In the Kitchen
photo @whirlybobble
The kitchen can be functional and accessible for your child’s independent use.
Use low drawers or shelving for your child to organize plates, bowls, cutlery and napkins and retrieve when needed.
Kitchen helper or Step Stool for your child to assist with meal preparation at the counter or kitchen sink.
Child sized utensils and breakable ceramic or short glassware. Before giving your child any breakable items, demonstrate how to handle it with two hands. Children will benefit from the opportunity and natural consequences of caring for something fragile. *If something breaks, do not replace it for a while- allow your child to experience that loss.
Eltern Von Mars
Eltern Von Mars
Create a Snack Station. Pantry items that can be accessible and designated for certain times of day. Setting limits; cereal for breakfast, pretzels for snack time, etc. Creating routine and habit around the supplies.
Your child can use this for beating, stirring and mixing.
From 18 months- 6 years old, introduce this cerated knife set by modeling how to use properly. Begin with cutting soft foods, avocado, banana, cooked vegetables, supporting your child hand strength and control.
Provide a small pitcher for pouring milk into cereal, or larger pitcher of water into your child’s drinking glass.
Show your child how to push down on the fruit slicer at a low table while standing.
Specifically designed for children, offer your child a lesson on how to use safely.