# Cooking dinner with German toddlers

**Language:** German  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Join Lukas and Clara for hands-on cooking adventures with toddlers, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The setting is the sunlit kitchen of a shared apartment in Hamburg-Altona, where a sturdy wooden Lernturm is pulled up to the counter. Clara is visiting her nephew Lukas for the weekend, and together they are attempting to cook a stress-free dinner while keeping Clara's energetic toddler safely occupied.

## Lessons

### 1. Deciding what to cook

Lukas and Clara discuss what to prepare for Mia, choosing a simple and safe pasta dish that she likes.

### 2. Giving safety warnings

Lukas and Clara watch Mia on her learning tower as Clara sets safety rules for how Mia can help in the kitchen.

### 3. Comparing food preparation methods

Lukas and Clara talk about using child-friendly kitchen tools and discuss the convenience of using store-bought dough.

### 4. Comparing different professions

Clara and Lukas compare their jobs as a winemaker and a baker, joking about the different challenges of their daily routines.

### 5. Describing a child's behavior

Clara and Lukas watch Mia help in the kitchen, discussing her habits and Lukas's tolerance for a messy workspace.

### 6. Comparing daily workloads

Clara comments on Lukas's flour-covered table, leading to a conversation about their different daily routines and workloads.

### 7. Discussing where children play

Clara explains how Mia plays outside to keep the house quiet, prompting a discussion with Lukas about the lack of gardens in Hamburg.

### 8. Talking about demanding behavior

As they prepare to cook the pasta, Clara admits she finds Mia's curiosity exhausting, while Lukas compares Mia to his brother.

### 9. Sharing childhood memories

Clara and Lukas talk about Lukas's brother's childhood habit of eating raw dough, which Clara compares to Mia's behavior.

### 10. Offering to help with cooking

Clara stops Mia from eating the sauce ingredients, leading her and Lukas to discuss whether Mia understands rules before Lukas offers to help.

### 11. Talking about your length of stay

While preparing the table, Clara and Lukas discuss how much longer she will be staying in Hamburg before returning to the vineyard.

### 12. Inviting someone to visit

Clara invites Lukas to visit them at the vineyard, and they happily plan what they will cook together when he comes.

### 13. Calling someone to the table

Clara and Lukas finish preparing the food, and Clara calls Mia over to eat while they admire their cooking.

### 14. Wishing someone a good meal

Lukas wishes Clara and Mia a good meal, and Clara suggests that Lukas should be the one to cook next time.