Isn't it amazing what young kids are capable of?? When my son was in first grade...
I helped the class when they made manju. Manju is a Japanese pastry - you make a flaky dough, pat it out in your hand, put a blob of azuki (a sweetened bean paste), and enclose the bean paste and bake it.
When teacher told us we were helping them make manju, I thought NO WAY! But they did it - each one had their own little manju, baked in the teacher's countertop convection oven, on little squares on parchment with their name on it, so they knew exactly which one was theirs!
Another day, I gave them a little sushi making class, and they all rolled their own little maki sushi.
I loved that teacher - she believed the cooking classes taught them so many things - how to follow directions, to recognize the fractions in the measurements, etc. Plus they had so much fun!