Kids Cook Real Food: Cooking Class Curriculum Paperback – March 23, 2017

We bought this program last year and then became so busy we forgot about. Then I saw the book and we bought that too. I have two daughters one very advanced and one needs more time(Downs Syndrome). Using the combination of the book and the video has made a huge difference for us. Always going back and checking details with both book and video. Thanks for considering all types of learners!

So easy to follow, has great explanations, and for all learning types and ages. I can't wait to start teaching

This curriculum is fantastic. The Kids Cook Real Food course has made a huge positive impact on my family. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and up until I started this course with my kids I would occasionally let them into the kitchen to "help" but for the most part would shoo them away, especially during dinner prep crunch-time.Going through the course with my kids has miraculously transformed their "help" into real, actual help. I can now call on my 8 year old (practicing the advanced level) to help when I'm running late and she'll help me to have dinner ready on time, or even send her into the kitchen to cook something on her own and with very little supervision because I have the confidence that she learned all the safety tips about knives and hot stoves/ovens during the lessons.And when I say she will "cook something," I'm not talking about boxed mac n cheese, or hamburger helper. She's learning how to deal with real food ingredients - to cut veggies, shred cheese, make homemade tortillas & bread rolls, and so much more from-scratch cooking and baking. This is really important to me, so she knows not only how to help out in my kitchen, but also how to feed herself and her family healthy food when she grows up.My beginner student can prepare a green salad for us all by herself. She'll wash the lettuce, tear the leaves, spin it dry (that's her favorite part), and serve it up. Soon she'll be ready to prepare the homemade dressing on her own, too!Overall, I cannot say enough good things about this book. It's worth buying a membership to the online course so you have access to the videos as well, but even just these written materials alone are really helpful. Mrs Kimball is great at breaking down seemingly simple tasks into easy steps that make sense to little ones. The recipe book (Recipes for Kids Cook Real Food) that goes along with this curriculum book is really helpful to have, as well.

We have the video version of this curriculum and it is really fun and effective. My children like to prepare things they have learned from taking the class, because the skills seem more interesting (and accessible) when the talented Mrs Kimball teaches them in an engaging, step by step way. It makes cooking an interesting challenge to learn. I have experienced this too. Heretofore I've always thought of chopping as boring. When you learn some knife skills, chopping becomes an art that you can practice, an art that you can take pride in. Children love to learn a new, grown-up kind of skill like this too.The lessons for the little ones are really great. The little ones love to watch the videos again and again. They LOVE to try the skills that she teaches them too... everything from spreading butter on bread to chopping with a dull knife to measuring. (The measuring lessons are the best!). Mrs Kimball has a great personality and is a fun friend to have in the kitchen.This series makes it easy to teach your children to cook. I already know how to cook real food, but it would take a lot of planning in order to teach my little brood in a nice logical and fun way like this. I don't have time to plan that and I'm not creative enough to make it fun and kid-friendly. Mrs Kimball has done all the background work that enables me to gather my supplies (clearly listed and easy to find), turn on the video and go, and have fun doing it! For a homeschooling family with our hands full, this is an ideal program.

My kids have loved this course and we keep coming back to it! We haven’t finished the entire thing yet ( will have to come back and review again then) but I love that they are learning so many valuable skills and information about healthy cooking and eating as well as learning to make full meals! Added to that the confidence they are gaining in the kitchen which helps mama out a whole lot! A+ for Kids cook real food.I also love that they now have the independent course that they can do on their own without a whole lot of parent participation which is awesome for this homeschooling mama of four.

I do not have the physical book, I have the exact content in the digital form. It is an amazing curriculum. I'm working on it with my 7 and 4 year old and it is amazing. Starts with basics like spreading butter or peanut butter end with making full recipes using a stove top. Good for toddlers through adult. It is clearly written and I highly recommend the authors videos as well, especially if you have a visual learner like me, but if your on a budget this book is all you need. Includes shopping lists broken down by level and lesson.

There are a couple of mixes in the book that you're supposed to add to the recipes once you buy them I them but they look like this.

We REALLY enjoy these cooking classes! My kids feel so independent making their own food and food for the rest of the family, too. It's no longer a struggle to get them to eat veggies when they're the ones who have cut or prepared them. And this book makes following the curriculum foolproof! I'm a visual learner myself, so having the lessons printed out so it is very clear to me what we are teaching helps the lessons go super smooth. I recommend this to all my family and friends. A great resource an life skill and FUN, too!