Activities for Families

Cooking

As you follow a recipe or prepare some food, involve your child in counting out or measuring the ingredients, and talk about the sequence of steps. If they are not ready to do the steps themselves, have them ‘oversee’ your work.

Table setting and clearing

When setting the table, count how many people there will be, and then discuss which things (plate, fork, glass) each person will need. Do some people need different glasses for different drinks?

When you put the food out, how do you figure out how much food to provide? If you have six pieces of fruit for three people, how many should each person get to share it fairly?

When you clean up, are there some things that get cleaned in a different way than others? How can you tell when a lid matches a pot or pan? Which kinds of things get put away in which places?

Putting groceries away

When putting away groceries, talk about the types of things that go together. Which things need refrigeration? Where do the cans go? Where is there space for the big box? Use lots of relation words such as above, under, around, and between.