At Bridgeport Village, students at Little Kitchen Academy (LKA) create dishes from start to finish: From prepping ingredients and handling kitchen equipment to setting the table and cleaning up, kids learn the basics and benefits of cooking with a hands-on approach. While instructors are nearby as guiding figures, the direction a class takes can often be shaped by the kids themselves, as they engage in activities like measuring and chopping. But for Paul Arnold, the director of Little Kitchen Academy Bridgeport, teaching kids how to cook is secondary to the true goal.
“We’re not making little chefs,” Arnold says. “We’re teaching confidence and independence, which for Montessori comes
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