by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
Most people in North America today obtain the majority of their food from grocery stores. That means we don’t see where our food comes from, including how produce is grown, what country it originates in or how processed foods are prepared. Pick one kind of fruit or...
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
How did preparing a dish using items already available rather than going to the store to pick out specific ingredients change your experience of making the soup? What did it make you pay attention to that you may not have otherwise noticed or thought about?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
In the first pages of this book, there is a picture-based recipe for vegetable soup. Ask an adult for help to make the soup using vegetables you already have at home. Look for ingredients in the same places that characters in the book searched, like the cupboards, the...
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
Think about a difficult problem you are facing in your own life. Can you apply the concept of working together to give you any new perspectives?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
We don’t learn the names of any characters in Our Little Kitchen. Instead, the emphasis is on the community as a whole and how each member works together as one team. What is the main problem the community is trying to overcome in this story? How do they work together...
