I am a big fan for getting kids in the kitchen. I think that it is an important life skill, and one that I want my kids to thrive at. If you want to get your kids started in the kitchen, the best place to start is with kitchen safety. Make sure that everyone stays safe.
Over the next two weeks I’m going to be sharing more posts on getting your kids in the kitchen.
Kids in the Kitchen – Kitchen Safety
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Safety skills to teach your kids start even before they even start cooking include washing.
Washing their hands, teach them to scrub under there nails too!
Washing the counters or other surfaces that they will be using.
Washing any fruits and vegetables that they will be using.
Make sure that long hair is tied back, especially when using a mixer. As well as rolling up their sleeves.
Make sure your kids know that they need to have permission and adult supervision when cooking.
In keeping with washing, make sure they understand how dangerous it can be to leave messes such as spills uncleaned. Flour on the floor is very slippery.
No running in the kitchen while cooking.
When using knives make sure to use a cutting board, and knives only with adult supervision. Finding knives the right size for small hands is important too.
When cutting cut in a downward motion using a cutting board – repetitive I know, but if you want to keep your counters looking good, use them, and it is less likely that the knife will slip when cutting when using a cutting board.
Check out more Kids in the Kitchen posts.
You can find some great cookbooks for kids, with recipes that are simple, ranging from those that don’t need to be cooked to those that need to be cooked.
10 Days of Kids in the kitchen series posts:
(Links will be added as posts go live.)
Shopping List and Meal Planning
Why Kids Need to Learn to Cook
Teddy Bear Picnic
Recipes for Kids
Making Bread
Kids Gardening
Fun Activities
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Great tips! Hair pulled back is an important one in our house with two daughters with long hair.
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Great tips. I love cooking with my grandkids, but I think we forget that we have to teach them the most basic things. Thanks for the reminders and links to other posts.
so i finally made up my mind to must follow this…and luckily i did…turned out to be super awesome for my kitchen…thanks for sharing this ?
Thank you so much for this great information. I think this would be helpful for me.
I am so grateful for my father who helped me build to make our kitchen a kid-friendly place for my daughter. We have installed a stool for her to reach the sink, we made her a separate counter so she can help prepare the ingredient for my wife to cook. We encourage her to participate in household chores. Thanks for your tips.
Do you have a PDF on this wonderful 10 Day Series – Kids in the Kitchen? thank you