Children's & YA
October 2020
Ya sé prepararme el desayuno
by Elena Odriozola
The sun rises and it is time to have breakfast. But before eating, we have to make it. Apron on, our little cook gets down to work. Bread, butter, jam, milk… Each ingredient goes from cupboard to table. As we open the book’s pages, we observe how skilfully the little girl cooks her succulent recipe step by step. Pre-readers will nonetheless read this book over and over again. It is also an invitation for the little ones to playfully take their first steps in the kitchen and to gain autonomy. You can definitely play with food! Is that not what big chefs of all ages are up to? Using good ingredients, doing things calmly, acquiring new skills and, most of all, enjoying the results. Making breakfast is a daily activity for any child to enjoy. As simple as it seems, it offers complex and valuable learning experiences, ranging from the acquisition of motor activities (such as opening lids, spreading or pouring) to the development of narrative skills (such as sequencing, describing actions, establishing causal relationships). All of these are fundamental to the processes of learning how to read and how to write.
