Whether and how to teach your child to cook

Most modern moms do not involve their children in helping in the kitchen. Spilled flour, dirty children’s hands, vegetables or fruits scattered around the kitchen do not inspire women to culinary feats. “No, no, I’ll do it myself!” – says every second mom and drives the child out of the kitchen. As a result of this approach, the child by adolescence does not know how not only to boil pasta or fry eggs, but also banal to warm up their food.

If you are sure in advance that this outcome you are not satisfied, it is necessary to involve the child in cooking literally from diapers, as soon as yesterday’s onesie learn to walk. Ways to interest the child is a great many, all of them depend on the age and personal qualities of a small person.

How to interest a child in the kitchen

Age 1-3 years. You do not need to forbid the child to “help”. If the child burns with a desire to “do everything like mom”, it is worth sitting him in a chair, give him kitchen utensils (whisk, soup spoon, spatula for turning) and let him “cook” next to himself. At the same time, it is necessary to praise for achievements and not particularly upset by scattered cereals, spilled water and other surprises.

Age 4-6 years. In this time period, the child can be entrusted with some “duties” in the kitchen. Such as peel hard-boiled eggs and vegetables for salad, help mom arrange the ingredients on the pizza, roll out small pieces of dough with a baby rolling pin. Small blunders will happen one way or another in the kitchen, especially if the child is active, mobile and so and burning desire to help mom. Do not be upset by the mess – at this age, a small person is already able to bring a broom, dustpan and clean up after themselves. Especially children like to drive on the floor with a wet mop.

Age 7-10 years. Such an “adult” child can be entrusted with serious tasks in the kitchen. Naturally, under mom’s supervision and sensitive guidance. At this stage, learn to cook scrambled eggs and scrambled eggs, boil vegetables, mix ingredients into a salad. If the child will especially taste and want to expand their culinary horizons, it is worth trying together to cook rolls (children really like to wrap their ingredients in sheets of nori seaweed), construct hamburgers, pies or pizza. At this age, the child can already clean up after themselves in the kitchen, so there will be no mess, dirt and destruction after the session of joining cooking. But in a few years you will praise yourself for prudence, because you will have a personal chef in the kitchen, who can meet from work mom and feed dinner from the first, second and compote.

As a rule, all of the above methods do not fail. However, to achieve a sustainable result, you can resort to one more method that does not give a misfire. It is especially suitable for moms who step in step with the times.

A modern way to enthuse the child with cooking

Another fail-safe method to teach your child to cook is to use modern games and apps that allow you to cook virtually. Boys will love the idea of “composing” pizza to their liking, and girls will squeal with delight, baking cupcakes with Hello Kitty. In addition, virtually you can cook real Italian pasta, spicy Chinese soup, doughnuts or strawberry dessert, fry shrimp. Undoubtedly, having tried it in the virtual world, the child will want to try to knead the dough with mom in the kitchen or help her with the preparation of ingredients for pizza, even if he has never shown interest in this.

In the game “Italian Pizza” little man will be able to compose an intricate recipe and prepare a dish according to it. It will be understandable to girls and boys even preschool age.

In the game “Cooking with Sarah” chado can create 3 dishes at once to choose from. In the application you can realize the most intricate and exquisite recipes, according to which dishes are prepared and served in the best restaurants. The game is suitable for a child of older preschool and elementary school age.

After the little one has learned how to prepare simple and complex dishes, it’s time to grow up and build a career: let’s get to “Tea Restaurant Management”! You will have to take the order, cook and deliver the dish to the client yourself. This will help the child to become more responsible, because if you approach the business without excitement and diligence, the restaurant will not have revenue. The application will be understandable to a child of primary school age.