Cook with Kids!

Course Description

Learn how cooking with children benefits their health and school performance. This training provides four simple steps to plan, prepare, and present a successful cooking activity for your classroom or after school program. Participants will review a cooking event planner, key tips for instruction, and resources to keep students safe while cooking.

• Course Number: 431

• Training Length: 30 minutes

• Certificate: Available at the end of the training

• Target Audience: Teachers, Child Care Providers, Nutrition or Wellness Coordinators, Food Service Directors, and Expanded Learning Program Staff

• Mandatory: No

• Cost: Free

• Date Recorded: February 2018

Online Course

Begin the Cook with Kids! course

Referenced Resources

The following lists and handouts are referenced throughout this online course:

• California Department of Education (CDE) Cook with Kids! Cooking Event Planner web page to plan cooking and nutrition education in the classroom.
  
  
• National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) International Scrub Club Resources web page for classroom activities and handouts to teach proper hand washing to children, including the Scrub Club 5 Steps of Handwashing Poster.
  
  
• Fight Bac! Partnership for Food Safety Education Curricula and Programs web page to promote food safety and proper food handling.
  
  
• The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Harvest of the Month Curricula to explore, taste, and learn more about the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables.

Crediting

• Crediting: 0.5 hours
  
  
• Key Area: Nutrition (1000)
  
  
  • Training Topic: Nutrition Education (1200)
    
    
    • Learning Objective: Plan age or grade appropriate nutrition education activities using U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition materials when possible (1210)

For more information on crediting, access the USDA web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF)

Additional Information

The following resources provide additional information and curriculum to support nutrition education programs or events:

• CDE California Nutrition Education Resource Guide for more information on how to plan, implement, and evaluate instructional strategies for a comprehensive nutrition education program.
  
  
• CDE Kids Cook Farm-Fresh Food Activity Guide for classroom activities that link academic content standards to the real world through gardens, nutrition, cooking, recycling, and the environment.
  
  
• CDE Content Standards web page for defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
  

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact the Nutrition Services Division by phone at 800-952-5609 or by email at CArecipes@cde.ca.gov.