Eating is an everyday thing. Making meals is some how, some way incorporated into every single day. How can your kids help? What can they do while you cook? While a child running the show at the stove is not an age-appropriate task, there are many things that your kids can do in the kitchen to help prepare a meal.
The way digestion works is that it starts north, in the brain, and it is no different for your kids. Hearing the pan sizzle, seeing the vibrant colors of the veggies, smelling the bacon cook in the pan, feeling the textures, and finally tasting the food, are all part of the process. The goal is the to get the kids in the kitchen BUT where do you start? Below are age-appropriate tasks that kids can help with in the kitchen.
This is a win-win: 1) you get help in the kitchen 2) kids learn about the digestive process 3) kids learn about nutrition
Now, when you first get started, it is going to take more time and patience from you but it will get better. There will be spills, veggies cut the wrong way, and dinner served a few minutes late, but in the the long run this will be a huge benefit for the entire family!
How to get kids in the kitchen
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