The Japan Macrobiotic Association conducts activities to make children and their parents aware of the importance of eating through food education forums and on-site food education lectures at nursery schools and kindergartens.As part of this, we held the parent-child open cooking class “Making Macro Sweets with Parents and Children on Christmas Day” for the first time at Seishoku Cooking School. The person in charge was Keiko Imamura, who has loved making sweets since she was little and later learned how to make sweets in earnest at a cooking school. 12Month25day, the day of the event.When the Christmas tree and decorations began in the classroom, the atmosphere of festivity spread to the office. Participants are elementary school1Grade to junior high school1school-aged children and their mothers.There were also small slippers and step stools for small children. 
The menu includes the chewy “Petit Baked Donut” and the “Trifle” made with cream and fruit to your liking.!"Nut Cookie". Like the usual cooking class, the demonstration first.Then there was practice. All the children were happily making sweets.Boys and girls are as serious as confectioners.It was very well done. 
After the session, we asked Mr. Imamura about his impressions. "The atmosphere of a classroom with children is completely different. I was very happy to spend time with the children. I think it's a Christmas present that God gave me." "Because they're children who say 'yes' when their mother invites them, they don't feel like they were forced to bring them here, but they want to do whatever they want to do, 'I'm me', and they're all ambitious. was “I thought it was wonderful to be able to clean up properly. 
These are the impressions of mothers. "I would like to make it at home. I was happy to see my child making it happily." "I was happy to be able to come with the children to the classroom that I always take care of. It was good because it was easy to make." These are the impressions of children. "It was fun. The sweets were delicious." "It was fun to arrange the fruit trifle." "It was fun, and it was delicious that I made it myself." 
A word from the secretariat. “When I saw the children cooking so lively, I realized that this is exactly what ‘food education’ is all about.
