Cooking and Learning About Food
£ 36.00 incl VAT
Complete this training to learn more about how to plan and deliver cooking and learning about food activities with children. Explore topics including: the benefits of cooking with young children, how to choose recipes in- line with the Eat Better Start Better guidelines and suitable skills to teach in your early years setting.
Individual: Use this option if you are booking this course for yourself
Group: Use this option if you are booking this course for one or more of your team. We have created a handy user guide on using the Group Leader function (opens in new tab).
Description
What you’ll learn in the Cooking and Learning About Food training
- The benefits of cooking and learning about food activities
- An overview of children’s nutrient requirements
- How to read food labels
- How to choose recipes in-line with the Eat Better Start Better guidelines
- Suitable skills to teach children in the early years
- Key considerations such as, allergy management and food safety
- How to plan cooking activities for children
- Links to the EYFS framework including, how to make healthy choices in relation to food
- Other activities that support children to learn about food
- Home learning activity ideas to share with parents /carers
Who is this training suitable for?
Early Years Practitioners, such as those working in nurseries and Children Centres, childminders and nannies.
Leaning Content
The training comprises of information slides and interactive activities.
Resources to support your practice and share with families.
Estimated study time 2-2.5 hours hours.
Assessment
Short multiple choice assessment.
Knowledge Development Plan (KDP) to reflect on your learning.
Certification
Certificate issued on successful completion of the course and the Knowledge Development Plan (KDP).
Please Note: Your account is valid and will remain open for twelve months from the date of purchase. After the twelve months the account may be closed if there is no activity/use and any data and/or documentation will not be available to access.
Cost
£36 inc VAT.
Testimonial
“This course was very useful for my role as Cook in an early years setting. There are loads of brilliant resources and information that I can take into my setting to improve the way cooking and learning about food is delivered to the children”. – Ruth Laidlaw, Nursery Chef, June 2024.
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