Preschool Kitchen Activities
Inspire a budding chef in and out of the kitchen.
— October 12, 2024
Does your child love to help you in the kitchen? Mine do, all three of them. But that doesn’t mean I’m always ready to have them all in there helping me. Do you ever feel that way? Sometimes you just need to make a meal without children shouting “I do it!” or hanging on your leg. This week’s activities are pasta themed and are excellent for kids in and out of the kitchen.
Pick and choose which activity is best based on where you want to encourage your budding chefs. Whether you’re in the kitchen making pasta by hand or playing a card game to learn the different names of the types you’ll be encouraging your child to learn more about the culinary arts.
A week of pasta activities.
The entire curriculum for this week is free. It has printables, book suggestions, coloring pages, and more. Explore more of Pp is for Pasta here.
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A sample homeschool schedule.
Monday highlight: Train wall display and apple math.
Morning basket kickstarts our regular homeschool days. Morning basket is filled with books for my two eldest children. The books do not interest my 2 year old yet. I begin with Mick, my 3 year old’s books. With this week being pasta themed we read Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola and Spaghetti from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. My 5 year old enjoyed these selections as well.
After, Mick was introduced to the new alphabet letter, Pp, using the alphabet wall display. I created a train for him because he loves trains but there is also a caterpillar and squirrel available. These are great to teach your 3-5 year old their alphabet, display their hard work, and play review games. You can check those printables out here: Alphabet Wall Displays.
I prefer to keep Mondays relaxed so we did not do a pasta activity today. Instead Mick reviewed numbers 0-10 using the Apple Math Printable.
Tuesday highlight: How is pasta made?
We began with a normal start to our day. After the morning basket Mick reviewed the alphabet using our wooden alphabet puzzle. I only supply him with the letters he has learned so that he is not overwhelmed with all 26.
Immediately after he finished I gave him a coloring page for the week to allow me to finish working with his older brother on his lesson.
Later in the day we made homemade ravioli! The boys loved making the pasta dough, rolling it out, and pinching the corners around the filling. Dinner was served!
Wednesday highlight: Go Pasta! Game.
After morning basket and reviewing the alphabet using the wall display the boys were very eager to play Go Pasta!
I needed to finish cutting out the printable, you can get that here for free. To preoccupy the boys while I cut, they sat at the table with me and colored the second coloring page of the week. Uppercase and lowercase letters are included for coloring and tracing. Once I finished we were ready to play.
Go Pasta! Is similar to Go Fish! The biggest difference being that this game is educational and is a great way to inspire your child in the culinary arts without having to be in the kitchen. Go Pasta! Teaches the names of different types of pasta while having fun. A key is provided.
Thursday highlight: Colorful pattern pasta necklace.
I began Thursday a little differently. We started in the kitchen preparing the penne pasta to do a craft later with them. The boys helped me to dye them and then we allowed the pasta to rest in the Ziploc bags and absorb the dye until after the morning basket.
Before we reviewed the alphabet the boys helped me to spread the penne out on cookie sheets to dry. They were dry and ready to make necklaces later that day. You can turn this time into a math lesson and review patterns with your child by making a pattern and having your child repeat the pattern on their necklace.
The last day of Letter of the Week is Thursday. On Fridays we have nature group.
Kitchen activities for preschoolers.
Inspire your budding chef in and out of the kitchen this week with Pp is for Pasta. From homemade pasta to learning patterns using rotini, to learning the names of different types of pasta your child will be excited to expand their knowledge of the culinary arts. Find the free printable and further instructions at Pp is for Pasta.
This week is only one of a 26 week curriculum for preschoolers, ages 3-5. Letter of the Week has been reimagined for all that home learning has to offer. Teach the alphabet as well as science, math, art, nature, and more with exciting and interesting activities. Also included are free printables, coloring pages, book suggestions, and so much more. Check it out at the button below.
A week of Pp is for Pasta at a glance.
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