Helping in the Kitchen, Montessori

Edward is 25 months old. He loves to help in the kitchen and I have found that by adding an extra unnessesary step (like in this video) it gives him the chance to "help" and be involved. Before I begin chopping I explain to him about my knife and he knows NEVER to touch it. I also have the entire cutting board off limits as well. If you are worried that your child is too young to understand this, you could always do the chopping before your little one is involved and then have them move the pieces from one place to another.
Edward moved every piece form the bowl to the water and was quite proud of what had done.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• toddler
• infant
• enviroment
• home
• montessori
• child
• baby
• kitchen
• helping

[dekitai20]

Edward is cool!!

[willowtreephoto]

I think so too

[okiepumpkin]

You are doing an amazing job with him, Tori. He's got a great Mom.

[sweeteuthiedoll]

I've been watching your videos and I'm not a mother, but I really enjoy them! It's amazing how when a child is born you forget that it's a little person, and you tend not to treat them as a true member of the family (by keeping them out of amost everything), but with little stations his height, and even his spot in the fridge, your son just seems to be like a little man! It's adorable! I helped raise my little brother from birth, and at Edward's age we fought to keep him out of everything.

[montessorilvr1]

You should get him his own cutting board and a knife (crinkle cutter works good) that way he can do it too!

[sonia989]

Again, I'm impressed. I try to 'involve' my son when I'm cooking, but he just ends up making a mess, climbing on the counter, pulling everything down. Like, I tried to let him help crack eggs, with me holding his hands to do it, but he would crush the shell after he cracked it, and then he wanted to do all the eggs in the carton. Stuff like that.

[sharacsmith]

This is awsome. I always have wondered how to let Caelin (my boy) help me in the kitchen, and this shows me.

[notlqueen]

I made this video a favourite.