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Week 01 · Clean Hands, Ready Kitchen

Monday

Welcome to the trail kitchen
// Wash up, team up, read the card
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Welcome to the Trail Kitchen

Ferris the Fox swings open the door of the trail cabin kitchen. "Today we start cooking school!" he says.

Bennie the Bear peeks at the shiny bowls and spoons. "Where do we begin?" he asks.

Ferris smiles. "What do you notice before a cook touches any food?"

Riley the Raccoon taps the sink. "Here is a hint," he says. "It starts with soap."

Cooking school

Welcome to Fox & Fern Kitchen! For twelve weeks, you will learn to cook real food.

Each week you learn one kitchen skill. You practice it on paper and at the counter.

On Family Cook Day, you make a real recipe with a grown-up.

And yes, at the end, you get to taste what you made!

Your jobs and grown-up jobs

In this kitchen, everyone has jobs.

You can wash food, measure, pour, stir, mash and set the table.

A grown-up does every hot job and every sharp job.

That means the stove, the oven, the microwave and every knife.

JobWho does it?
Wash the berriesYou
Measure a cup of oatsYou
Stir the bowlYou
Turn on the stoveGrown-up
Cut an apple with a knifeGrown-up
Take a pan out of the ovenGrown-up
WHOSE JOB IS IT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who stirs a cold bowl of fruit?
Who turns on the oven?
Who uses the knife?
Who can measure a cup of oats?
Kitchen ruleTrue or false?
A grown-up does every hot job.?
You can use the knife if you are careful.?
Kids can wash, measure, pour and stir.?
On Family Cook Day, you get to taste your food.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEClear jobs keep everyone safe, so cooking stays fun.
Who does the hot and sharp jobs? Type one word.
WHY THIS EXERCISEIn this kitchen, a grown-up always handles heat and knives.
For a grown-up
Welcome! This course teaches real cooking, one skill a week.
A grown-up handles every hot and sharp job: stove, oven, microwave, toaster and knives.
Your child washes, measures, pours, stirs, mashes and tastes finished food.
Every recipe has an allergy swap line. Check every recipe against your family's allergies first.
Stay with your child the whole time they are in the kitchen.
Try it
Take a kitchen tour with your grown-up.
Point to three tools you may use, like a bowl, a spoon and a cup.
Then point to three things only a grown-up uses.

Great start, cook! Tomorrow you learn the most important kitchen skill of all: clean hands.