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Three
to four years
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Kitchen
Cut-Ups
Here
are some recipes popular with preschoolers. Things always
seem to taste better when you make them yourself!
What
you'll need...
Knife
For applewiches: 1 apple, cheese slices
For funny-face sandwich: 1 piece of bread; peanut butter,
cream cheese, or egg salad; green pepper, celery, radishes,
carrot curls; olives; nuts; hard-boiled egg slices; tiny shapes
of cheese; apples and raisins
For fruit Popsicles: fruit juice (any kind), an ice cube tray
or small paper cups, yogurt, mashed or crushed fruit, Popsicle
sticks
For bumps on a log: celery, peanut butter, raisins
What
to do...
Choose
a safe spot to cook where you won't have to worry about
making a mess.
Tell
your child what the ingredients are. Talk about what you
are doing as you go along. Ask and answer questions.
Let
him smell, taste, and touch as you go. Let him (with your
help) pour, stir, measure, and help clean up.
Applewiches
Core an apple. Cut the apple crosswise into thick slices.
Put cheese slices between the slices. Cheddar cheese is
particularly good. Eat like a sandwich.
Funny-face
sandwich
Cut the bread into a circle. Spread with cream cheese, peanut
butter, or egg salad. Decorate using green pepper, celery,
radishes, carrot curls, olives, nuts, hard- boiled egg slices,
tiny shapes of cheese, apples, or raisins for eyes, ears,
nose, and mouth.
Fruit
Popsicles
Pour the fruit juice into small paper cups or an ice cube
tray. Place a Popsicle stick in each cup or compartment
before the juice is completely frozen. Return to the freezer
until frozen solid. For variations, mix yogurt with the
juice before freezing for a creamier Popsicle, or add mashed
or crushed fruit such as strawberries, pineapple, or banana.
Bumps
on a log
Spread peanut butter on the celery stalks. Decorate with
raisins. Great snacks!
Cooking
helps children learn new words, measuring and number skills,
what foods are healthy and what ones aren't, and the importance
of completing what they begin. It also teaches about how things
change, and it can teach chil-dren to reason better. ("If
I want a cold fruit juice Popsicle, then I'll have to put
it in the freezer.")
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