Through Shelley's broad-ranging knowledge of the early childhood years and wide array of recipes in this book you can set your children on a path of lifelong skill and pleasure. Process cookery promotes early literacy skills, mathematics and science concepts, employs gross and fine motor skills, engenders co-operation and sharing, involves all the senses, connects children to their culture and those of others, provides opportunities for creative experimentation and culminates in delicious food! The book also provides planning tips on using process cooking to achieve Te Whariki.