So you think that is good for a child to help cook and bake with there mom and dad? And also at what age do you think that they should be able to help there parents?
2006-10-17 06:25:39 · 21 answers · asked by whats up all 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I think it's a great idea! I teach preschool and the children in my classroom (3 to 6 year olds) make the snack for everyone. We have a real child sized kitchen. We have a recipe for the week, demonstrate it, and select two children to prepare it. They make salads, mini pizzas, smoothies, quesadillas, pigs in a blanket (small hot dogs rolled in dough). They use child sized knives, measuring cups, a blender, a microwave. All without help! It's amazing what they can do! The only thing I do is put things in the toaster oven and take them out. We also have a Thanksgiving feast where the children make soup. They wash and cut up carrots, potatoes, cabbage and also make corn bread muffins where they have to measure the correct amount of muffin mixture and water and mix it up and put the mixture in a muffin tin. The children are very successful with all of these, even the 3 year olds!
2006-10-17 08:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by marnonyahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our area the schools require home economics (including cooking) for all students at about age 12. But they usually have programs for the younger ones too. My 10 year old boy bakes muffins all the time (with help). My 14 year old boy can make an entire coffee cake from scratch with no help...
Sure is different than when I was a kid...
2006-10-17 06:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not really a set age, it would depend on each child... I think that as soon as they want to start helping you should let them. There is always something that they can do. They can add any of the flour or any thing that needs measured ( after you measure it of course), Just make sure that they don't try to grab a hot pan, or the burners and get burned. When they can understand what hot is they should be able to help in some ways...
2006-10-17 06:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a great idea...withing reason. I don't really let mine help during the hustle and bustle of dinner time cooking, but I do let them help me bake. I get the break and bake cookies and let them put them on the sheet and when baking a cake, I let them mix. It is a good way to spend time with your child and it gives them a sense of accomplishment when they see their finished product! My children are 3, 4, and 6. I let them stir at about 2 1/2
2006-10-17 07:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by #3ontheway! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was a natural disaster and everyone but my two boys (23 and 24) died -- they would be dead in a week after all of the instantly consumable items in the grocery store ran out.
Children as young as 3 are interested in helping in the kitchen. I think ALL children ought to be helping in the kitchen and by the time they're 12 they ought to be cooking complete meals for the family on a regular basis.
2006-10-17 06:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by BobbyD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure it's all right, as long as they aren't in danger of being burned by the stove. I wouldn't let a toddler get up there and fry a burger but they can help stir the batter. They love to help and feel useful. I guess it depends on how mature the child is. I'm just now letting my 14 year old use the gas stove...she tends to be "flighty and forgetful", but my other kids used it at an earlier age. Use your best judgment, you know your child best.
2006-10-17 06:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by grannyhuh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did to some extent. I knew how to make the box mac & cheese on my own, and I was making cookies on my own before I was a teen. I think they can help whenever they are first able. My daughter helps her sitter with stirring when she is making something - she is 2. But obviously at that age they are too young for being near the oven or stove or cutting up food.
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2016-04-28 23:03:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My four year old helps me cook. He doesn't help me put stuff in or take out of the oven, but is really good whipping up eggs to be scrambled...just a little messy...but he loves it. My 12 year old can make most simple things, but her fav is to bake!s Winter is here, so my oven will be on almost nightly....making something sweet.
2006-10-17 06:51:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a great idea! If they want to of course...my son had no interest...ever! Just make sure your kitchen is safe (a stove guard is a must!) and they are always supervised.
Foodnetwork.com has tons of great recipes for kids to make.
And NEVER let them cook by themselves! When I was about 7, I decided to make "Milkweed pie". It sounded do-able; after all, it had the word "milk" in it. I left a neighborhood barbecue and headed home.
My mom found me, just as I was about to take a taste of my poisonous mixture of milkweed pods, milk, butter, bread etc.!
2006-10-17 07:41:27 · answer #10 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋