Children learn to respect individual tastes and preferences. Children learn where food comes from, how it is supplied, and how it is processed and prepared. Children practice and strengthen small and large motor skills by cutting, rolling, squeezing, spreading, pouring, beating, whisking, and scrubbing. Children learn about cause and effect, about how things react when heated or cooled, and what it means to evaporate and dissolve. Children learn to predict outcomes and investigate changes.
Children learn to observe closely and describe in detail.
Children learn how different parts come together to make a new whole. Children learn to follow directions. Children learn new vocabulary and improve their use of rich descriptive language.