Success StoryMaking Memories in the Kitchen



Making Memories in the Kitchen

Author: Christina A. Martin

Planning Unit: Russell County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Plan of Work: Skills Development through Youth Development

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The Russell County 4-H program offered a series of cooking classes to elementary school youth.  The youth learned basic kitchen life skills such as reading a recipe, measuring ingredients, mixing ingredients, using small appliances, using an oven, and cooking/baking safety.  Teaching youth to cook not only instills basic skills for living, it also promotes responsibility, healthy eating habits, and self-sufficiency.  At the end of the program, the all of the youth indicated that they had learned how to read a recipe, how to measure ingredients properly, and could crack an egg. Most of the youth indicated that they could read a recipe and prepare a simple recipe by themselves.

Over 88% of the youth also had put their skills into practice outside of the 4-H meetings.  They had cooked some of the 4-H recipes at home and assisted their parents in cooking for their families.  Some of the youth had baked cakes, waffles, muffins, chili, eggs, and fried cornbread.  

 

At the final meeting, we baked and decorated sugar cookies and had a cookie exchange.  All of the youth brought a holiday treat and had to share with the rest of the 4-Hers how to make the recipe; we did this to add verbal communication and leadership components to the club experience.  Each youth left with a bank of recipes to make at home with their families during the holiday break.






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