Home Living / Daily Living
Sub Area: Cooking Skills Inventory

Rating

Emerging

Developing

Mastery

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Safety and Operation

Hot vs. cold

Sharp items

Scissors / peelers / knives

Breakables

Appliances (Paper near burners, plastic on heat coils, doors closed, silverware in disposal)

Poisons (Mr. Yuk is a good technique)

Electric cords

Plugging in & out

Frayed / broken plugs

Frayed cords

Spills

Asks for help

Pots and pans (handles in, not overfilled)

Carrying and moving hot items (food, drinks, pans)

Use of hot pads, trivets

Electric griddle

Electric frying pan

Toaster

Blender

Stove

Electric can opener

Manual can opener

Oven

Toaster Oven

Garbage disposal

George Foreman-type grill

Microwave

First aid kit

Edible and non-edible substances

Demonstrates understanding of labels for the correct cleaning product

Shows the ability to use proper sanitary precautions, hand washing, and clean up

Nutrition

Special Diet

Identification of Foods

Identification of Nutritious Foods vs. "Junk Food"

Plans a healthy menu for 3 or more meals

Identifying items in kitchen

Matches picture to words of kitchen items and food items

Identifies appliances in kitchen

Demonstrates awareness of being in kitchen environment

Demonstrates understanding of basic use of items in kitchen

Recognizes items in kitchen

Has measurement skills

Is able to put things away in kitchen

Is able to find ingredients for recipes

Demonstrates appropriate food storage - freezer, refrigerated, countertop, canned

Making cooking products

Creates a 1 to 2-step cooking product

Creates a multi-step cooking product

Reads and follows simple recipes with or without use of pictures

Follows recipes in various cookbooks and on pre-packaged foods

Creates a full meal for a few guests and presents it, keeping presentation in mind

Informs others what is in the recipe and what items to collect to help in cooking

Demonstrates ability to modify a recipe