Someone's in the Kitchen with Mom and Dad
Cutting Food
Here is a simple way to entertain your child while you are preparing meals in the kitchen. Give your child a cutting board and a plastic knife (or if they are old enough, a butter knife). Next give him some of the things you are using in your cooking: a piece of bread, an orange peel, part of a banana, a piece of tomato, and let him ...(read more)
Special Soup
If you're trying to cook and your little one keeps demanding your attention, give them their own large mixing bowl and spoon. Hand them the odds and ends of whatever you're using: i.e. potato or onion peels, celery leaves, pasta, etc. Add water and any spices you feel you can spare. Stir, stir, stir... let your child keep adding whatever strikes their fancy. Et voila! ...(read more)
Cabinet Chaos
When my kids are home on a rainy day or I just want to entertain them in some way, I let them pick a cabinet or drawer in the kitchen and we empty the whole thing. The kitchen utensils drawer or one filled with tupperware storage containers or plastic cups are their favorites. They sit around the 'approved mess' and go through each item one by one. ...(read more)
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