Kawaii Kitchen helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Self-Awareness

Understanding our own actions, thoughts and feelings.

In Kawaii Kitchen, filling the orders helps the player "build relationships" with the customers. This means that they are practicing their empathy and self-awareness skills. The player has to think about what the other animal wants (i.e. their order). Once they have fulfilled the other animal's needs, they earn hearts. The hearts represent their relationship. Once they earn a certain number of hearts, they can unlock that animal and use them as the chef. So not only do mistakes in the order (i.e. a lack of empathy) result in less money, it also means it will take longer to unlock other animals.

Working Memory

Recalling and retaining information in our minds while working.

Since this game requires the player to fulfill a specific order, the player must use their working memory to practice following directions. The better they can remember the order without looking back and forth, the quicker they can fill the order and the more money (and more orders) they get in a day.

It also helps the speed of the player if they are using another aspect of their working memory: their visual memory. By remembering where different ingredients are located on the screen, as well as how to combine them to make the correct sandwich or drink, the better able they are to fulfill the order fast. The faster they are, the better their return.