Tonight was "lets make something in the kitchen" night, and my oldest picked, as she likes to do, Jello. She measures 2 cups of water in a measuring cup, poured it into a saucepan, and waited for it to boil. She did the mixing, we put in in the fridge carefully and she's excited about her Jello tomorrow. Now I know that Jello isn't the greatest nutritional food out there, but her enthusiasm about creating things in the kitchen is beginning to increase and I love that, because the kitchen is my favorite room in the house and I want it to be hers as well. I have posted links to two different sites that give some ideas involving getting kids involved with cooking, and I'm sure there are many more out there, but they're nice in shedding some light on simple, safe methods to get your child excited about making food, and eating it too. We have made many things together over the years, but of course the sweets are her favorites. Cookies, cupcakes, icing.....but we'll see if we can get that focus shifted here in the next few years (fingers crossed).
http://voices.yahoo.com/simple-food-preparation-activities-young-children-1390287.html
http://www.inccrra.org/childhood-obesity-project/182-tips-for-involving-young-children-in-food
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