In today world many people are spending more time at home cooking for their family. Today on the Traffic Jam with Cedric Bailey we talked about the importance of cooking with June Fair Harris Robinson. According to June her mother and grandmother really can cook and they past down the skills to June, Sharon and Beverly while growing up in Stonewall Oklahoma. Today June has pass this on to her children as well. There are two important factors to consider when deciding which tasks your child is able to perform in the kitchen: their physical ability to do the task and their mental ability to comprehend the task and, in particular, the possible dangers involved.
Young children will not have the strength to lift pots and pans or to cut through dense foods like potatoes, but they also may not know that hot foods can burn them or that knives are dangerous. Younger kids also may have trouble remembering a series of steps that need to be followed, so you can help them by breaking down a task step by step as they go along. They definitely need to show that they can follow directions before you let them handle dangerous equipment.
You know your child better than anyone, but here are some tips for helping them get acquainted with the kitchen so that they can become proficient. It is important that your kids master each level before going on to more technical cooking activities.
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