Captain Cook's Tuck Box
by Anastasis Ltd
Develops cookery, nutrition, healthy-eating, safety, catering, hospitality and manual skills
Captain Cook’s Tuck Box aims to get children cooking (and eating) nutritious food. Teachers love the way it saves time and makes budding cooks anticipate their next lesson as much as their hungry tums do. For parents, it’s a mouth-watering way to make food preparation safe, educational and fun.
“I have found it simple enough for young children to navigate but with enough content to satisfy those in KS2. Children enjoy being able to make their own healthy eating menus and the videos of children cooking enable them to realise they too can be cooks!” – Sarah Saleh, Advanced Skills Teacher, Surrey, UK
“My 12 year old daughter who is very interested in cooking… enjoyed… producing some menus which would make Jamie Oliver proud! The program could… be used effectively with KS3 students as it kept her attention for many hours…” – Reviewer, SchoolZone. See full review.
“I really like Captain Cook’s Tuck Box because of the wide range of recipes for each key stage. I also like the photos as I always prefer recipes when you can see what the end result should be! Maisie (7) loved looking through the recipes and she chose three different ones to try with me. She likes looking at the pictures and the fact that they are for her age and ability. Ben (11) and my husband Steve cooked Lamb Bhuna together which was very successful. Ben said he liked cooking a proper meal and they both agreed that the instructions are simple, clear and easy to follow. I’m looking forward to them trying some more! – Anne Geers, parent, Tetburym UK
Captain Cook’s Tuck Box includes:
- around 200 child-designed (and munched) recipes (e.g. Hotch Potch, Worm Pie, Caterpillar Salad and ‘Dog’ Biscuits)
- ideas for national and religious festivals
- ready-to-use cookery books
- a talking health genie who provides tips on balanced diets and snacks
- and even an (optional) animated joke-telling ‘parrot’
Benefits
- Combats obesity and associated illnesses by helping children move from fast food/sweets to fruit, veg. and fibre
- Explains why fresh food is best, nutrition, food safety and hygiene
- Enhances the quality of the community’s lives
- Helps build relationships by encouraging families to eat together
- Supports cross-curricular work in reading, writing, information and communication technology
- Automatically calculates ingredient quantities for any class size
The Cookbook section has Beginners, Junior and Senior options with printable, illustrated recipes.
The Recipes section lets you browse them with Health and Safety pop-ups, teaching tips and a built-in cooking timer ? there are even 15 graduated recipes to teach basic cookery skills. Menus introduces food combinations with a tool for designing party and special occasion menus, plus a useful search engine/filtering system – ideal for linked work in ICT (information and communication technology). A well thought out Library offers food and culinary dictionaries, good-food guides, menu guides, health and hygiene advice, and videos.
Captain Cook’s Tuck Box is easy to install, networkable, and perfect for interactive whiteboards. It comes with configuration options (e.g. sound off and alternative colour schemes), student tracking and downloadable lesson plans. It’s the only cooking software written specially for homes and schools – so easy even an adult can use it!
Features
- 192 recipes written especially for children, collected in three cookery books for Beginners (ages 5 to 7), Juniors (ages 7 to 9) and Seniors (ages 9 to 13)
- 120 skills, of which the 64 most important are covered by just 15 basic recipes
- 32 videos of children carrying out many of the common cookery tasks
- All children can make their own private cookery book, either by pasting in favourite recipes from the cookery books provided, or by entering their own.
- Additional themed cookery books can be created, using recipes provided or parents’ or teachers’ own recipes. These are available to all users.
- Search facility allows quick access to suitable recipes, e.g. recipes which take less than 30 minutes to prepare and cook, recipes without nuts or meat, recipes for parties or barbecues
- Special occasion recipes, e.g. for Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, Christmas, Easter, Bonfire night, etc. All recipes can be printed out. (A printer must be provided.)
- Ingredient quantities can be scaled automatically for 1 to 999 people
- Meal menus can easily be designed and printed out for special occasion meals
- Every user has a Progress Chart, and on completing each of three stages can print out a certificate of progress
- Educational reference library consists of “Dictionary of Food”, “Dictionary of Cooking”, “Healthy Eating Guidelines”, “Healthy menus” and “Safety and Hygiene in the Kitchen”
- Fully customisable settings for each individual user, including measurement systems, personal photograph, music and sound effects
- Interactive kitchen clock teaches telling the time
- Tip of the day and joke of the day features on kitchen notice board
- Spoken comments by Captain Cook, an animated parrot who once belonged to a ship’s cook. (A sound system must be provided.)
- Healthy eating ideas for breakfast, lunch and after-school snacks, presented by a genie who lives in the tuck box
- A Captain Cook birthday card can be printed out on each user’s birthday
- Comprehensive onscreen help
Sample Videos in Captain Cook's Tuck Box
Requirements and ResourcesexpandClick to collapse
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows
- Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
- Memory: 256 MB
- Hard drive space: 500 MB
- Colour printer and sound/speakers recommended
- Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
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Captain Cook's Tuck Box is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Early Primary
- Mid Primary
- Upper Primary
Captain Cook's Tuck Box is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Life Skills
- Resource preparation
- Cooking
Users can access Captain Cook's Tuck Box in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
- Touchscreen
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and technical support visit:
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