Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook: Teaching Basic English Skills and Healthy Nutrition One Bite at a Time!

by Mariah Ecker RD, Teri Ecker

Overview

More than a great children’s book!
More than a great cookbook!
The award winning Queen Bee’s Alphabet Cookbook is an educational family-nutrition guide that will provide many years of service teaching the basics of English and nutrition to children and their families.
For babies and preschoolers it can be used as an alphabet picture–book, which helps imprint positive food values. The children’s activities will expand their English skills and help them with colors, numbers, and reading. Older children learn cooking, safe kitchen skills and more!
This guide educates adults on nutrition and how to help their babies and children grow into lifelong healthy eaters. Adult family members are provided many ways to use it as a teaching tool for children of varying ages, making it useful for many years.
Want more? This educational guide also helps community food and literacy programs while it provides opportunities for quality family time. Queen Bee’s Alphabet Cookbook is full of activities that families with children can enjoy, while helping everyone to be happier and healthier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665708890
Publisher:	Archway Publishing
Publication date:	10/14/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	110
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mariah is a dietitian with a thriving private practice that guides families in balancing the science of nutrition with mindful eating. Teri is an international certified teacher of English skills with decades of teaching experience. Together, with their passion for literacy and nutrition, they have created an educational nutrition guide for families. Their goal is to help community food and literacy programs, while creating family time, leading to smarter, healthier, and happier children and families.

Table of Contents

Seeds: Planting seeds of curiosity and knowledge

The Alphabet 1

Sprouts: Watching new talents and ideas emerge

Table Setting Illustration 29

100 Words 30

Kitchen and Cooking Safety Rules 33

Learning Nutrition: Balanced Plate 35

A Few Herbs and Seasonings to Learn 37

Cooking Measurements 38

Good Activities for Little Chefs 39

10 Easy Recipes to do with an Adult Helper 40

Seedlings: Growing new skills and sharing the fun of learning

40 Fun Recipes for the Growing Chef 53

How to Make a Smoothie 87

Tips on First Foods for Babies 95

Growing Lifelong Healthy Eaters 97

Ways of Using the Alphabet Cookbook, and your Imagination as a Learning Tool for all Ages! 101

References 103

Editorial Reviews

The US Review of Books

"Now you know your alphabet and foods that you can cook. We have fun while learning with our healthy cookbook!"

This kid-friendly cookbook is filled with more than forty healthy recipes the whole family is sure to enjoy. The book starts with a fun A-Z alphabet association with foods and where the fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products come from that will be used in the recipes. The recipes have specific directions on what kids can do to contribute and what parents should assist with.

The authors intentionally designed this cookbook with kids in mind. By including a section on learning nutrition with a balanced diet, children are able to clearly see what a healthy plate looks like with various options on how to create it. Before jumping into the recipes, the Eckers are careful to remind their young audience that safety is first in the kitchen and provide a list of ways to stay safe while cooking delicious meals for the family. They also draw the kids in with beautifully bright and colorful pictures of foods they’ll love.

The Eckers have done an amazing job of ensuring parents have all the tips and resources in this cookbook for creating meals with their children. They inspire parents to lead by example when it comes to eating and preparing healthy, balanced meals. With age-specific activities for little chefs, parents can easily adapt their recipes, making it easier to allow children to help and take ownership of their part in the preparation. Finally, the authors acknowledge that encouraging children to try new foods is not an easy task. To help with this, the Eckers helpfully explain how to grow lifelong healthy eaters. In short, this valuable cookbook really has it all.

READER'S FAVORITE:

There are so many ways that children can learn the alphabet. Why not do so with food and nutrition? In reading Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook: A Nutrition Guide for Families by Mariah Ecker RD and Teri Ecker, children will have fun because they will learn how different types of food are associated with letters of the alphabet. M is for milk, L is for lemon and lime and Y is for yellow, which are the colors of a pineapple and a banana. Wait, there's so much more. This book offers advice from kitchen safety tips and creating a balanced meal to easy dish recipes that your children can make, including some delicious beverages. To enhance your child's cognitive abilities along with learning the alphabet, they can improve their vocabulary using the words as an excellent means to develop their communication skills.

This book was a joy to read because it enables children to see the alphabet and associate it with something visual. People learn differently and the ability to both read and see it creates a platform for the reader to understand according to their individual needs. Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook by Mariah Ecker RD and Teri Ecker offers activities that can be done either alone or with a parent, such as making some of the dishes and beverages or writing down their favorite recipes. A portion of the proceeds from each book purchase goes to food banks and literacy programs. Establishing healthy eating patterns and safely navigating around the kitchen is smart and goes a long way. Enjoy!

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