Cooking is a powerful teaching activity that can be used as an integral part of an early childhood curriculum. In this study, we designed and implemented a cooking-infused program in order to investigate the ways that such a program supports preschoolers’ math concepts and skills and their attitudes toward mathematics. Data were collected over three years through both quantitative and qualitative measures of the participants’ math gains. The study results show that the following characteristics of the cookinginfused program are central to improving preschoolers’ math understanding and positive attitude toward mathematics–child-centred learning, problem-solving, daily-life connections, and peer guidance. We highlight that preschoolers could explore high levels of mathematics concepts and develop positive attitudes toward math when their learning is supported with carefully-designed cooking activities.

烹饪是一项强大的教学活动，可以作为幼儿课程的一个组成部分。在这项研究中，我们设计并实施了一个融入烹饪的计划，以调查该计划如何支持学龄前儿童的数学概念和技能以及他们对数学的态度。通过对参与者数学成绩的定量和定性测量，收集了三年多的数据。研究结果表明，烹饪注入计划的以下特征对于提高学龄前儿童的数学理解和对数学的积极态度至关重要——以儿童为中心的学习、解决问题、日常生活联系和同伴指导。