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New Program Coordinator: RAFT Supervised Visitation Center
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Winter Warmth Day 2021: October 30th
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Our Home Family Resource Center
🚨Discuss safety rules in the kitchen while enjoying time together. Teach your children to wash their hands before handling foods, explain appropriate ways to handle raw meat, demonstrate safe knife-handling skills, and talk about navigating hot surfaces. ALWAYS supervise young children in the kitchen, AND establish a rule to ask permission before cooking in the kitchen.🚨
Here are some age-appropriate tasks to get children of all ages involved in the kitchen:
Preschool (2 to 5 years)
• Stirring
• Rinsing fruits and vegetables
• Snapping green beans
• Measuring ingredients
• Mashing soft foods
• Cutting with a blunt knife
Early elementary (6 to 8 years)
• Grating cheese
• Forming cookies and patties
• Peeling onions and garlic
• Breaking eggs
• Kneading dough
• Light chopping with round-end steak knife
Preteens (9 to 12 years)
• Planning and preparing basic lunches, meals and snacks
• Cooking soup
• Using a food processor
• Using a chef's knife
• Putting foods in the oven and removing them
• Baking quick breads and muffins
Teenagers (13 to 16 years)
• Using all kitchen appliances, including outdoor grills
• Developing knife skills to chop, dice and mince
• Driving to the store and buying groceries
• Marinating foods
• Sautéing and pan-frying foods
From: https://www.childrens.com/health-wellness/cooking-safety-rules
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