Spanish Food and Cooking Words for Your Preschooler

While you’re in the whirlwind of raising a preschooler, it’s so much fun to funnel their endless energy into learning Spanish! In addition to the hundreds of exciting, hands-on activities at your fingertips that you can find through a simple Google search, we’ve compiled new words and lesson ideas for you.

This blog post will help you guide your little one to learn Spanish food and cooking words while you share all the fun extras we have for you, such as:

• Colorful flashcards with real-life images to help your child understand the words
• Coloring pages for your little one to practice coloring in between the lines
• More than 100 new Spanish vocabulary words for you to choose from in your lesson(s)

This guide to Spanish food and cooking words will help you to teach the following vocabulary themes for you to pick and choose as you see fit:

1. Utensils
2. Cooking verbs
3. Meals
4. Vegetables
5. Fruits
6. Protein
7. Dairy
8. Desserts
9. Adjectives to describe food

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Cooking Utensils in Spanish

One of my favorite parts of cooking is playing with all the fun utensils! Take a look at our list of utensilios and let me know in the comments if we’re missing any one of your favorites!

Download your new set of Spanish Utensils Flashcards! 

Cooking Action Verbs

While you’re playing, cooking, and teaching in Spanish, the action verbs are an essential part of your lesson. Whether you plan to revolver la salsa or amasar la mezcla, you’ll need to describe to your preschooler the actions that they’re performing in Spanish. Here is a list of verbs you can pick from to bring your Spanish lesson to life!

Food Words in Spanish for Preschoolers

Let’s get to the meat of your lesson (literally)! While this list of foodstuffs is long, it’s up to you to choose the types of foods (and meals) you want to introduce in your lesson. Feel free to print out this guide and keep it for future cooking classes you create with your preschooler!

Meals 

Vegetables

Fruit

Well, that’s a good bit of food so far! If it’s still not enough and you’d like an insanely comprehensive list of vegetables and fruit in Spanish, check out our Ridiculously Long List of Vegetables and Fruits in Spanish.

Protein

Dairy

Desserts

While introducing healthy vegetables and fruits to your preschooler is necessary, we can’t deny how special it is to make and share a yummy dessert together! This is why our list of desserts gets a whole section of its own. After you take a look at the list of popular desserts from Latin America, can you think of something that’s missing? Let us know in the comments!

Would you like to try baking cookies with your preschooler in Spanish? Learn Spanish While You Cook! Baking Cookies with Your Toddler.

Food Adjectives in Spanish

While you’re busy gathering more ingredients for the dish you plan to make, your preschooler is likely to be taste-testing what you’ve set out on the table. Help your little one describe the flavors and texture of the food with these simple adjectives! 

Add even more value to your lessons with these fantastic Spanish preschool lessons, resources, and free printables from Homeschool Spanish Academy!

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Lover of words and a foreign language fanatic, I speak French and Spanish, with BA degrees in Linguistics, French, and Psychology, plus a TEFL certificate and 10+ years of teaching experience to boot. I blissfully share Spanish-learning tips, best-idea-ever travel advice, and at-a-glance cultural guides. When you can't find me writing spiritedly from my home office in Antigua, Guatemala, I'm probably outside playing games and exploring nature with my two bilingual kids.

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