Authentic Learning Australia

ALA will be closed on Monday 1 June for the WA Day public holiday.

We look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday the 2nd of June 🩷

Enjoy the long weekend! 🥳

🥔 WEEK 6 • Everyday Cooking Skills 🥔
Tuesday 2nd June

This week we’re making Mini Potato Pancakes 😋

These sessions are about so much more than just cooking. Every recipe creates opportunities for children to build confidence, independence, communication skills, and practical life skills in a calm and supportive environment.

This week children will have opportunities to:
✨ practise grating and mixing ingredients
✨ strengthen fine motor skills
✨ follow multi-step instructions
✨ explore new foods and food textures
✨ develop confidence in food preparation
✨ engage in teamwork and conversation

I’ve also loved seeing children become more willing to try new foods as their confidence grows each week. Sometimes being involved in the preparation process makes all the difference 👌🩷

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People often look at activities like this and think, “Oh they’re just playing with bugs.” 🐜

But developmentally? There is SO much happening here.

Using tweezers strengthens the small muscles in the hands and fingers (fine motor development), while also building grip strength, finger isolation, wrist stability and hand eye coordination.

It also supports:
• motor planning
• visual tracking
• concentration and sustained attention
• spatial awareness
• precision and control
• patience and persistence
• problem solving

Educationally, activities like this are also laying foundations for early maths and science skills without children even realising it. They’re sorting, categorising, counting, observing differences, using positional language, predicting, organising and building attention to detail.

And the best part?
The child feels like they’re just playing. No pressure. No performance anxiety. Just genuine engagement and curiosity.

Kids learn best when they can touch, move, explore and interact with what they’re learning. Honestly… if learning feels boring, the brain switches off pretty quickly 🙃