by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
The author of Our Little Kitchen, Jillian Tamaki, was inspired to create Our Little Kitchen based on her experience helping out at a community kitchen in New York once a week for many years (read the “Author’s Note” at the end of the book for more on her experience)....
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
Ask students to create the Northern Lights on paper using chalk, pastels or other media.
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026
With students, research what creates the Northern Lights and look at pictures of them online. Ask students to share any experiences of seeing the Northern Lights.
