{"id":257,"date":"2011-03-28T08:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T14:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2011\/03\/little-helpers\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T03:38:15","slug":"little-helpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2011\/03\/little-helpers\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Helpers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your toddler will need his very own bowl and spoon. Bonus points if you have an extra \u00e2\u20ac\u0153neat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d utensil to share, like a whisk, or a small rolling pin.<\/li>\n

Hold them up to the sink and let them wash the ingredients. Even if you have to re-wash after they leave the room.<\/li>\n

For a very young child, a spoonful of flour is enough to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mix\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. A sprinkle of cinnamon makes the mix smell nice.<\/li>\n

My friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2-year-old enjoys mixing a 1\/4 cup of dry rice around the bowl while we mix our bread dough. After we have dough, of course, we give her a bit to knead.<\/li>\n

Give an older toddler a little of each ingredient you are mixing. If the ratios are reasonably close, you can even bake\/cook a mini version (as a pancake on the griddle, for example, or if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given him a bit of bread dough to knead, bake a mini loaf).<\/li>\n

If your toddler has the stirring thing down, get her involved with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153real\u00e2\u20ac\u009d food. Let her mix the cake batter or pancake batter. Let him beat the eggs.<\/li>\n

Take a picture. Take lots of pictures.<\/li>\n

Never leave your child unattended, not even for a moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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While you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re cooking together, be sure to sprinkle your conversation with such tidbits as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh boy, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to do the dishes! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the best part!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
You never know. It might work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think kids should help out in the kitchen as frequently as possible. In order to convince you that this is true and good, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sharing a picture of Bug. Yes, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s covered in flour. Yes, she has squished blueberries in her toes. Yes, I had to watch her so closely that the recipe &hellip Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}