Cooking with kids. Cooking with kids – from toddlers to teenagers – has a lot of benefits. As well as being fun, cooking with your child can boost their development. Stir the pancake mix, measure one cup of water, roll out the dough…all of these cooking tasks help kids develop necessary academic, cognitive and motor skills to prepare them for success in school and life. Cooking with your kids offers a wide variety of opportunities to learn and grow! As a child, you probably