Creative Cooking with Preschoolers: A Service Learning Experience for FCS Students

Abstract

Service learning projects have been identified as teaching tools that may be used to enhance student learning experiences among university students. The aim of the service learning project, “Creative Cooking with Preschoolers,” was to give Family and Consumer Sciences students the opportunity to learn course material, synthesize the information, and develop age-appropriate lesson plans, demonstrations, and supplemental materials for preschool children and their families. The positive outcomes of the project were many, and were measured by student, child and parent feedback, formal student evaluations, and faculty observations. Based on the success of the project, Creative Cooking with Preschoolers may be considered a “Promising Practice.”