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Angela P
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Feb 26, 2009 4:41 PM
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Thank you all! I did let her help a lot more in the kitchen over the last few days. Stirring things on the stove (with a step stool and supervision), adding the pasta, spices, etc. I also have let her put things IN a cool oven using the oven mitt, etc just to prepare her for HOW to put items in an oven, get her used to the mitt, etc. I LOVE that she's ready and willing to learn in the kitchen! Some of my best memories as a kid came from cooking with my daddy!
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Hey Lisa
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Feb 24, 2009 6:24 PM
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I agree that judging whether your child is old enough to help with certain things in the kitchen should be on a case-by-case basis, and re-evaluate often as you go to see if they're ready for more so they don't get bored. My oldest can do nearly anything in the kitchen these days (he's 14 now) and the youngest has moved on from helping with mixing and measuring and stirring pots to making cookies by himself! I was brave and kept out of the kitchen while he followed the recipe for snickerdoodles all by himself and they turned out excellent! He's also made mac&cheese (naturally), spaghetti with jarred sauce, and what he calls "omelets" which are really more like scrambled eggs with cheese and ham chunks but taste delicious.  It's really great to watch how proud he is of himself when we enjoy something he's made. I think you will be the best judge in the long run as to what tasks your daughter is ready to take on, and I look forward to hearing what she's cooked up! They grow so fast it boggles the mind. -- Lisa |
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Jennifer F.
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Feb 23, 2009 7:03 PM
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Tyler started with the baking and making cookies when he was about 4. He also got a chopping board of his own and cuts up softer fruits and veggies with a butter knife. He loves adding spices. He's had 2 of his own play kitchens already. I think 6- 7 is old enough to stir things on the stove, under supervision. I also think it can be a case by case basis, depending on the maturity level of each child.
Tyler was ready for the next step-lol!
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"Every Saint Has A Past,
Every Sinner Has A Future"
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Maggie Brooks
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Feb 22, 2009 2:56 PM
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Angela my mother started me with baking...rolling cookie dough, mixing brownies mostly. i'd also be allowed (and encouraged!) to assemble things like lasagna or a good old tuna-noodle casserole, and sandwiches. it was a good way to get used to being in the kitchen and doing my part while not being exposed to the more potentially dangerous activities until i was older.
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scott eggers
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Feb 20, 2009 8:54 PM
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Angela,
I got a cookbook for my birthday when I was 5. I cooked out of it with supervision till maybe 6 (I still have it). My mother worked so I started with making lunches for the rest of us in the summer (it was a farm so it was the big meal of the day).
A passion for cooking needs to start early. As for putting things in boiling water, why don't you put the first half, to show how to do it and let them put the last half for a while. I like the idea of someone else putting things in the oven and taking them out for a while to show how to do it right.
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C (P) S
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Feb 20, 2009 3:50 PM
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Angela...I too think she is old enough to do some things with supervision.
When my grandchildren are here or I am down south to their home they always want me to bring items they can make with me.
I started them out baking cookies at age 3. They loved to roll (they called it ''smash'') the dough out and cut the cookies out with plastic knives the way they wanted them instead of using cookie-cuters. Now since they are older they love using the cookie cutters.
I wouldn't let them put the cookie sheet in the oven though, I did that.
They llllllllllllove to cook. I taught the 8 year old to make scrambled eggs and cheese-omelets in the microwave (one of her favs is a cheese-omelet)...she really thought that was neat. So now, her Mom says, she makes them for the whole family.
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Jennifer F.
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Feb 19, 2009 9:42 PM
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Angela, Tyler is 6 and I have just started letting him stir things on the stove and add the pasta into the water. I let him stand on a step-stool next to the stove so he is taller than the stove and doesn't have to reach. I keep my eye on him every second and I don't let him stay up there too long-lol! I told him and he knows that he is not allowed to go by the stove alone. I think it's o.k. to let your daughter help. I know you'll be watching her like a hawk.  -- Jennifer "Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has A Future" -- Edited by 2864590 at 02/19/2009 6:45 PM PST |
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Angela P
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Feb 19, 2009 8:09 PM
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At what age do you think it's ok for a child to use the stove with supervision? My daughter is 7 and wants to stir items on the stove or add something to boiling water. I've been really nervous about this, but thought she was probably getting old enough to help a little more. What do you think?
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