The idea for this activity began when I bought a book for my children called, "Book Cooks" by Janet Bruno. I think this old version is now out of print but it is absolutely delightful. It helped to inspire me by merging two of my favorite activities to do with children- Reading and Cooking. There are a million ideas you can do on your own with this. Just pick a favorite book and a recipe to go along with it. Add in a few extension activities if you like and your kids will all love you for it. Each of the kids in our daycare have their own little aprons and a few miniature sized cooking utensils to really help involve them in the cooking process. If you would like to see a few of my favorites, just click on the "Cook with a Book" ideas under the labels tab in the right hand column of my Home screen.
