Any Suggestions?

maybe you could make mini pizzas and let them add different topping and seasoning and then bake it Thats very simply to do and i think should be very well done by that age group :)

There are some great children's cookbooks and some cookbooks for kids that incorporate or come from stories. I'll have to check and see if I can find any. In the meantime: Ants on a log: Wash and cut celery to a nice appetizer size. 2 to 4 inches long pieces are great. Put peanut butter on and then push in some raisins. Then they can write about what they did to incorporate writing and either develop their own cookbook or their own recipe cards. Ants on snow can alternate with ants on a log. Soften cream cheese with a little milk and using a fork. Use a knife to put on celery pieces. Push in some raisins on top. Another lesson is to make the ants on snow the day before, just the filling and cover in refrigerator. Then some the day of. The stuff made the day before will have more flavor in it if you stir it up and leave it over night than the stuff you make and eat the same day. That can be like a little cooking experiment. Color and design for art can also be incorporated. Get a plate and put your ready-made celery appetizers around like spokes on a wheel. Try different visuals. All pb and r on one plate, and all cc and r on another. Then try alternating on the plates and discuss which one is better for serving guests and why. You could discuss the food groups in use for the appetizers. Compare labels of the two proteins pb and cc. Discuss that one was already a spread and you had to make the other into a spread and how you did it. We grew celery, when I was a kid, one year. It was very interesting. It needs sandy soil. We made those appetizers a lot, but for company, walnuts and dates went into the cream cheese the day before. Chopping the walnuts and dates was fun. Spreading the cc on the celery is a challenge. People absolutely loved them. Hope this helps.