Kids in the Kitchen – Part II
JUNIOR CHEFS: MOVING ON TO SQUARE TWO
Q: When should kids start helping out in the kitchen?
A: As soon as they are able!
Last week I posted 10 Simple Food Prep Activities That Even a Toddler Can Do—tasks like spreading butter or jam on toast, slicing apples, and scooping melon balls. This week’s food prep activities include tasks easy enough for toddlers, too, but also interesting for older kids who want to expand their kitchen skills.
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JUNIOR CHEFS: STARTING FROM SQUARE ONE
Q: When should kids start helping out in the kitchen? A: As soon as they are able!
Innovative educator Maria Montessori, who developed a unique philosophy of education that more than a century later still bears her name, believed that the teacher’s primary job was to provide opportunities for children to learn and flourish by way of their natural curiosity and intuition.
Parents who provide what Montessori called “practical life activities” for their children—the everyday activities of living—are acting as their kids’ first and best teachers. And what life skill is more practical than food preparation, an activity parents can expose their kids to every day?
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