Nowadays, more and more young parents are willing to let their children go into the kitchen and experience the joy of cooking together. Some people say that parents born after 1980s and 1990s are too lazy. In fact, if parents are lazy, children can take care of themselves better.
In fact, letting children try cooking is a kind of educational method with many benefits, that is, "kitchen education". Next, let's talk about it in detail.
Perhaps for the older generation, cooking is nothing more than education, just work. Moreover, older people are reluctant to let their children into the kitchen. One is afraid of danger, and the other is that children's poor performance will make things worse.
In fact, kitchen education is not only about cooking and doing some work, but also has greater significance and benefits for children's education.
Kitchen education can stimulate children's multiple senses and promote brain development.
When cooking in the kitchen, we should arouse many senses such as taste, smell, touch, vision and even hearing. For growing children, sensory stimulation can promote the development of brain nerves.
Kitchen education cultivates children's practical ability.
Whether baking, cooking, or making jiaozi, you can exercise your child's hands-on ability. Children's fine hand movements are gradually enhanced with age and exercise, and cooking can effectively exercise children's hands-on ability.
Kitchen education can cultivate children's sense of family responsibility and enhance parent-child feelings.
Cooking is also a housework. Giving children some housework can cultivate their sense of family responsibility. In the process of cooking, children can also appreciate the hard work of their parents, know how to be grateful and enhance the feelings between parents and children.
Kitchen education can cultivate children's positive attitude of loving life.
Cooking food carefully and sharing food with family can make children feel the joy of life.
Since kitchen education has so many benefits for children, how should parents guide their children? First of all, it is very important to choose what children can do according to their age.
1-3 years old uses kitchen ingredients to help improve baby's cognitive ability.
All kinds of ingredients in the kitchen can help the baby know the color, shape and taste, and also let the baby know the name of the ingredients. And in this process, you can cultivate your baby's interest in the kitchen.
Children aged 2-4 can be asked to do some dishes selection and washing dishes.
2-4-year-old children's fine hand movements develop rapidly. Let them do some dishes selection and washing, which can also promote the development of their hand movements.
5-6 years old can let children learn to stew rice and simple baking.
Children aged 5-6 are relatively mature in cognitive ability and practical ability. At this time, we can teach them some slightly more difficult jobs. For example, stew rice with a rice cooker. Or when baking, let the children do some simple work.
You can learn to cook noodles when you are over 6 years old.
Children over 6 years old can gradually increase the difficulty by having simple exercises before, and learn to stir-fry and cook noodles.
A very important reason why parents don't want their children to go into the kitchen is that they are afraid that their children will be in danger. After all, there are knives and fires in the kitchen, fearing danger.
However, blindly avoiding does not guarantee safety. The less children are allowed to do, the more curious they are. Therefore, parents may wish to teach their children how to do it safely.
For children under 3 years old, when parents bring their children into the kitchen, they should put detergent, detergent and knives. Keep it out of children's reach to avoid children eating or taking it by mistake. Make sure the children enter the kitchen accompanied by their parents.
For children under 4 or 5 years old, you can temporarily keep them away from knives and fires and tell them which ones are dangerous in the kitchen. For children over 6 years old, parents can instruct them how to cut vegetables safely and cook with fire.
Kitchen education can not only help children acquire new cooking skills, but also help them learn how to stay away from danger in the kitchen.
Parents should let go more and let their children have more opportunities to exercise. Parents should be patient when their children learn to cook. At first, the child must not do well. Parents should not criticize their children, so as not to dampen their enthusiasm.
Parents can show their children the correct way first, and then let them imitate. Parents should give affirmation and encouragement when children make a little progress, which will make children more motivated.
Parents, would you like your children to learn to cook in the kitchen? Welcome to discuss.