。孩子们会亲手给它做好吃的狗饼干，那可不是普通的饼干，每一块都是满满的爱。
* Showing Love for Pets: Our Brady is quite the spoiled pooch–with our attempt at homemade dog treats, my kids not only had fun in the kitchen, they showed their furry brother how much they love him!
Brandy喜欢这种小点心——不只是为人做饭，为狗狗做饭也很有趣（虽然我们都尝了尝）
Brady loved his homemade dog treats–fun with food for dogs, not humans. (But we all tried them!)
感恩食物，赐予我们无限快乐！
And that’s about it for the Fun with Food round-up!
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