Children love to help cook, and it’s a good time to talk about numbers, textures, and colors.
-Have the child count as you add ingredients to a recipe, or the number of times they stir the ingredients.
-This is also a good time to talk about healthy foods and special treats!
-The book Mudworks has wonderful recipes for safe clays to make with your children. Even dryer vent dust can make a good play clay!
-Make homemade play dough together, use plastic knives, forks, cookie cutters while you play. Create letters, numbers and shapes. Use toys like dinosaurs or cars for imaginative play with the clay.
-Make trail mix and have the child measure the ingredients into the container.
Kindergarten Prep at Home 