Adaptive TEACHING KITCHEN Class Lett-uce" Talk Nutrition

Therapeutic Benefits

• INDEPENDENCE: Cooking is an essential LIFE SKILL that participants with differing abilities need to learn. 
• ORDER/SEQUENCE: By completing steps in a specific order. This means that they are working on the skill of SEQUENCING without even realizing it! Having them practice sequencing skills with hands-on tasks will carryover in following the recipe.
• FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Cooking will help improve student’s fine motor skills. They get practice opening containers, pouring, measuring, opening/ closing the oven/microwave and using the cooking utensils.
• SOCIAL SKILLS-TURN TAKIN: The Teaching Kitchen group is a great time to fit in social skills opportunities. You can work on manners, waiting and turn-taking with participants. 
• UNDERSTANDING: The BEST skill is saved for last!  Understanding the visual recipes at hand by asking questions about what they made, what tools were used and if they enjoyed ii.

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