If you are searching for an educational, EYLF aligned cooking program designed specifically for Childcare & Kindergarten that provides high impact learning experiences, then you've come to the right place!
High impact learning experiences directly mapped to the EYLF outcomes.
This comprehensive cooking program is structured into four progressive modules, each designed to align with a full Kindergarten term.
Every module includes four carefully curated lessons that guide children through a clear and engaging learning journey. Within each lesson, key skills are intentionally developed alongside explicit teaching in Maths, Literacy, Science, and Creative Arts aligned to EYLF outcomes.
Designed to extend beyond the classroom, this program actively engages families at home, making it highly valued by both parents and carers, while reinforcing learning through real life application. It also supports evidence of quality practice, including intentional teaching, child engagement, and learning outcomes in key areas assessed in ratings.
Unlike traditional incursions, this program is built for educators to deliver. Your service maintains complete control over the lesson delivery.
No scheduling of external providers thus allowing you to implement lessons when and how it best suits your program allowing you to seamlessly adapt to timetabling changes where required. Each lesson is designed for repetition, which supports children to build confidence, independence, and mastery through familiarity.
Suitable for children as young as 2 years old, the program can be seamlessly adapted across age groups and capabilities, benefiting both Kindergarten and younger classrooms, driving inclusion.
Each lesson comes fully resourced, including:
- Printed and laminated learning materials and worksheets
- Detailed, step by step lesson plans with timings
- Set up guides and diagrams
- Complete shopping lists
- Equipment
- Food safe packaging and labelling
To further support quality practice, a dedicated Personal Development module is available. This builds educator capacity in intentional teaching, scaffolding, and delivery, supporting continuous improvement and quality outcomes under the National Quality Standard (NQS).
Flexible licensing options are available: yearly, per module, or per lesson as well as staff training. This allows your service to deliver the program across multiple classes, as often as you like, fully integrated into your existing curriculum.
“FOUNDATIONS” TERM
Programmed Lessons; Eat the Rainbow, Bread Basics, Exploring Energy, Pizza Palace and Smoothies.
Module 1 builds the essential foundations for confident, capable young cooks through five engaging, hands on lessons:
1. Eat the Rainbow, – Making Fruit Salad – Learn how to group fruits by how they grow as well as their positive health impacts
2. Bread Basics – Making Irish Soda Bread, Fresh Sandwiches and Fairy Bread – Learn the origins of over 50 types of bread and the geography of these countries.
3.Exploring Energy – Making Chocolate Chip Cookies – Understanding Energy and how activities and food relate to how our body works.
4. Pizza Palace- Making Pizza Dough and Pizzas – Science behind Yeast and the origins of Pizza
5. Smoothies- Making 6 different flavours of Smoothies – Reinforces positive health impacts of fruits/vegetables and encourages understanding how taste can change over time by understanding how our tastebuds work
Children are introduced to core cooking skills including measuring, mixing, spreading, kneading, and safe food preparation techniques.
They begin to develop fine motor skills through actions such as pouring, cutting (with age appropriate tools), and handling ingredients with control and care.
Students explore early numeracy concepts by measuring ingredients, recognising quantities, and following simple sequences.
Literacy is supported through listening to instructions, learning food related vocabulary, and engaging in discussion about ingredients and processes.
The module also introduces foundational health and science concepts. Through experiences like Eat the Rainbow and Smoothies, children learn about a variety of foods, colour groups, and the idea of “everyday foods” that support their bodies.
In Exploring Energy, children begin to understand how food gives them energy to play, grow, and learn.
Social and emotional development is embedded throughout, as children practise turn-taking, following routines, working collaboratively, and building confidence to try new foods and skills in a supportive environment.
By the end of Module 1, children have established the foundational skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to participate safely and successfully in cooking experiences, setting them up for deeper skill development in subsequent modules.”
D”EXPLORING” TERM
Programmed Lessons: Old Fashioned Faves, Mexican Fiesta, Sprinkles and Shades, Let the Good Times Roll and Cookie Jar.
Module 2 builds on foundational skills as children begin to explore greater independence, creativity, and cultural awareness through five engaging lessons.
1. Old Fashioned Faves – Chocolate Crackles & Shortbread – students learn how making food has changed… a touch of history.
2. Mexican Fiesta – Nachos & Guacamole – students learn about horticulture; growing their own Avocado Tree.
3. Sprinkles & Shades – Vanilla Cupcakes- students study the colour wheel and colour matching .
4. Let the Good Times Roll – Sushi Rolls & Sushi Balls – learn some Japanese.
5. Cookie Jar – Sugar Cookies – learn how to store food correctly.
Throughout this module, children strengthen their core cooking abilities while taking more ownership of the process.
In Old Fashioned Faves (chocolate crackles and shortbread), students practice independent mixing, combining ingredients, and following multi-step instructions with increasing confidence. Fine motor skills are further refined through shaping, pressing, and decorating.
Children are introduced to diverse food experiences and cultural connections. Mexican Fiesta and Let the Good Times Roll expose students to new ingredients, flavours, and preparation styles, encouraging curiosity and openness to trying unfamiliar foods.
In Sprinkles and Shades, children experiment with colour mixing, decorating, and visual presentation, linking cooking to early science and creative arts. Cookie Jar reinforces these skills through shaping, design, and personal expression.
Early numeracy and literacy skills continue to develop as children follow more detailed steps, measure with increasing accuracy, and engage in discussions about processes, textures, and outcomes. Children also begin to problem-solve, make simple decisions, and adapt their approach with guidance.
Socially, students build confidence working more independently while still collaborating with peers, sharing resources, and participating in group routines. They are encouraged to take pride in their creations and develop a stronger sense of capability in the kitchen.
By the end of Module 2, children are more confident, curious, and independent learners who are ready to expand their skills, embrace new challenges, and engage more deeply with both the creative and practical aspects of cooking.
“DEVELOPING” TERM
Programmed Lessons: Cafe, Tea Party, Say Cheese, Honey and the Bees, Cloudy with a Chance of Dumplings.
Module 3 deepens children’s skills as they move into more intentional creating, refining techniques, and making meaningful connections across cooking, science, and real-world experiences.
1. Cafe – Burger bun and vegetable pattie as well as milkshake – Making a Menu, sequencing, ordering.
2. Tea Party – Sweet and Savoury Scones – How to make Butter from scratch.
3. Say Cheese – Macaroni Cheese & Cute Mouse Crackers – How to Write a recipe
4. Honey and the Bees – Honey Cake & Fruit Muesli Slice – How pollination happens.
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Dumplings – Vegetable dumplings – Learn about the Steam
Throughout this module, children further develop precision and control in their cooking. They practice more advanced preparation techniques such as assembling, portioning, and combining ingredients with greater independence. Fine motor skills are strengthened through detailed tasks like spreading, folding, shaping, and carefully constructing food items.
Real-world connections are a strong focus.
In Cafe and Tea Party, children engage in role play and social scenarios, exploring food presentation, simple menu concepts, and the experience of preparing and serving food for others. This supports both communication skills and an understanding of everyday food environments.
Children also explore where food comes from and how it is produced. In Say Cheese and Honey and the Bees, they are introduced to basic food origins and processes, building early awareness of production, sustainability, and the natural world.
Cloudy with a Chance of Dumplings extends both cooking and science learning. Children independently mix their own fillings and practice precise folding and pressing techniques, further strengthening fine motor control.
This lesson also introduces simple science concepts such as weather, steam, and condensation, linking cooking processes to real-world phenomena in an engaging and memorable way.
Numeracy and literacy skills continue to develop as children follow more complex sequences, measure with increased accuracy, and describe processes and outcomes using richer vocabulary.
Problem solving and decision making are encouraged as children adjust techniques and take greater responsibility for their creations.
By the end of Module 3, children are confident creators who can apply their skills with greater independence, think more deeply about food and its origins, and make connections between cooking, science, and everyday life thus preparing them for the final stage of mastery.
“MASTERING” TERM
Programmed Lessons: Breakfast Time, Faster Pasta, Bake Sale, Berry Balanced, My Masterpiece.
Module 4 represents the culmination of the program, where children bring together their skills, knowledge, and confidence to work with increasing independence, purpose, and precision.
Through Breakfast Time, Faster Pasta, Bake Sale, Berry Balanced, and My Masterpiece Meal, children refine their techniques while taking ownership of the full cooking process, from preparation through to presentation.
A key focus of this module is sequencing and independent thinking. Children learn that both food and cooking follow a logical order of steps.
In Faster Pasta, they explore how ingredients are created and transformed, beginning with understanding how wheat is processed into flour, which is then combined to form dough and shaped into pasta. They follow and apply a clear sequence: mixing, rolling, cutting, cooking, and adding sauce thus developing their ability to plan, organise, and execute multi-step processes.
Children extend this understanding by designing their own simple sauces, making choices about ingredients and learning that even creativity follows a sequence: building a base, adding ingredients, and combining flavours.
This strengthens decision making, problem solving, and confidence in their own ideas.
Across the module, children demonstrate increased independence as they plan, prepare, and assemble recipes with minimal support.
In Breakfast Time, they explore simple, everyday food preparation, reinforcing practical life skills and building confidence in making their own meals at home.
Bake Sale introduces purpose driven cooking, where children prepare food to share with others. This supports planning, organisation, and an understanding of audience, while fostering pride and responsibility.
In Berry Balanced, children independently measure, cut, and prepare a chocolate mug cake alongside a fresh berry fruit salad, reinforcing concepts of balance while strengthening independence, confidence, accuracy and control.
The module culminates in My Masterpiece Meal, a capstone experience where children independently create a three-part meal: a drink, a hot food item, and a dessert.
They select ingredients, sequence their tasks (preparing a smoothie, assembling a main, and creating a dessert), and apply a wide range of skills including measuring, cutting, mixing, spreading, layering, and presenting their food. This experience emphasises planning, independence, creativity, and reflection, as children recognise and celebrate the skills they have developed across the program.
Throughout Module 4, children demonstrate advanced fine motor control, improved accuracy, and strong problem-solving abilities. Literacy and numeracy are embedded through following multi-step instructions, working with quantities, and communicating processes and outcomes.
Socially and emotionally, children show increased confidence, resilience, and independence. They take responsibility for their work, collaborate effectively, and express pride in their achievements.
By the end of Module 4, children are capable, confident young cooks who can follow and create processes, make informed choices, and apply their skills in real-life contexts with independence and creativity.
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