👨‍🍳Culinary Arts·15 min·Sample Lesson

My First Kitchen: Safe Hands and Yummy Snacks

Did you know a chef washes their hands more than 20 times a day? That is because the number one rule in every kitchen in the world is: keep it clean and keep it safe. When you know the safe way to work, cooking is one of the most fun things you can do. Today you are going to be a little chef. You will learn how to wash up, how to help a grown-up, and how to make a real snack all by yourself. Put on your apron. Let us cook!

What You'll Learn

Today you will learn how to: - Wash your hands the chef way before you touch food - Name kitchen tools that are safe for kids - Always ask a grown-up before using anything hot or sharp - Build a yummy fruit and cheese snack all by yourself

Wash, Wash, Wash Your Hands

Before you touch any food, you wash your hands. Turn on the warm water. Rub soap all over, even between your fingers. Scrub while you sing 'Happy Birthday' two times slowly. Then rinse and dry. Why so long? Because tiny germs love to hide on your hands, and soap chases them away. Clean hands keep the food safe to eat.

Always ask a grown-up first

Stoves, ovens, and knives are grown-up tools. They can be very hot or very sharp. Always ask a grown-up to help before you go near anything hot or sharp.

Kid Tools and Grown-Up Tools

Some kitchen tools are safe and fun for little chefs. A big spoon for mixing, a plastic bowl, and a butter knife for spreading soft things like jam are kid tools. Other tools are grown-up tools. Sharp knives, the hot stove, and the oven need a grown-up. A good little chef knows the difference and always asks for help.

Cooking With Our Senses

Chefs use all their senses. We LOOK to see if bread is golden. We SMELL cookies baking. We LISTEN for popcorn popping. We TOUCH to feel if dough is soft. And best of all, we TASTE! Using your senses helps you cook. If milk smells yucky, your nose tells you not to drink it. Your senses keep you safe and help your food taste great.

Match the sense to what a chef notices.

Terms

Look with your eyes

Smell with your nose

Listen with your ears

Touch with your hands

Definitions

Popcorn goes pop pop pop

The dough feels soft and squishy

Cookies are baking!

See the toast turn golden brown

Drag terms onto their definitions, or click a term then click a definition to match.

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What is the very first thing a little chef does before touching food?

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Which one is a safe kid tool you can use by yourself?

Clean as you go

Good chefs put things away and wipe up spills while they cook. A clean space is a happy, safe space, and nobody slips on a spill.

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Make a Rainbow Snack Plate

With a grown-up nearby, wash your hands the chef way. Then build a snack plate all by yourself: put out cheese cubes, apple slices, grapes, and crackers. Spread a little jam on a cracker with a butter knife. Try to make a rainbow of colors on your plate! Deliverable: your finished rainbow snack plate. Tell your grown-up which color you liked eating best.

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