Method for teach children to use chopsticks
1. The atmosphere should be strong
To teach your baby to eat with chopsticks, you must have a good learning atmosphere, so that the little guy can learn to use chopsticks as soon as he touches them. At the dinner table, let the baby see everyone eating with chopsticks as much as possible. You can make exaggerated movements in front of him, such as slowly putting food into your mouth and eating it satisfactorily, so that the baby feels that eating like this is very interesting. Don't give your baby other tableware, let your baby get used to eating with chopsticks, and often make faster progress when there is no choice.
Encouragement is the most important thing.
In the process of learning new skills, in addition to interest, the baby has to pay, and he will encounter some difficulties. Your encouragement will give him a powerful motivation invisibly. Don't blame him for choking and throwing things because he can't pick up food, and don't blame him for throwing food all over the floor because of his inflexible fingers. Use your kindest words to comfort and encourage him and let him know that you are always by his side.
3. Forced or not
Before learning new skills, the baby will show a certain desire, such as grabbing chopsticks in your hand, staring at others to eat, and enjoying playing with chopsticks. So your task is to grasp the details of his interests, not to force him to study because he is old enough to study. Doing so is counterproductive, and it is best to let nature take its course!
4. Teach your baby how to hold chopsticks correctly.
Parents should first demonstrate. Hold one with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger, and hold the other with your jaws and ring finger. The one holding it can move to hold the food. The baby may not understand at first, and always wants to take chopsticks according to his own ideas. Parents don't worry, slowly help their children correct.
Choose the right chopsticks
Training chopsticks is actually to help all children over 2 years old who can't use chopsticks or use chopsticks wrongly learn how to use chopsticks. Training chopsticks is a new concept of children's tableware, which can make children easily accept the use of chopsticks, become interested in chopsticks, and achieve the focus, adaptation and wisdom of finger movements and grasping objects. Chopsticks, as one of our daily eating utensils, should be used by ta when the baby is about 3 years old.
Train your baby to use chopsticks.
Choose the right chopsticks.
The chopsticks used by the baby should be special for children, shorter than ordinary chopsticks, and the chopsticks should not have peculiar smell, and the workmanship should be better to avoid wood stabbing the baby.
Teach your baby how to hold chopsticks correctly.
Parents should first demonstrate. Hold one with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger, and hold the other with your jaws and ring finger. The one holding it can move to hold the food. The baby may not understand at first, and always wants to take chopsticks according to his own ideas. Don't worry, help the child to correct it slowly.
Let children learn to align chopsticks well.
You have learned to hold chopsticks, and more importantly, let the baby learn to align chopsticks, otherwise it will be difficult to pick up food. The arrangement of chopsticks is relatively simple. Just put two chopsticks on the table. Always remind your baby to align chopsticks.
Let children practice using chopsticks more.
After the baby learns to hold and align chopsticks, he should practice more. Let the baby hold chopsticks in the right posture, then try to pick up the light and big leaves, and then let him try to pick up the slightly important bones after the baby is proficient.
Pay attention to the safety of using chopsticks.
When the baby uses chopsticks, be sure to tell him not to point them at his face, otherwise it will be very dangerous. Chopsticks should be put aside except when you send food to your mouth. Never pick your nose with chopsticks.
Selection of Children's Chopsticks
Children's chopsticks-plastic
Chopsticks made of plastic may be every child's favorite, because they have a variety of colors and patterns, and their appearance is very eye-catching, especially for those children who can't stand the temptation, intuitively feel that these colorful chopsticks are a kind of toy. But plastic chopsticks will inevitably produce toxic substances at high temperature, and sometimes they will fade. Children regard it as a toy, which will affect their appetite!
Children's chopsticks-metal
Children's chopsticks made of metal are healthier, harder in texture and free of toxic substances. The smooth surface is not easy to be bitten by naughty children, will not hurt the corners of children's mouths, and will not contain redundant residual bacteria. However, it has the disadvantage of very good thermal conductivity. When it is too hot, metal chopsticks will burn children!
Children's chopsticks-wood
Money made of natural wood can be said to be a relatively healthy kind of children's chopsticks. But the premise is that wooden chopsticks can't be painted and must be natural wood. And you need to choose a hard texture that can't be bitten by children, otherwise the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I believe that every mother will make the best choice for her children.
Children's chopsticks-bamboo
Bamboo chopsticks can't be painted like wooden chopsticks, otherwise it will lose the meaning of natural health! Bamboo money has a hard texture and is not easy to be bitten by children, and bamboo chopsticks themselves have the function of disinfection and sterilization. Even if bitten by a child, it has self-cleaning function.