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Helping Hands
Cook It!
Cook It! is an engaging children’s book that introduces young readers to the everyday experience of preparing food, helping in the kitchen, and working together as a family. With simple, conversational text and lively illustrations, this interactive story encourages children to think about meals, ingredients, shopping, cooking, and the many ways they can lend a helping hand.
Who’s home for dinner? What shall we cook? What ingredients do we need to buy? And once everyone has eaten, who will help with the washing-up? Through familiar kitchen activities, children are encouraged to explore the steps involved in preparing a meal and discover that cooking can be a fun opportunity to learn, cooperate, and contribute.
Taking part in age-appropriate food preparation and household routines can help children build independence, responsibility, confidence, and practical life skills. Talking about what to cook, making choices, gathering ingredients, and helping to tidy up also provides natural opportunities to develop communication, sequencing, problem-solving, and teamwork.
Key features and
Introduces children to cooking, meal preparation, shopping, and tidying upEncourages independence, responsibility, cooperation, and teamworkSupports practical everyday life skillsPromotes discussion about food, ingredients, choices, and family routinesEncourages sequencing and problem-solving skillsSimple conversational text invites parent-child interactionLively illustrations encourage observation and discussionConnects everyday experiences with meaningful early learning
Cook It! helps children discover the fun of getting involved in family routines while encouraging confidence, cooperation, and a positive attitude toward helping others.
The Helping Hands series introduces children to meaningful everyday activities and shows how they can participate in real tasks. Across Clean It!, Cook It!, Grow It!, Fix It!, and Recycling!, children discover practical ways to help at home and in their community while developing responsibility, independence, cooperation, and useful life skills. Simple conversational text and lively illustrations encourage adults and children to read together, talk about their experiences, and explore how small helping hands can make a big difference.
Who’s home for dinner? What shall we cook? What ingredients do we need to buy? And once everyone has eaten, who will help with the washing-up? Through familiar kitchen activities, children are encouraged to explore the steps involved in preparing a meal and discover that cooking can be a fun opportunity to learn, cooperate, and contribute.
Taking part in age-appropriate food preparation and household routines can help children build independence, responsibility, confidence, and practical life skills. Talking about what to cook, making choices, gathering ingredients, and helping to tidy up also provides natural opportunities to develop communication, sequencing, problem-solving, and teamwork.
Key features and
Introduces children to cooking, meal preparation, shopping, and tidying upEncourages independence, responsibility, cooperation, and teamworkSupports practical everyday life skillsPromotes discussion about food, ingredients, choices, and family routinesEncourages sequencing and problem-solving skillsSimple conversational text invites parent-child interactionLively illustrations encourage observation and discussionConnects everyday experiences with meaningful early learning
Cook It! helps children discover the fun of getting involved in family routines while encouraging confidence, cooperation, and a positive attitude toward helping others.
The Helping Hands series introduces children to meaningful everyday activities and shows how they can participate in real tasks. Across Clean It!, Cook It!, Grow It!, Fix It!, and Recycling!, children discover practical ways to help at home and in their community while developing responsibility, independence, cooperation, and useful life skills. Simple conversational text and lively illustrations encourage adults and children to read together, talk about their experiences, and explore how small helping hands can make a big difference.
24 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2010
About the author
Georgie Birkett
109 books8 followersI live and work in the beautiful hilly town of Lewes, near Brighton with my husband, two sons and two cats. I have made lots of children’s books, working with many publishers including PenguinRandomHouse, Macmillan and Bloomsbury. Making children's books is the best job ever and so fun, I knew this would be my job even when I was in primary school!
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March 13, 2021
This is a simple, appealing little book that follows a little girl and her dad through making pizza. The text is designed more as questions for an adult to read to a child and not so much as narration - asking what goes on next, and so on. I appreciate that it focuses on a multiracial family, with dad actively engaging in cooking with the toddler. This is somewhere between board book and regular paper - durable enough for young kids. I'd read this if you're looking for a good book for a little conversation at a very basic level, but not if you're looking for a standard story (even though the actual events are pretty standard.)
May 17, 2022
Fun little reader to teach how jobs need to be done start to finish.
See lots of teaching conversations with this little gem. One place I wish the picture was more detailed was at the store when they talk about amount due and change back - but that is when imagination comes into play ... Let's say we owe $10 and we give them $20 ... even for littles, this would be a fun lesson in life skills.
See lots of teaching conversations with this little gem. One place I wish the picture was more detailed was at the store when they talk about amount due and change back - but that is when imagination comes into play ... Let's say we owe $10 and we give them $20 ... even for littles, this would be a fun lesson in life skills.
September 17, 2023
Lots of discussion possible as you read.
May 20, 2012
Great kid's book!
April 3, 2017
The books help children for having their practical life by helping parents to prepare simple meals. . Simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage further dialogue between parents and our child.
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July 20, 2018I could take or leave this book, but it's my 21-month-old's absolute favorite right now. She asks for it by name.
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September 26, 2018Ready to introduce family participation and chores? Then our parent says you need this book. See why our mom reviewer loves this series.
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